Explore the equipment Olympic figure skaters use—from skates and costumes to accessories and more. Learn how each item ...

Figure skating terms to know Axel: A forward-facing jump invented by Norwegian Axel Paulson in 1882. The Axel is the only jump in which skaters take off from a forward outside edge. The skater rotates ...

Figure skating is nothing if not a lively experience. The movements conjured up by its greatest adherents are artful, with fashion, music, acrobatics and dance coming together atop ice rinks across ...

Catch up on all the Olympic speed skating lingo with this glossary — definitions for key terms, techniques, race formats, and ...

Figure skating has become a sport that awards athletes for achieving speed, spins and jumps – and the ability to land with grace on a steel blade 4 mm (0.16-inch) wide on a notoriously slippery ...