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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Several athletes made epic comebacks at this year’s Olympic Winter Games, from gold medalist Alysa Liu’s triumphant return to figure skating to alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin’s slalom victory, which came after she was disqualified from the event at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2026
Everyone aboard the helicopter and the American Airlines jet flying from Wichita, Kansas, including the parents of Olympic figure skater Maxim Naumov and 26 other members of the figure skating community, died when the aircraft collided and plummeted into the icy Potomac River.
—Josh Funk, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
When Amber came out as the first out LGBTQ+ woman on a US Olympic figure skating team, her parents were her biggest cheerleader.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 24 Feb. 2026
One of the many highlights during the Winter Olympics came courtesy of Oakland’s Alysa Liu, who became the first American woman to capture Olympic gold in figure skating since Sarah Hughes in 2002.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2026
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Sophie Caldwell, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2026
Everyone aboard the helicopter and the American Airlines jet flying from Wichita, Kansas, including the parents of Olympic figure skater Maxim Naumov and 26 other members of the figure skating community, died when the aircraft collided and plummeted into the icy Potomac River.
—Josh Funk, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
When Amber came out as the first out LGBTQ+ woman on a US Olympic figure skating team, her parents were her biggest cheerleader.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 24 Feb. 2026
One of the many highlights during the Winter Olympics came courtesy of Oakland’s Alysa Liu, who became the first American woman to capture Olympic gold in figure skating since Sarah Hughes in 2002.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2026
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“Figure skating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/figure%20skating. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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