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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As the 2022 Winter Olympics approached, 13-year-old Spencer became fascinated with figure skating.
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Antonia Noori Farzan, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025
Sunday’s two-hour event featured some of figure skating’s biggest names, both current and former skating champions, as well as moving tributes to the legacies of those lost.
—Kevin Dotson, CNN, 2 Mar. 2025
The Quadruple Axel The Quadruple Axel is widely considered to be the hardest jump in figure skating.
—Tim Genske, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Sherwin Badger captures his fifth straight and final men’s title.
1928 — Sonja Henie, 15, becomes the youngest Olympic figure skating champion.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025
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Antonia Noori Farzan, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025
Sunday’s two-hour event featured some of figure skating’s biggest names, both current and former skating champions, as well as moving tributes to the legacies of those lost.
—Kevin Dotson, CNN, 2 Mar. 2025
The Quadruple Axel The Quadruple Axel is widely considered to be the hardest jump in figure skating.
—Tim Genske, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
Sherwin Badger captures his fifth straight and final men’s title.
1928 — Sonja Henie, 15, becomes the youngest Olympic figure skating champion.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Figure skating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/figure%20skating. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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