Jumps in competitive-level figure skating generally fall into two categories: edge jumps and toe jumps. To perform edge jumps, skaters rely on the blades of their skates to get off the ice, while toe jumps require skaters to use their toe pick to get in the air. The edge jumps are the...
Judges, we don't just show up the day of the contest fresh and just go to work.The majority of the work does happen during practice.That's really when we get to have the most amount of productive conversations, figure out the course and figure out what we're going ...
There are some basic differences between ice dancing and figure skating, though they're in the same "envelope" of figure skating. The most notable difference is thatice dancingis thought of as ballroom dancing on ice, so the emphasis is on a graceful and entertaining routine that could easily...
D.7.2 In case there are more than eight (8) NOCs who have qualified skaters in at least three (3) disciplines, the eight (8) Teams having accumulated the highest number of YOG Team Event qualifying points as outlined in Annex A: 1) YOG FIGURE SKATING TEAM EVENT QUALIFICATION POINTS earn...
Point wouldn't be the player he is today without the tutelage of Barb Underhill, a former Olympic pairs skater for Canada and a member of the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame. After her competitive career ended and following two decades as a TV commentator on figure skating,...
ESPN managers compete in a H2H points league, there are other options, often requiring an amended approach to roster assembly and season-long management. Familiarize yourself with the ins and outs of all leagues available on ESPN.com here to figure out which best suits...
While we were browsing for things to buy, Connor, Jared and I struck up a conversation with two Italian figure skaters, Nicole Della Monica and Valentina Marchei, both of whom had finished their events the day before and were now just spectators like the rest of us. They were both really...
Christina Aguilera is about vocal gymnastics and high drama – and her growl is one of the most iconic things to come out of ’00s pop music. Here’s the analysis.
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Figure skating is judged using a complex points-based system — a system that's not always intuitive. Take this for example: sometimes skaters earn more points for falling on a difficult jump than for landing an easier one!