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Artistic roller skating is a competitive sport similar to figure skating but where competitors wear roller skates instead of ice skates. Within artistic roller skating, there are several disciplines: [1] Figures: the individual follows the figure circle line on a specific edge. Figures become progressively more complex with the addition of ...
The Artistic Skating World Championships [1] ('Worlds') is an annual artistic roller skating competition sanctioned by World Skate (previously the International Roller Sports Federation; FIRS) in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion.
The 2019 World Roller Games was the second edition of the World Roller Games. It took place from June 29, 2019, to July 14, 2019, in Barcelona, Spain. It comprised the World Championships in 11 disciplines. Eighty one countries were represented at the games with a total of 4,120 athletes competing. [9]
It is a recreational activity, a sport, and a form of transportation. Roller rinks and skate parks are built for roller skating, though it also takes place on streets, sidewalks, and bike paths. Roller skating originated in the performing arts in the 18th century. It gained widespread popularity starting in the 1880s.
Roller sports at the Pan American Games. Roller sports at the Pan American Games. No. of events. 14 (men: 7; women: 7) Roller sports have been contested at the Pan American Games since the 1979 edition. [1][2]
USA Roller Sports. USA Roller Sports (USARS), formerly the United States Amateur Confederation of Roller Skating, is the national governing body of competitive roller sports (inline skating and roller skating) in the United States. It is recognized by the International Roller Sports Federation (FIRS) and the United States Olympic Committee.
Roller sports competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru were held at the Polideportivo 3 (artistic), and Pista de Patinaje ( speed skating ). [ 1] The artistic competitions started on July 26 and finished on the 27th. Speed skating competitions took place on the 9th and 10th of August. In 2016, the International Olympic ...
The artistic roller skating competition at the 2022 World Games took place in July 2022, [1] in Birmingham in United States, at the Birmingham CrossPlex.Originally scheduled to take place in July 2021, the Games were rescheduled for July 2022 as a result of the 2020 Summer Olympics postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.