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In addition, figure skaters who were included in the official pre-season national team roster [3] [4] but were unable to qualify through the All-Russian competitions' series due to good reasons, also could be included into list of participants by decision of the executive committee of the Figure Skating Federation of Russia.
Figure Skating, H.E. Vandervell and T. Maxwell Witham (1869), the first book to refer to the sport of "figure skating". [198] Spuren auf dem Eise (Tracings on the Ice), 1881. Written by three members of the Vienna Skating Club, it described the Viennese style of skating and was the most extensive technical book about figure skating published up ...
The ISU Judging System (IJS) is the scoring system that has been used since 2003 to judge the figure skating disciplines of men's and women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. It was designed and implemented by the International Skating Union (ISU), the ruling body of the sport, and is used in all international competitions sanctioned by ...
Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing.It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976.
The free skating segment of figure skating, also called the free skate and the long program, is the second of two segments of competitions, skated after the short program. Its duration, across all disciplines, is four minutes for senior skaters and teams, and three and one-half minutes for junior skaters and teams.
The free dance (FD) takes place after the rhythm dance in all junior and senior ice dance competitions. [2] The International Skating Union (ISU), the body that oversees figure skating, defines the FD as "the skating by the couple of a creative dance program blending dance steps and movements expressing the character/rhythm(s) of the dance music chosen by the couple". [1]
The following is a list of notable figure skaters who have competed in ice dance.These are skaters who have won a gold, silver, or bronze medal at at least one of the following competitions: the Winter Olympics, the World Figure Skating Championships, the European Figure Skating Championships, the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, the Winter ...
The 2024 Cup of China was the sixth event of the 2024–25 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Chongqing Huaxi Culture and Sports Center in Chongqing from November 22–24. [1] Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance.