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Figure skater Ilia Malinin in a dramatic jump, wearing a black and gold costume, is spotlighted against a purple ice rink background with colorful silhouettes showing stages of his movement.
Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games Sonja Henie, wearing a fur-trimmed skating outfit and hat, performs a jump on an outdoor ice rink in Oslo, Norway, with houses and snow in the background. Figure skater Dick Button performs a stag jump on an outdoor ice rink in Oslo, wearing a patterned sweater and dark pants, with bleachers and buildings in the background. Peggy Fleming, wearing a light green skating dress, glides with arms outstretched on an outdoor ice rink in Grenoble, France, with mountains in the background. Irina Rodnina and Aleksandr Zaytsev Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean perform an ice dancing routine in matching purple costumes at the 1984 Winter Olympics, with Dean kneeling and Torvill gliding beside him. The first quad Awkward moment
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Finnish skater Juulia Turkkila during the Ladies' singles at the World Figure Skating Championships, Megasport Arena on April 30, 2011 in Moscow, Russia. (ice skating, sports)
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How Is Olympic Figure Skating Judged?
Scoring figure skating takes a certain je ne sais quoi.
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How Is the Quad Axel Even Possible?
Ilia Malinin is called the “Quadg0d” for a reason.
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Watch the Northwestern University Women's Synchronized Skating Team Practicing
Synchronized team skating, a women's sport at Northwestern University, Evanston,...
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Historic champion
Katarina Witt, competing for East Germany, became the first woman since Norway's...
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Sonja Henie
Norwegian figure skating Sonja Henie practicing in Oslo to prepare for the Winter...
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Dick Button
American figure skater Dick Button practicing prior to the 1952 Winter Games in Oslo.
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Peggy Fleming
American figure skater Peggy Fleming practicing on an outdoor rink in Grenoble, France,...
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Irina Rodnina and Aleksandr Zaytsev
Soviet figure skaters Irina Rodnina and Aleksandr Zaytsev.
Tony Duffy/Allsport
Ice dancing perfection
The British ice-dancing team of Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean making history...
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The first quad
Canada's Kurt Browning became the first skater to land a quadruple jump, a quad toe...
Yann Guichaoua—Vandystadt/Allsport
Awkward moment
Tonya Harding (back) and Nancy Kerrigan sharing the ice during a practice session...
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The aftermath of Skategate
(From left) Canadian figure skaters Jamie Salé and David Pelletier show off the gold...
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On the way to gold
Russian figure skater Anna Shcherbakova completes a sit spin during the short program...
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Breaking ground
Figure skaters Emma Aalto and Millie Colling train at a rink in Helsinki, Finland,...
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Figure skating and ice dancing
The rink used for ice-skating competitions has a maximum length of 60 meters (197...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Figure skating jumps
Learn how to distinguish the moves you'll see in the Olympics.
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Death spiral
Tatyana Volosozhar and Maksim Trankov of Russia performing the difficult death spiral...
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Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir
Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics...
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Kamila Valieva
Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva performing during a ISU Grand Prix competition...
© Matthew Stockman—International Skating Union/Getty Images
Yuma Kagiyama
Japanese figure skater Yuma Kagiyama of Japan performing during the International...
© Atsushi Tomura—International Skating Union/Getty Images
Making it look effortless
Kristi Yamaguchi's elegant style belied the years of hard work she put in to become...
© Bob Martin/Allsport—Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Michelle Kwan
American figure skater Michelle Kwan performing during the All That Skate ice show...
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Oksana Baiul
Ukrainian figure skater Oksana Baiul performing at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer,...
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Sonja Henie
Skating star Sonja Henie performing in her Hollywood Ice Revue of 1950.
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Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games
Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games.
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