- Joined
- Dec 16, 2006
For many years, I heard Dick and Peggy (and sometimes, Sandra and Scott) say that in pairs skating, the cardinal rule is, "Two shall skate as one." According to Section D of the ISU rules (the section governing pairs skating), Rule 519 states, "Pair skating is the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating." Subsection a also stated that they need not perform the same moves all the time, but they must give the impression of unison.
To me, a lot of pairs nowadays utilize more "opposite choreography," for the sake getting the necessary levels. Not even Shen and Zhao, to me, skated as one at last year's Olympics (the last I saw them skate as one, to me, was at 2007 World Championships).
To me, a lot of pairs nowadays utilize more "opposite choreography," for the sake getting the necessary levels. Not even Shen and Zhao, to me, skated as one at last year's Olympics (the last I saw them skate as one, to me, was at 2007 World Championships).