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It includes Ice sports that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ice skating . The main article for this category is Ice skating .
Ice skating is the self-propulsion and gliding of a person across an ice surface, using metal-bladed ice skates. People skate for various reasons, including recreation (fun), exercise, competitive sports, and commuting .
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Ice skating in Graz in 1909 Medieval bone skates on display at the Museum of London German ice skates from the 19th century, the boot came separately. According to a study done by Federico Formenti, University of Oxford, and Alberto Minetti, University of Milan, Finns were the first to develop ice skates some 5,000 years ago from animal bones. [2]
Ice skating quickly became a favorite pastime and craze in several American cities around the mid 1800s spawning a construction period of several ice rinks. [8] Two early indoor ice rinks made of mechanically frozen ice in the United States opened in 1894, the North Avenue Ice Palace in Baltimore, Maryland, and the Ice Palace in New York City.
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 skating in the United States (2 C, 1 P) Ice skating in Uzbekistan (1 C) This page was last edited on 25 September 2016, at 11:44 (UTC). Text is available under ...
Pages in category "Ice skating sports" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...