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Which five components make up the presentation score in figure skating?
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Katarina Witt, competing for East Germany, became the first woman since Norway's Sonja Henie (1928, 1932, and 1936) to win consecutive Olympic gold medals, doing so in 1984 and 1988.
Under the International Judging System (IJS) introduced by the International Skating Union (ISU) in 2004, the presentation score in figure skating is determined by judges based on the following five components:12
- Skating skills
- Transitions
- Performance
- Composition
- Interpretation of the music/timing
Judges evaluate each of these components on a scale ranging from 0.25 to 10 points, using 0.25-point increments. This presentation score is then combined with the technical score to calculate the final total for a skater's performance.12