Tag Archives: Figure Skating
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This Day In Sports History (February 21st) — Kristi Yamaguchi
It was on this day in 1992 that Kristi Yamaguchi won an Olympic gold medal in women’s figure skating. It would be the first, and only, Olympic medal won by Yamaguchi during her figure skating career. Going into the ’92 Albertville Games, USA’s Tonya Harding and Japan’s Midori Ito held the advantage of being able [...]
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Figure Skating Piledriver (GIF)
What was this figure skating pair thinking when they decided to include this lift into their program? Did they really think the female could carry that weight? I can’t imagine that this same catastrophe didn’t occur several times during practice, but for some reason they decided to stick with it, and unfortunately for the male, [...]
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Super Mario Themed Figure Skating Routine Is Actually Pretty Cool (Video)
An elbow to the face is one way to make figure skating interesting. Super Mario-themed routines is another. Russia’s Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov provided us with a glimpse of the latter during the 2011 World Championships in Moscow earlier this week. Tatiana is clearly playing the role of Mario here, but I am still [...]
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Ice Skater Transforms From Novice To Expert Right Before Our Eyes (Video)
Improv Everywhere really is everywhere, including New York’s Bryant Park, where they pulled their latest stunt. As hundreds of skaters made their way off the outdoor public skating rink so that the ice could be resurfaced by a zamboni, one man in a tacky Christmas sweater and matching scarf appeared to be having some difficulty [...]
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9-Year-Old Performs Adorable Figure Skating Routine To Willow Smith’s “Whip My Hair” (Video)
Meet Starr Andrews. There is little doubt in my mind that we will be seeing this figure skating phenom perform in the Winter Olympics somewhere down the road, but for now this 9-year-old is busy impressing parents in the stands and YouTube viewers around the world with her recent performance to Willow Smith’s “Whip My [...]
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Picture Of The Day: The Faces Of Figure Skating
Male figure skaters are often perceived as being a bunch of young, baby-faced pretty boys, but there is nothing pretty about the look on their face while they are perfroming a quadruple-axle or an upright spin. I always knew that executing these difficult maneuvers was physically demanding, but I was unaware of the fact that they [...]
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Figure Skating Has Never Been Sexier Than This (GIF)
You can make fun of me all you want, but I have always been somewhat of a fan of female figure skating. After seeing this, can you blame me? It was a pleasure watching Kiira Korpi at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, but have you ever seen anything on skates as hot as this? [...]
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Picture Of The Day: What Are You Looking At?
Most men will tell you that they have never watch figure skating. They would also be quick to say that the men who do take part in this sport are sissies and likely prefer the company of men, rather than the women they toss and turn as they dance around the ice. However, I think [...]
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Picture of the Day: Om Nom Nom
Figure skaters get marked up by the judges when they think outside the box and do moves that are creative and executed in a fashion that makes viewers go, “wow.” So would this be considered thinking outside the “box,” and how exactly is it scored when a figure skater actually eats box on the ice? [...]
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Kiira Korpi is a reason to Watch Figure Skating at the Olympics
Do you think figure skating is lame? Well, take a look at Kiira “there are two i’s in hot” Korpi and reassess your thoughts right this instant. Kiira Korpi is a 21-year old Finnish figure skater who will be competing in this year’s Winter Olympics. She’s a 2007 European Bronze Medalist and took home the [...]
