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U.S. Figure Skating is an association of clubs, governed by its members and its elected officers at national, regional and club levels. [22] As of June 2011, U.S. Figure Skating had 688 member, collegiate, and school-affiliated clubs [23] and a membership of 180,452. [23] Each member club may send delegates to the annual Governing Council meeting.
In practice, the skills required to pass the tests are well below those that are required to be competitive at the corresponding level, and skaters choose which level to test based on the level they think they can compete at successfully, rather than vice versa. As of 2012, only the US Figure Skating national championship stands.
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 Ice Skating Institute (formerly the Ice Skating Institute of America) is a trade association for ice rinks, and also an international governing body for recreational figure skating. It was founded in 1959 to proliferate the building of permanent indoor ice rinks, [ 1 ] which numbered fewer than 100 at the time, as well as to promote skating ...
Jinna Han passed US Figure Skating’s highest-level skills test with honors in 2023. Spencer Lane won this season’s Eastern Sectional competition in the intermediate division. “We watched ...
Amber Glenn, of the United States, competes in the women's free skating segment at the ISU Grand Prix Finals of Figure Skating, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, in Grenoble, France. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
Figure Skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. Although ice skating began in 3,000 BCE in Scandinavia, American Edward Bushnell's 1855 invention of steel blades and Jackson Haines bringing elements of ballet to figure skating were critical to the development of modern-day figure skating. [1]
CAS handed Valieva – who was only 15 at the time of the positive test – a four-year ban, which was accompanied by a re-ranking of medal positions in the team event where the ROC fell to third ...