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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In 1961, the entire U.S. figure skating team boarded a flight headed to the World Championships in Prague.
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Sarah Hughes, TIME, 4 Feb. 2025
Following the tragic deaths of his parents in the D.C. crash, it was announced via X on Jan. 27 Maxim had withdrawn from the Four Continents Championships, which would've been his final figure skating event this season.
—Lawrence Yee, People.com, 2 Feb. 2025
Those around 12-year-old Olivia Eve Ter described her as a happy, determined youth who embraced the challenges of figure skating.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 1 Feb. 2025
Kirsanov was a former skating coach for the University of Delaware’s figure skating club, according to the university’s president, Dennis Assanis.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
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Sarah Hughes, TIME, 4 Feb. 2025
Following the tragic deaths of his parents in the D.C. crash, it was announced via X on Jan. 27 Maxim had withdrawn from the Four Continents Championships, which would've been his final figure skating event this season.
—Lawrence Yee, People.com, 2 Feb. 2025
Those around 12-year-old Olivia Eve Ter described her as a happy, determined youth who embraced the challenges of figure skating.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 1 Feb. 2025
Kirsanov was a former skating coach for the University of Delaware’s figure skating club, according to the university’s president, Dennis Assanis.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Figure skating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/figure%20skating. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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