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All posts tagged "2016 Cup of China"
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Yu and Zhang lead China’s pair to one-two in Beijing
To the delight of the home crowd, Xiaoyu Yu and Hao Zhang led the Chinese pair to...
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Canada’s Chan back in business
Three-time World Champion Patrick Chan of Canada rallied back from a faulty short program to claim his...
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Elena Radionova bags gold in Beijing
Russia’s Elena Radionova is back on track and bagged the gold medal in Beijing at 2016 Audi...
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Shibutani and Shibutani take second Grand Prix gold of the season
USA’s Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani came out strong in the free dance to claim their second...
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!
