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Compulsory figures or school figures were formerly a segment of figure skating, and gave the sport its name. They are the "circular patterns which skaters trace on the ice to demonstrate skill in placing clean turns evenly on round circles". [1] For approximately the first 50 years of figure skating as a sport, until 1947, compulsory figures ...
A mohawk is a figure skating turn that involves a change of skating foot but not a change of edge. It is a turn from one foot to the other, from forward to backwards (or backwards to forwards) in which the entry and exit curves are continuous and of equal depth (e.g. where each edge forms part of the same curve). [1][2] In Canada this turn is ...
Hines calls the 6.0 system "age-old" and "unique to figure skating and deeply entrenched". [6] He says that it was a tradition understood and appreciated by skaters, judges, officials, and fans [6] and that fans found it easy to relate to the 6.0 system, which "represented skating perfection and served as every skater's goal". [7]
Axel. Figure skating jumps are an element of three competitive figure skating disciplines: men's singles, women's singles, and pair skating – but not ice dancing. [a] Jumping in figure skating is "relatively recent". [2] They were originally individual compulsory figures, and sometimes special figures; many jumps were named after the skaters ...
Three-turn. A three-turn is a figure skating element which involves both a change in direction and a change in edge. For example, when a skater executes a forward outside three-turn, the skater begins on a forward outside edge and finishes on a backwards inside edge. [1] There are eight three-turns in all; one for each possible combination of ...
History of figure skating. A Medieval scene of ice skating, painted by Esaias van de Velde. The history of figure skating stretches back to prehistoric times. Primitive ice skates appear in the archaeological record from about 3000 BC. Edges were added by the Dutch in the 13th and 14th century.
In the men's event earlier Friday, Ilia Malinin made one of the toughest combinations in skating look easy and was rewarded with 108.57 points, giving him the biggest lead after a short program ...
Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the 1908 Olympics in London. [ 1 ] The Olympic disciplines are men's singles, women's singles, [ note 1 ] pair skating, and ice dance; the four ...