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This template is an easier alternative to create program tables for figure skater biographies, and it satisfies the latest accessibility criteria for data tables. It can be used to list the competition and exhibition programs for a single skater, pair, or dance team.
Top 10 absolute best scores in the pairs' free skating [135] No. Female partner Male partner Nation Score Event 1 Anastasia Mishina: Aleksandr Galliamov Russia: 157.46: 2022 European Championships [116] 2 Sui Wenjing: Han Cong China: 155.60: 2019 World Championships [128] 3 Sui Wenjing: Han Cong China: 155.47: 2022 Winter Olympics [117] 4 ...
Nathan Chen after his free skate from the 2017 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. According to the ISU, a free skating program for men and women single skaters "consists of a well balanced program of Free Skating elements, such as jumps, spins, steps and other linking movements executed with minimal two-footed skating, in harmony with music of the Competitor's choice". [16]
Ralph Borghardt and Gabriele Seyfert examine the print of a loop figure at the 1964 East German Championships. Compulsory figures were an important part of figure skating for the rest of the 19th century until the 1930s and 1940s. The first European Championships in 1891 consisted of only compulsory figures. [23]
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 .
Although people have been ice skating for centuries, figure skating in its current form originated in the mid-19th century. A Treatise on Skating (1772) by the accomplished skater, Welshman Lt. 'Captain' Robert Jones (c. 1740 – c. 1788), is the first-known book on figure skating. He designed skates that could be attached to shoes by screws ...
U.S. Figure Skating requires each skater to pass a "Moves in the Field" test, as well as a free skating or free dance test, in order to qualify for the various levels of competition. Skaters must perform each field move in the specified pattern while demonstrating adequate power, quickness, edge control, and extension throughout the pattern to ...
The short program of figure skating is the first of two segments of competitions, skated before the free skating program. It lasts, for both senior and junior singles and pair skaters, 2 minutes and 40 seconds. In synchronized skating, for both juniors and seniors, the short program lasts 2 minutes and 50 seconds. Vocal music with lyrics is ...