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All You Need to Know About Figure Skating

Amruta Deshpande
Figure Skating

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Figure Skating is a form of skating in which individuals, pairs or groups perform wearing figure skates on ice.
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Compulsory Figures are a segment of Figure Skating in which the participants used the blades of the skates to draw circles, figure eights & similar shapes to show their skill.
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Figure Skating was the first winter sport to be included in the 1908 Olympics held at London.
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International Skating Union (ISU) founded in 1892 governs the international figure skating judging & competitions which include all the Figure Skating Championships held worldwide.
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Toe Picks help figure skaters to pivot; stop short & launch into the air for a jump. It also differentiates hockey skates from figure skates.
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‘A Treatise on Skating’ written by Welshman Lt. Captain Robert Jones in 1772 is the oldest known book on Figure Skating.
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Bunny Hop is a non-rotational jump in which the skater glides forward in a straight line on one foot, swing the free leg forward and land on the toe-pick of the swinging leg.
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The Camel Spin is a common move in Figure Skating where the skater’s free leg is extended backwards parallel to the ice, the back arched with head up & arms held out to the side.
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Trivia

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During the 1902 World Championship Event, Madge Syers finished second to Ulrich Salchow as the rules did not specify the gender of the participants and it was an all-male event.
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The Russian Pairs have won a gold medal at every Olympic from 1964 to 2006, which is the longest streak of gold medals for one country in any Winter Olympic sport.

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