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Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates.
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* Nordic Figure Skating Championships, an annual invitational elite figure skating competition, open only to skaters from Nordic countries
* Stade Olympique de Chamonix-Cross-country skiing, Curling, Figure skating, Ice hockey, Military patrol, Nordic combined ( cross-country skiing ), and Speed skating
Figure skating boots are typically made of several layers of leather and the leather is very stiff to provide ankle support.
* Kimmie Meissner, figure skating Olympian, 2006 World Champion and 2007 U. S. Figure Skating Champion
The United States Figure Skating Team was aboard the aircraft, en route from New York to Prague via Brussels to compete in a figure skating championship.
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We assume for this illustration that the size of the land plots is so great that the distance between dwellings is greater than the voice can carry and that most of the communication is between nearest neighbors only, as shown in Figure 2.
In the extreme and oversimplified example suggested in Figure 3, the organization is more easily understood and more predictable in behavior.
The assumptions upon which the example shown in Figure 3 is based are: ( A ) One man can direct about six subordinates if the subordinates are chosen carefully so that they do not need too much personal coaching, indoctrinating, etc..
Furthermore, the network in Figure 3 is only the basic net through which other networks pertaining to logistics and the like are interlaced.
For example, arrow 17 in Figure 3 portrays the proximal radial epiphysis for boy 34, whereas the same epiphysis for girl 2 is portrayed by arrow 18 in Figure 4.
Mr. Alexander H. Wheelan's Study Helps In Point And Figure Technique tells the readers: `` We assure you that the total number of people using this method of market analysis is a very small portion of the sum total of those operating in the securities and commodities markets ''.
In the Lagrangian description, the motion of a continuum body is expressed by the mapping function ( Figure 2 ),
Thus the " correct " way to view Figure 8 is to imagine the x-axis as pointing towards the observer and thus seeing a concave corner.
Figure ( a ) is a schematic view of a typical distributed system ; as usual, the system is represented as a network topology in which each node is a computer and each line connecting the nodes is a communication link.
One useful result of this very simple approach ( without schedule models and actual cost accumulation ) is to compare EV curves of similar projects, as illustrated in Figure 5.
One of the next milestones came in 1904, when Helge von Koch, extending ideas of Poincaré and dissatisfied with Weierstrass's abstract and analytic definition, gave a more geometric definition including hand drawn images of a similar function, which is now called the Koch curve ( see Figure 2 ).
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Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level ( senior ), and at local, national, and international competitions.
It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976.
Although Figure Skating had been an Olympic event in both London and Antwerp, and Ice Hockey had been an event in Antwerp, the winter sports had always been rather limited by the season.
* Olympic Figure Skater Johnny Weir refers to Quarryville as his " hometown ", living there for many of his childhood years.
American Figure Skater, Sarah Hughes, won her Olympic gold medal skating to selections from Daphnis et Chloé at the XIX Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City in 2002.
During Bellows ' years the series also developed a series of investigative reports about Hollywood's drug use and hiring practices ; but during the 1996 – 97 season ET began to include more sensational fare, featuring paid exclusive interviews with controversial and infamous newsmakers of the day, including disgraced Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding, who became notorious for her role in the conspiracy to physically attack rival Nancy Kerrigan at a 1994 U. S. Figure Skating Championships practice session ; Amy Fisher, who appeared with Joey and Mary Jo Buttafuoco, reunited after Fisher's infamous assault on Mrs. Buttafuoco ; convicted child molester Mary Kay Letourneau, who married Vili Fualaau ; and attorney Howard K. Stern, from the Anna Nicole Smith paternity controversy.
Note that events such as the Olympic Winter Games and the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating are not ISU Championships.
He has been inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame, the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame, the Professional Skaters Association Coaches Hall of Fame, and was the 1997 Olympic Coach of the Year.
At the top of the show, Hogan was attacked by a man wearing a black mask, who struck him in the knee with a metal pipe ( The angle imitated the very well known assault on Olympic Figure Skater Nancy Kerrigan that had happened about six months earlier.
The 1994 Winter Olympics Figure skating events were held at the Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre between 13 and 25 February 1994.
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