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A reverse somersault in the air. Backflips were banned in competition until 2024. [3]backspin A spin performed on a back outside edge base value A part of the ISU Judging System – a numeric value assigned to each technical element in a skater's program, designed to standardize the elements' potential scores in an attempt to make judging more impartial [4]
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 ...
Note that figure skating is a niche sport with rather limited coverage by mainstream media, often lacking in-depth information about encyclopedically notable events or accurate use of terminology. To have a broad selection of references for all types of articles, this page provides a list of reliable figure skating-specific sources.
“Nicknames are easy to remember,” Hebei Province figure skating fan Zhou Yuyao said, according to the Times. Chinese fans create affectionate nicknames for popular Olympic athletes with hard ...
A figure skating season starts on July 1 and ends on June 30 the following year. A specific figure skating season uses the format "20XX–YY season" with an unspaced en dash, not a hyphen. Example: "The rule change was first applied in the 2018–19 season". The format "2018–2019 season" is discouraged. Technique, athleticism, and artistry
List of figure skaters (pair skating) List of figure skaters (ice dance) This page was last edited on 14 May 2024, at 13:20 (UTC). Text is available under ...
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 ...
Pages in category "Figure skating elements" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *