Up next in the figure skating competition is ice dancing, but for those who aren’t familiar with the sport there might be some confusion between ice dancing and pairs skating.
What Are the Ice Dancing Moves to Watch for?
According to U.S. Skating, for all singles and pairs events and the free dance, judges award two marks: one for technical merit and one for program presentation. Throw jumps are also extremely common. It's the maneuver in which the male skater throws his partner in the air, and she lands unassisted on a backward outside edge.Coming up will be ice dancing's rhythm dance event, which Team USA scored big in during the team event earlier in the Games.
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