How to Use figure skating in a Sentence
figure skating
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Weir is a two-time Olympian in figure skating, which means no skating double was required for his role.
— Martha Sorren, refinery29.com, 1 Jan. 2020 -
Gailhaguet has had a long tenure in French figure skating.
— Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 5 Feb. 2020 -
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 -
An ice princess sport, figure skating has always been partial to mainstream ideologies.
— Teen Vogue, 28 Oct. 2019 -
In two places, the roughly four-foot-wide paths led to adjacent rinks, one set up with boards and nets for hockey, the other for figure skating.
— Elaine Glusac, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2020 -
The park is the only public skating rink in Cleveland and offers low-cost figure skating and hockey programs to youth.
— Robert Higgs, cleveland, 28 Jan. 2020 -
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 -
Allegations arose that the pairs’ figure skating competition had been fixed, leading to two pairs teams receiving gold medals.
— Tanya Edwards, refinery29.com, 1 Jan. 2020 -
Netflix's gritty figure skating drama stars Kaya Scodelario as a plagued athlete fighting for her last chance at victory.
— Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Dec. 2019 -
Competitive figure skating is no joke, and these characters take it as seriously as any real life professional would.
— Martha Sorren, refinery29.com, 2 Jan. 2020 -
Originally, it was ranked sixth, behind Alpine skiing, figure skating, freestyle skiing, short-track speedskating, and hockey.
— BostonGlobe.com, 22 Nov. 2019 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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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