Figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

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was held on February 1–5 at the Almaty Arena in

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. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, and

ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...

Regulations

Skaters who were born between 1 January 1989 and 31 December 1999 are eligible to compete at the Winter Universiade if they are registered as proceeding towards a degree or diploma at a university or similar institute, or obtained their academic degree or diploma in the year preceding the event. Each nation may send a maximum of three entries per discipline.

Medalists

Withdrawn events

On 17 January, it was announced the cancellation of pairs competition in the figure skating due to the low number of entrants. Only two pairs from Russia were registered in the event, which forced the cancellation of the same, according to the rules of FISU.

Medal table

Entries

Originally there were also a pairs' event but it was cancelled because it had only two entries, both Russian.

Results

Men

Ladies

Ice dance

References

External links

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International Skating Union The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, Net ...

Results book
* http://www.isuresults.com/results/season1617/wuni2017/wu2017/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Figure skating at the 2015 Winter Universiade 2017 Winter Universiade

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