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While short-track speed skaters usually reach speeds exceeding 30 mph, long-track speed skaters can typically hit over 35 mph. What makes speed in the sport… Read More »How Fast Do Ice Skaters Move?

Men’s world figure skating championships winners year winner 2017 Hanyu Yuzuru (Japan) 2018 Nathan Chen (U.S.) 2019 Nathan Chen (U.S.) 2020 not held3 Who is… Read More »Who Is The Current Figure Skating Champion?

The 6.0 system was used in international figure skating competitions until 2004, when it was replaced by the ISU Judging System (IJS). This was in… Read More »When Did Figure Skating Judging Change?

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The Axel jump. The Axel jump, also called the Axel Paulsen jump for its creator, Norwegian figure skater Axel Paulsen, is an edge jump. It… Read More »What Is The Hardest Jump In Ice Skating?

Top figure skaters spin at such unbelievably fast speeds – as many as six revolutions per second – that it can make even spectators feel… Read More »How Fast Can Figure Skaters Skate?

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The elimination of compulsory figures from competition in 1991 gave an advantage to the more athletic freestyle skaters. Until the late 1980s, skaters who were… Read More »When Did They Drop Figures From Figure Skating?

Its name derives from the patterns (or figures) skaters make on the ice, an element that was a major part of the sport until recently.… Read More »Why Is Figure Skating Called Figure?

Short track skaters perform in several distances including the 500m, 1000m and 1500m. China’s Wu Dajing skated the fastest race of the men’s 500m heats… Read More »How Fast Do 500M Speed Skaters Go?