- Bradie Tennell reclaims title at US Nationals
- Near-tie for Chock and Bates & Hubbell and Donohue at US Nationals
- Bradie Tennell breaks Ladies’ Short Program score at U.S. Nationals
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All posts tagged "2012 US International Figure Skating Classic"
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Gilles and Poirier make big impact at international debut
Just last week, Canada’s Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier made their international debut—Gilles’s first at the senior...
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2012 US International Figure Skating Classic
The 2012 US International Figure Skating Classic, an international senior competition, was held this week in Salt...
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!
