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Figure Skating Lifts
Figure skating lifts are required elements in two disciplines of figure skating: pair skating and ice dance. There are five groups of lifts in pair skating, categorized in order of increasing level of difficulty. Judges look for the following when evaluating pair lifts: speed of entry and exit; control of the woman's free leg when she is exiting out of the lift, with the goal of keeping the leg high and sweeping; the position of the woman in the air; the man's footwork; quick and easy changes of position; and the maintenance of flow throughout the lift. Twist lifts are "the most thrilling and exciting component in pair skating". They can also be the most difficult movement to perform correctly. They require more strength and coordination than many other pair elements, and are usually the first or second element in a program. According to the International Skating Union (ISU), "the Woman must be caught in the air at the waist by the Man prior to landing and be assisted to a smooth la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tessa Virtue
Tessa Jane McCormick Virtue (born May 17, 1989) is a Canadian retired ice dancer. With ice dance partner Scott Moir, she is the 2010 and 2018 Olympic champion, the 2014 Olympic silver medallist, a three-time World champion (2010, 2012, 2017), a three-time Four Continents champion (2008, 2012, 2017), the 2016–17 Grand Prix Final champion, an eight-time Canadian National champion (2008–2010, 2012–2014, 2017–2018), the 2006 World Junior champion and the 2006 Junior Grand Prix gold medallists. Virtue and Moir are also the 2018 Olympic gold medallists in the team event and the 2014 Olympic silver medallists in the team event. Upon winning their third Olympic gold they became the most decorated Olympic figure skaters of all time. Widely regarded as one of the greatest ice dance teams of all time, they are the only ice dancers in history to achieve a Super Slam, having won all major international competitions in their senior and junior careers. Virtue and Moir are hol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artem Darenskyi
Artem Andriyovych Darenskyi (; born 7 July 2001) is a Ukrainian pair skater who currently competes with Sofiia Holichenko. With Holichenko, he is the 2025 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, 2025 World Junior silver medalist, a three-time Ukrainian Figure Skating Championships, Ukrainian national senior champion (2022–24), and the 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb bronze medalist. With his former skating partner, Sofiia Nesterova, he is a two-time Ukrainian Figure Skating Championships, Ukrainian national senior champion. The pair has competed in the final segment at two World Junior Figure Skating Championships, World Junior Championships, finishing within the top eight at the 2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, 2019 edition. Career Early years Darenskyi began learning to skate in 2004. His first pair skating partner was Anastasiia Smirnova (figure skater), Anastasiia Smirnova. The two won silver at the 2016 Ukrainian Junior Championships and gold the follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Skate America ...
The 2006 Skate America was the first event of six in the 2006–07 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut on October 26–29. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2006–07 Grand Prix Final. Results Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing References External links 2006 Skate America website2006 Skate America at USFSA with photos, videos, and articles. {{2006–07 in figure skating Skate America, 2006 Skate America Skate America Skate America is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by U.S. Figure Skating. The first Skate America was in held in 1979 in Lake Placid, New York, as a test event fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cody Hay
Cody Hay (born July 28, 1983) is a Canadian retired pair skater. With Anabelle Langlois, he is the 2008 Canadian national champion. He is now a coach with Langlois. Career Cody Hay teamed up with Annabelle Langlois in 2005. The pair finished 4th at the 2006 Skate America. They were forced to withdraw from their second event, 2006 Cup of Russia, because the airline lost Langlois' skates. Langlois/Hay took bronze at the 2007 Canadian Championships and were named to their first Worlds team. They placed 10th at the 2007 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. In the 2007–08 season, Langlois/Hay competed at Skate Canada and NHK Trophy, before winning their first national title at the 2008 Canadian Championships in Vancouver, British Columbia. They went on to compete at the 2008 World Championships in Sweden, where they placed 8th. Langlois sustained a spiral fracture to her lower right fibula during practice on July 23, 2008, and underwent surgery a week later, after which she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anabelle Langlois
Anabelle Langlois (born July 21, 1981) is a Canadian pair skater. She is the 2008 Canadian Figure Skating Champion with Cody Hay and the 2002 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships silver medallist with Patrice Archetto. Career Langlois teamed up with Patrice Archetto in 1998. She fractured her skull as a result of a fall on a throw jump at the 1998 Canadian Championships. She wore a hockey helmet for six months afterward. Langlois/Archetto won the silver medal at the 2002 Four Continents Championships, five Grand Prix medals, and five Canadian national medals. Jan Ullmark coached the pair in Edmonton. Their partnership ended when Archetto retired from competition in 2005. Langlois teamed up with Cody Hay in 2005. The pair finished 4th at the 2006 Skate America. They were forced to withdraw from their second event, 2006 Cup of Russia, because the airline lost Langlois' skates. Langlois/Hay took bronze at the 2007 Canadian Championships and were named to their fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Skate America
