Web Sites of Skaters

Tara Lipinski One of the world's most famous figure skate's is very athletic. In 1994 Tara was the youngest person to win a gold medal. She shows very good sportswomanship. She is best friends with Michelle Qawn. You will see her in her upcoming events. Learn a lot more about Tara at a fan web site: http://skatecharisma.com/tara/   Kristi Yamaguchi FULL NAME: Kristi Tsuya Yamaguchi BIRTHDATE: 12 July 1971 in Hayward, California HOMETOWN: Fremont, California INSPIRATION: Figure skater Dorothy Hamill, 1976 Olympic Gold Medalist To read more about Kristi, see her web sit at: http://www.polaris.net/~shanhew/

Fast Facts about Skating

Here are some things that you need to know about figure skating! Women's individual competitions require skaters to perform a short program and a long program, also known as the"free skate." In the short program, which counts for one third of the total score, skaters must perform eight technical elements- including prescribed jumps, spins, and a little footwork sequence, within 2 min. 40 sec.! The long program, which lasts 4 min, incorporates both technical and artistic elements and accounts for the remaining two-thirds of the final score! There are no required elements in the long programs! In figure skating you must be very athletic.