Презентация на тему по английскому языку Figure skating

This is explained by the fact that it was

here that the first skating clubs arose (Edinburgh, 1742). Then were the first official rules of the competition.
The very first edition of the rules for figure skating, published in England, refers to 1772.

after the European tour of American figure skater Jackson

Gaines. He showed the unexpected possibilities of performing swift figures in the graceful movements of the body.
Jackson became the first "skater" who studied choreography and introduced elements of rhythm and plasticity.

athletes move on ice on ice with the implementation

of additional elements, most often to music. In official competitions, as a rule, four sets of medals are played: in women's single skating, in men's single skating, in pair skating, and also in sports dances on ice. Figure skating is included in the program of the Winter Olympic Games.

figure skating almost all modern obligatory figures and the

basic techniques for their execution were already known, as evidenced by the books "The Art of Skating" by D. Anderson, president of the club of skaters of the city of Glasgow, and work X. Vanderwell and T. Maxwell Whitman from London. These books contain descriptions of all eights, threes, hooks and other elements that underlie modern figure skating.