- Fresh start for Russia’s Kolyada after coaching change
- ‘Empress’ Tuktamysheva changes it up for 2020-21
- Deniss Vasiljevs hopes to show different side for 2020-21
- Switzerland’s Paganini sets new goals after coaching change
- Japan’s Shimada feels stronger after tough senior debut season
- Sudden death of Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya sends shock waves through skating world
All posts tagged "2005 Europeans"
-
2005 European Figure Skating Championships: Ice Dance Highlights
Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov of Russia were the winners in the ice dance competition, claiming their...
-
2005 European Figure Skating Championships: Ladies Highlights
Russia’s Irina Slutskaya skated to her sixth European gold, equaling the record six titles of Germany’s Katarina...
-
2005 European Figure Skating Championships: Men’s Highlights
Evgeni Plushenko won his fourth European title, but it was close. Brian Joubert of France trailed behind...
-
2005 European Figure Skating Championships: Pairs Highlights
The 2005 European Figure Skating Championships were held Jan 23-27 at the Palavela ice rink in Torino,...
Did You Know?
The backward outside death spiral was invented in 1928 by Germany’s Charlotte Oelschlägel (August 14, 1898 – November 14, 1984) and Curt Neumann (although it was first performed with the skaters holding both hands and the woman not fully lowered toward the ice). They performed the first one-arm death spiral in Budapest in 1928.
Canadian pair Suzanne Morrow and Wallace Diestelmeyer are credited with being the first pair to perform the element in competition at the 1948 Olympics.
Ludmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov (USSR) are credited for creating three versions of the death spiral: Cosmic spiral (backward inside), Life spiral (forward inside), and Love spiral (forward outside).
Who does your favorite death spiral? Discuss here!