The 2007 Skate America was the first event of six in the 2007–08 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Sovereign Center in Reading, Pennsylvania on October 25–28. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2007–08 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Austrian Waltz. Schedule * Friday, Oct. 26 ** 6:00 p.m. - Compulsory dance ** 7:35 p.m. - Pairs' short program ** 9:10 p.m. - Men's short program * Saturday, Oct. 27 ** 2:00 p.m. - Original dance ** 3:45 p.m. - Pairs' free skating ** 6:00 p.m. - Ladies' short program ** 7:55 p.m. - Men's free skating * Sunday, Oct. 28 ** 2:00 p.m. - Free dance ** 4:08 p.m. - Ladies' free skating ** 7:30 p.m. - Exhibition of Champions Results Men Referee: Beth Crane Technical Controller: Igor Prokop Technical Specialist: Vladimir Petrenko As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tong Jian
Tong Jian (; born August 15, 1979, in Harbin, Heilongjiang) is a Chinese retired pair skater. With his wife Pang Qing, he is the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, 2006 and 2010 World Champion, a five-time Four Continents champion (2002, 2004, 2008, 2009 and 2011) and the 2008 Grand Prix Final Champion. Career Tong was born into a Manchurian family in the city of Harbin, China, the home of Chinese pair skating. He began skating at age six. He originally competed as a single skater. He then competed as an ice dancer for two years because of his weak jumps. After his short ice dancing career, Tong switched to pairs. He previously competed with Zhang Xiwen. In 1993, coach Yao Bin teamed him up with Qing and they have been skating together ever since. When Yao moved to Beijing, Pang and Tong trained without a coach until 1997, when they began training under Yao again. Pang and Tong did not have a strong junior career, perhaps due to the fact that the Junior Grand Prix did not e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pang Qing
Pang Qing (; born December 24, 1979, in Harbin, Heilongjiang) is a Chinese retired pair skater. With her husband Tong Jian, she is the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, the 2006 and 2010 World Champion, a five-time Four Continents champion (2002, 2004, 2008, 2009 & 2011) and the 2008 Grand Prix Final Champion. Career Pang was born in Harbin, the home of Chinese pair skating. She began skating at age six. She originally competed as a single skater. In 1993, coach Yao Bin teamed her up with Tong and they have been skating together ever since. When Yao moved to Beijing, Pang and Tong trained without a coach until 1997, when they began training under Yao again. Pang and Tong did not have a strong junior career, perhaps due to the fact that the Junior Grand Prix did not exist when they were skating at the junior level. They placed 14th, 9th, and 8th at the World Junior Championships between 1997 and 1999. After that, they went senior. Pang and Tong won the silver medal at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships
The 2004 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition in the 2003–04 season. It was held at the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton, Canada on January 19–25. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of single skating, men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The compulsory dance was the Yankee Polka. Medals table Results Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing External links * {{2003–04 in figure skating 2004 in figure skating, Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, 2004 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships Sports competitions in Hamilton, Ontario Figure skating in Canada, Four Continents 2000s in Hamilton, Ontario January 2004 sports events in Canada 2004 in sports in Ontario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Baldwin (figure Skater)
John Baldwin may refer to: Military *Jack Baldwin (RAF officer) (John Eustice Arthur Baldwin, 1892–1975), senior British Royal Air Force officer * John Robert Baldwin (1918–1952), RAF fighter ace of the Second World War * John A. Baldwin Jr. (born 1933), American admiral Politics and government *Sir John Baldwin (judge) (died 1545), Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, 1535–1545 * John Baldwin (congressman) (1772–1850), U.S. Representative from Connecticut * John Brown Baldwin (1820–1873), Politician in Virginia during the American Civil War * John Denison Baldwin (1809–1883), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and writer on anthropology * John Harvey Baldwin (1851–1924), American lawyer and politician * John Baldwin (Missouri politician) (1843–1934), Missouri senator * John F. Baldwin Jr. (1915–1966), U.S. Representative from California * John Baldwin (MP) (died 1691), English politician * John R. Baldwin (1854–1897), Massachusetts politician * J. B. Munro (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rena Inoue
is a Japanese-born American retired pair skater. With partner John Baldwin, she is the 2004 and 2006 U.S. National Champion. Inoue previously competed for Japan as both a single skater and pair skater. Inoue and Baldwin are the first skaters to perform a throw triple Axel in competition. Personal life Rena Inoue was born in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan. She moved to the United States in 1996 at the urging of her father, who had been diagnosed with lung cancer. In 1998, less than two years after her father's death, Inoue was also diagnosed with lung cancer. It was detected early, and after six months of chemotherapy Chemotherapy (often abbreviated chemo, sometimes CTX and CTx) is the type of cancer treatment that uses one or more anti-cancer drugs (list of chemotherapeutic agents, chemotherapeutic agents or alkylating agents) in a standard chemotherapy re ..., she was cancer-free. Inoue graduated from Waseda University in 1999 with a degree in education. She became a U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Winter Olympics
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Vancouver 2010 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the surrounding suburbs of Richmond, British Columbia, Richmond, West Vancouver and the University of British Columbia, and in the nearby resort town of Whistler, British Columbia, Whistler. It was regarded by the International Olympic Committee, Olympic Committee to be among the most successful Olympic games in history, in both attendance and coverage. Approximately 2,600 athletes from 82 nations participated in 86 events in fifteen disciplines. Both the Winter Olympics, Winter Olympic and 2010 Winter Paralympics, Paralympic Games were organized by the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC), headed by John Furlong (CEO), John Furlong. The 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
