Ice skates are metal blades attached underfoot and used to propel the bearer across a sheet of ice while ice skating. The first ice skates were made from...
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Ice skating is the self-propulsion and gliding of a person across an ice surface, using metal-bladed ice skates. People skate for various reasons, including...
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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...
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Figure skates are a type of ice skate used by figure skaters. The skates consist of a boot and a blade that is attached with screws to the sole of the...
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An ice rink (or ice skating rink) is a frozen body of water and/or an artificial sheet of ice where people can ice skate or play winter sports. Ice rinks...
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– Pair skating D – Ice dance Color key ISU Championships Grand Prix or Junior Grand Prix Challenger Series Other competition Solo ice dance Notes...
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organized by U.S. Figure Skating. Medals may be awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The first Skate America (officially...
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clap skate (also called clapper skates, clapskates, slap skates, slapskates, from Dutch klapschaats) is a type of ice skate used in speed skating. Unlike...
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singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2024–25 Grand Prix Final. The International Skating Union announced...
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roller skate was an inline skate design, effectively an ice skate with wheels replacing the blade. Later the "quad skate" style became more popular,...
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