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Sonja Morgenstern skates a compulsory figure.. 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]
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 ...
The story revolves around Tazusa Sakurano, a Japanese Olympic figure skating candidate, and Pete Pumps, a Canadian stunt pilot. During a qualifying round in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Tazusa falls in the middle of a Triple Lutz and loses consciousness. At the same time, Pete dies mid-performance when his stunt plane crashes due to mechanical ...
The international figure skating community was in shock Thursday as more details emerged about the tragic plane crash near Washington, D.C. that authorities fear has no survivors.. U.S. Figure ...
Take Shelter. The Venn diagram of tornado movies and psychological thrillers only has one overlap: Take Shelter.In the film, Michael Shannon plays Curtis, a family man who starts being plagued ...
Clark defended his title in The 1932 Olympic Arena and became the first in history to win eight consecutive World Figure & Fancy Skating Championships. He won the event with all first place ordinals from all of the judges on all of the segments of the competition, which is the first time in World Figure Sport history for men or ladies. Mr.
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]
The 2024–25 figure skating season began on July 1, 2024, and will end on June 30, 2025. During this season, elite skaters will compete at the ISU Championship level at the 2025 European Championships , Four Continents Championships , World Junior Championships , and the World Championships .