Figure Skating in 1901: Spins, steps and choreographic sequences
Figure Skating is reduced to one rule in 1901: “Spins, steps and choreographic sequences.” The figure to remember with it is 1892. A popularity ranking of players is not that figure. Separate kit, time, and the foul. The institutional history is more precise. The International Skating Union was founded at Scheveningen in the Netherlands in 1892, the first World Championships were held at St. Petersburg in 1896, and figure skating bec
Four minutes to launch quadruple jumps off a four-millimetre blade and make it look like music. International Skating Union, founded at Scheveningen in 1892 — the oldest international winter-sport federation 1908 London Summer Games — the first winter sport ever contested at an Olympics
Men's singles, women's singles, pairs and ice dance, plus a team event added at Sochi 2014 ISU Judging System since 2004: base value plus a grade of execution from -5 to +5, plus program components Toe loop, Salchow, loop, flip, Lutz and Axel — the Axel alone takes off facing forward
Ten each: Ulrich Salchow (men, 1901-1911), Sonja Henie (women, 1927-1936), Irina Rodnina (pairs, 1969-1978) Figure skating is the only Olympic sport judged on both what the body can do and what it can say. A skater has between two minutes forty seconds and four minutes to launch multi-rotation jumps off a blade about four millimetres wide, spin fast enough to blur, and hold a musical argument together while doing it. The International Skating Union, founded at Scheveningen in 1892 and the oldest winter-sport federation in the world, governs four Olympic disciplines — men's and women's singles, pair skating and ice dance — plus a team event added at Sochi in 2014.
“Spins, steps and choreographic sequences” for Figure Skating in 1901 carries 1892. That figure is not a star’s rank.1901
Figures to keep
- Year of the rule
- 1901
- Figure in the game
- 1892
- Sport
- Figure Skating
- Rule line
- Spins, steps and choreographic sequences