10 Facts About Figure skater

1.

The Figure skater will put on the harness and the coach will adjust it so it fits the Figure skater.

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2.

The Figure skater will go and do the jump with very little help from their coach.

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3.

Jumps involve the Figure skater leaping into the air and rotating rapidly to land after completing one or more rotations.

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4.

In 1982, the ISU enacted a rule stating that a Figure skater may perform each type of triple only once in a program, or twice if one of them is incorporated into a combination or sequence.

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5.

Figure skater only needs to be able to jump in one direction, either clockwise or counter-clockwise.

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6.

Figure skater only needs to be able to spin in one direction, either clockwise or counterclockwise.

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7.

At the 2000 World Championships in Nice, France, a pair Figure skater who had been injured in a lift accident lay on the ice for several minutes and had to get up and leave the ice on his own before being offered medical attention.

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8.

Figure skater designed skates that could be attached to shoes by screws through the heels, and these were soon available from Riccard's Manufactory in London.

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9.

Figure skater skating was the first winter sport contested at the Olympics; it made its Olympic debut at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.

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10.

Dick Button, 1948 and 1952 Olympic Champion, was the first Figure skater to perform the double Axel and triple loop jumps, as well as the flying camel spin.

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