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Figure skating is a sport in which athletes perform jumps, spins, steps, and other movements on ice, usually to music. Its Olympic disciplines are men’s singles, women’s singles, pair skating, and ice dance; synchronized skating is also practiced but is not an Olympic event. In pair skating, two athletes perform together and may include lifts and throws, while ice dance focuses on rhythm, steps, and matching movement. Skaters compete in a short program or rhythm dance and a free program, depending on the discipline. Judges award points for the difficulty and quality of elements as well as the overall performance, and deductions may be given for mistakes such as falls.

Ключевые факты

1. The International Skating Union, known as the ISU, was founded in 1892 and is the international governing body for figure skating.
2. Figure skating appeared at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, before it became part of the first Winter Olympics in 1924.
3. The first Winter Olympic figure skating competitions in 1924 were held in men’s singles, women’s singles, and pair skating.
4. Norwegian skater Sonja Henie won three consecutive Olympic women’s singles gold medals: in 1928, 1932, and 1936.
5. The first official World Figure Skating Championships took place in Saint Petersburg in 1896; only men competed at that event.
6. The ISU introduced the judging system known as the International Judging System after the 2002 Winter Olympics.
7. The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi included team figure skating as an Olympic event for the first time.