- Figure skating | Olympics, Jumps, Moves, History, Competitions . . .
A Treatise on Skating (1772) by Robert Jones, an Englishman, is apparently the first account of figure skating The sport had a cramped and formal style until American Jackson Haines introduced his free and expressive techniques based on dance movement in the mid-1860s
- Figure skating - Moves, Jumps, Spins | Britannica
The 1990s were a tumultuous decade for figure skating The elimination of compulsory figures from competition in 1990 gave an advantage to the more athletic freestyle skaters
- figure skating - Students | Britannica Kids | Homework Help
Figure-skating events, held in the 1908 and 1920 Olympic Games, have constituted part of the Winter Olympics since they were inaugurated in 1924 Skaters wear leather boots, sometimes custom-fitted, reinforced with thick padding to brace the ankle and with wide tongues for control and flexibility
- Ice skating | History, Rules, Facts | Britannica
The activity of ice skating has given rise to two distinctive sports: figure skating, which involves the performance of various jumps, spins, and dance movements; and speed skating and short-track speed skating, both of which are forms of racing on ice skates
- Figure skating - Champions, History, Moves | Britannica
The table provides a list of the men’s world figure skating championships winners
- Figure skating - Equipment, Technique, Moves | Britannica
Figure skating - Equipment, Technique, Moves: Skaters wear leather boots, sometimes custom-fitted, reinforced with thick padding to brace the ankle and with wide tongues for control and flexibility
- figure skating summary | Britannica
figure skating, Sport in which ice skaters, singly or in pairs, perform various jumps, spins, and footwork The figure skate blade has a special serrated toe pick, or toe rake, at the front Figure-skating events, held in the 1908 and 1920 Olympic Games, have constituted part of the Winter Olympics since they were inaugurated in 1924
- Figure skating - Ice Dance, Moves, Performance | Britannica
Figure skating - Ice Dance, Moves, Performance: Ice dance is similar to pairs in that two people skate together, but, unlike pairs, ice dancers do not do jumps and do only certain kinds of lifts Instead, ice dancers focus on creating footwork and body movements that express dance on ice
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