How to Use figure skating in a Sentence

figure skating

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  • While the team event is in the books, there’s still a whole lot of figure skating left at the 2022 Olympics.
    — Christa Sgobba, SELF, 7 Feb. 2022
  • The move has been described as one of the hardest jumps in all of figure skating.
    — Janine Henni, PEOPLE.com, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Here are just a few of the songs that have served as the soundtrack of Olympic figure skating so far, and why skaters picked them.
    — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2022
  • And in Olympic figure skating, safety and trust have been breached.
    — Kaitlyn Weaver, CNN, 17 Feb. 2022
  • The figure skating team event continues with the men and women's free skate and the free dance.
    — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 6 Feb. 2022
  • There are highs and lows to every figure skating program at the Olympics.
    — Dave Skretta, ajc, 20 Feb. 2022
  • Who was the last woman to win back-to-back gold medals in women’s figure skating?
    — Noah Trister, ajc, 31 Jan. 2022
  • The prize: Silver, figure skating team event; bronze, ice dance.
    — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 20 Feb. 2022
  • Their bronze also means the United States has medaled in each of the first three figure skating events at the Beijing Olympics.
    — Sally Ho, courant.com, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Depending on the outcome, the results of the team figure skating event could change.
    — Emma Barnett, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2023
  • She was cleared to skate only a day before the start of the women’s figure skating short program.
    — New York Times, 15 Feb. 2022
  • The verdict from the Court of Arbitration for Sport means the Russians are set to be stripped of the gold medal in figure skating’s team event.
    — Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Here’s how to watch all your favorite figure skating events at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
    — Rose Minutaglio, ELLE, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Team USA finished second in the figure skating team event on Feb. 7.
    — Helen Regan, CNN, 20 Feb. 2022
  • Nathan Chen went head-to-head against figure skating legend Yuzuru Hanyu and came away with a gold medal.
    — Karen Kaplan Science and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Olympic figure skating starts on February 4 with the team event: rhythm dance and men’s and pairs’ short programs.
    — Joyce Rubin, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Here's what to know about the figure skating champions.
    — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 5 Feb. 2022
  • In elite figure skating, makeup can be as important a tool as a boot and blade.
    — Barry Wilner, ajc, 14 Oct. 2021
  • During the 2022 Winter Olympics, Chen also took home a silver medal for the team figure skating event.
    — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 20 Feb. 2022
  • Yuna Kim, the 2010 Olympic figure skating champion, also added her voice to the mix.
    — Saphora Smith, NBC News, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Valieva is tipped to win the women's figure skating event next week.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Including one segment when Chen and Mariano take to the ice for a bit of hockey — and for a bit of figure skating.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Aug. 2022
  • In 1924, figure skating became the first sport in the Winter Olympics to allow women to compete.
    — USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2022
  • The celebrities visit people who mean a lot to them, and Chen has reunions with some of his first figure skating coaches.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Aug. 2022
  • The news came the day after Valieva helped Russia secure the figure skating team gold.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2022
  • The new rinks will host figure skating and ice hockey, as well as low income and after-school programs.
    — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 7 May 2024
  • Covid ripped through Russian figure skating in late 2020.
    — Georgi Kantchev, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Zhou did participate in the team figure skating event on the morning of Feb. 6, in the men’s free program portion.
    — Alice Park, Time, 7 Feb. 2022
  • Then, in 2014, came the news that men would be able to compete in the world championships the following year in mixed duets, pairs of one man and one woman, as in figure skating.
    — Sarah Lyall Daniel Dorsa, New York Times, 6 June 2024
  • Visit the Orlando Ice Den in Maitland for lessons on how to skate, hockey, figure skating and public skating sessions.
    — Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 3 July 2024

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