Ice skating
By: kaylee and nevaeh
All about ice skating
1) when was figure skating invented?
The first book ice skating was published in London in 1772. The book, written by a British Robert Jones, describes basic figure skating forms such as circles and figure eights. The book was written for men, as women did not normally ice skate in the late 18th century.
The founder of modern figure skating as it is known today was Jackson Haines an American. He won the first Championships of America held in Troy New York in 1864. Haines was known as the first skater to ballet and dance movements into his skating, as opposed to focusing on tracing patterns on the ice. Haines also invented the sit spin and developed a shorter, curved blade for figure skating that allowed for easier turns. He was also the first to wear blades that were permanently attached to the boot.
Organized national figure skating championships began in the United States in 1914. All competition titles before then are unofficial.
2) youngest gold medalist?
Tara Lipinski, in full Tara Kristen Lipinski (born June 10, 1982), American figure skater who in 1998 became the youngest female in her sport to win an Olympic gold medal.
At the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan, Lipinski won the women’s figure-skating gold medal. At age 15 years and 255 days, she became the youngest female to capture the Olympic figure-skating title, erasing a distinction held for 70 years by Sonja Henie, who was 60 days older than Lipinski when she won her gold medal.
3) difference between figure skates and hockey skates
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Figure skates are designed with a long, gently curved blade, toe picks, and leather boots that provide support and the give necessary for deep knee bends. These features facilitate the jumps, spins and long sweeping curves that characterize the sport. Hockey skates, on the other hand, have a shorter, more steeply curved blade, no toepicks and a stiff boot usually made of rigid synthetics such as plastic. The characteristics of a hockey skate are designed to let hockey players gain speed, turn and stop quickly on the ice.
4) most difficult trick?
A quad, or quadruple, is a figure skating jump with four or more, but fewer than five, revolutions.[1] Most quadruple jumps have exactly four revolutions; the quadruple Axel has 4½ revolutions, although no figure skater to date has completed this jump, either in practice or in competition.[citation needed] The quadruple toe loop and quadruple Salchow are the two most commonly skated. The first quad Lutz was ratified in 2011.
The first person to land a ratified quadruple jump in competition was Kurt Browning in 1988. Quadruple jumps have become increasingly common among World and Olympic level men's single skaters, to the point that not having one in a program may be considered a handicap.[2]
5) different types of figure skating
Before you begin to figure skate, it is wise to get familiar with the different types of ice skating. There are four major branches of figure skating: Singles, Pairs, Ice Dance, and Synchronized Skating.
Single Skating
The most popular form of figure skating is Single Skating. A skater performs jumps, spins, footwork, and other skating moves to music.Pair Skating
Pair Skating is the most thrilling event in figure skating. A man and a woman skate together and perform jumps and spins both together as a pair and side by side in unison. The man lifts and throws the lady.Ice Dancing
Ice Dancing is really ballroom dancing on the ice. Skaters can skate waltzes, tangos, foxtrots, and other dances. Ice dancing can be done with or without a partner.Synchronized Skating
Synchronized Skating is done with a team of twelve to twenty skaters. The team performs a routine in unison to music and skates together in various patterns.Those are our 5 questions about skating
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