figure skating
noun
: skating characterized by the performance of various jumps, spins, and dance movements and formerly by the tracing of prescribed figures
figure skater
noun
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The decision to ban her for four years caused a new wave of public indignation in the country, where figure skating is one of the most popular sports and Russian skaters have long been seen as a dominant force on the ice.
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Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2024
The list of his accomplishments is remarkable: winning the first men’s figure skating gold medal in 24 years at the 1984 Winter Games; starting the hugely successful Stars on Ice figure skating tour; surviving cancer and three benign tumors; founding a cancer charity that’s touched countless lives.
—Gillian Telling, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024
There are questions still unanswered about whether this rule applies only to men’s and women’s singles, pairs and ice dance — figure skating’s four traditional disciplines — or also to the team competition, which is a relatively new event.
—Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
Maya James was determined to achieve her goal of starting a figure skating team at Howard University in Washington, D.C., a historically Black college and university.
—Michelle Miller, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2024
The International Skating Union, the figure skating federation charged with re-ordering the 2022 Olympic team figure skating medals after Kamila Valieva’s suspension and disqualification, apparently failed to use its own rulebook and picked the wrong bronze medalist Tuesday morning.
—Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024
Earlier this month, Hamilton, the 1984 gold medal winner for men's figure skating, opened up to PEOPLE about being diagnosed with a benign brain tumor for the third time in 2016 and his decision not to seek treatment for it until symptoms manifest.
—Dustin Nelson, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2024
Charged with re-ordering the 2022 Olympic team figure skating medals after Kamila Valieva's disqualification and suspension, the ISU apparently failed to use its own rulebook.
—Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024
Her performance in the team figure skating competition helped the Russians finish first, but they were not awarded a gold medal at the podium.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2024
Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2024
The list of his accomplishments is remarkable: winning the first men’s figure skating gold medal in 24 years at the 1984 Winter Games; starting the hugely successful Stars on Ice figure skating tour; surviving cancer and three benign tumors; founding a cancer charity that’s touched countless lives.
—Gillian Telling, Peoplemag, 22 Feb. 2024
There are questions still unanswered about whether this rule applies only to men’s and women’s singles, pairs and ice dance — figure skating’s four traditional disciplines — or also to the team competition, which is a relatively new event.
—Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
Maya James was determined to achieve her goal of starting a figure skating team at Howard University in Washington, D.C., a historically Black college and university.
—Michelle Miller, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2024
The International Skating Union, the figure skating federation charged with re-ordering the 2022 Olympic team figure skating medals after Kamila Valieva’s suspension and disqualification, apparently failed to use its own rulebook and picked the wrong bronze medalist Tuesday morning.
—Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024
Earlier this month, Hamilton, the 1984 gold medal winner for men's figure skating, opened up to PEOPLE about being diagnosed with a benign brain tumor for the third time in 2016 and his decision not to seek treatment for it until symptoms manifest.
—Dustin Nelson, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2024
Charged with re-ordering the 2022 Olympic team figure skating medals after Kamila Valieva's disqualification and suspension, the ISU apparently failed to use its own rulebook.
—Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2024
Her performance in the team figure skating competition helped the Russians finish first, but they were not awarded a gold medal at the podium.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2024
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First Known Use
1852, in the meaning defined above
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figure skating
noun
: skating in which the skaters move in exact patterns and also perform various jumps and turns
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