How to Use figure skating in a Sentence
figure skating
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While the team event is in the books, there’s still a whole lot of figure skating left at the 2022 Olympics.
— Christa Sgobba, SELF, 7 Feb. 2022 -
The move has been described as one of the hardest jumps in all of figure skating.
— Janine Henni, PEOPLE.com, 14 Feb. 2022 -
Here are just a few of the songs that have served as the soundtrack of Olympic figure skating so far, and why skaters picked them.
— Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2022 -
And in Olympic figure skating, safety and trust have been breached.
— Kaitlyn Weaver, CNN, 17 Feb. 2022 -
As in figure skating, the harder pieces were worth more points.
— John Kelly, Washington Post, 11 July 2018 -
The figure skating team event continues with the men and women's free skate and the free dance.
— Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 6 Feb. 2022 -
There are highs and lows to every figure skating program at the Olympics.
— Dave Skretta, ajc, 20 Feb. 2022 -
Who was the last woman to win back-to-back gold medals in women’s figure skating?
— Noah Trister, ajc, 31 Jan. 2022 -
The prize: Silver, figure skating team event; bronze, ice dance.
— Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 20 Feb. 2022 -
Their bronze also means the United States has medaled in each of the first three figure skating events at the Beijing Olympics.
— Sally Ho, courant.com, 14 Feb. 2022 -
Depending on the outcome, the results of the team figure skating event could change.
— Emma Barnett, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2023 -
The big figure skating powers decided that the stakes were too high not to go.
— Louise Radnofsky, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2021 -
She was cleared to skate only a day before the start of the women’s figure skating short program.
— New York Times, 15 Feb. 2022 -
The verdict from the Court of Arbitration for Sport means the Russians are set to be stripped of the gold medal in figure skating’s team event.
— Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024 -
Rippon performed on the world stage last month, winning a bronze medal in the figure skating team event.
— NBC News, 8 Mar. 2018 -
Here’s how to watch all your favorite figure skating events at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
— Rose Minutaglio, ELLE, 5 Feb. 2022 -
Team USA finished second in the figure skating team event on Feb. 7.
— Helen Regan, CNN, 20 Feb. 2022 -
Nathan Chen went head-to-head against figure skating legend Yuzuru Hanyu and came away with a gold medal.
— Karen Kaplan Science and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2022 -
This was about nine years ago and Lysacek had just won the Olympic gold medal in men’s figure skating, making him one of the most famous athletes in the world.
— Adam Carlson, PEOPLE.com, 18 Dec. 2019 -
Intense study and elite figure skating aren't an easy mix because of the demands that come with each path.
— Helene Elliott, latimes.com, 8 May 2018 -
The scandal was one of the causes for the revamp of scoring in figure skating to a new judging system.
— Tanya Edwards, refinery29.com, 1 Jan. 2020 -
Olympic figure skating starts on February 4 with the team event: rhythm dance and men’s and pairs’ short programs.
— Joyce Rubin, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2022 -
Here's what to know about the figure skating champions.
— Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 5 Feb. 2022 -
In elite figure skating, makeup can be as important a tool as a boot and blade.
— Barry Wilner, ajc, 14 Oct. 2021 -
To call Tom Collins the father of figure skating tours might be hyperbole.
— Barry Wilner, Twin Cities, 1 Sep. 2019 -
During the 2022 Winter Olympics, Chen also took home a silver medal for the team figure skating event.
— Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 20 Feb. 2022 -
Yuna Kim, the 2010 Olympic figure skating champion, also added her voice to the mix.
— Saphora Smith, NBC News, 15 Feb. 2022 -
The 20-year-old from Norwood has been steadily climbing the ladder in US figure skating for years.
— BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2021 -
Her scores were eliminated from the women’s figure skating event as well as the team event, where her removal pushed Team USA to gold.
— Alice Park / Paris, TIME, 31 July 2024 -
The 2026 events include skiing, snowboarding and — a fan favorite — figure skating.
— NBC News, 12 Aug. 2024
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