Four skating

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Four skating is a figure skating and artistic roller skating discipline. Fours teams consist of two women and two men. The sport is similar to pair skating, with elements including overhead lifts, twist lifts, death spirals, and throw jumps, as well as the elements of single skating in unison, pairs elements in unison and unique elements that involve all four skaters. The first figure skating competition between Canadian and American teams took place in 1913. Over the years the Four skating competitions were attended at national level by world-class skaters such as the Americans Theresa Weld and Hayes Alan Jenkins,[1] and the Canadians Constance Wilson-Samuel, Montgomery Wilson and Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler. Fours is not an Olympic event and is rarely competed. It was discontinued from the Canadian Figure Skating Championships following the 1996-1997 season.

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1. ^ Elvin Walker (31 December 2020). "U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS THROWBACK: A LOOK AT FOURS". Retrieved 12 June 2023.

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Figure skating

* International Skating Union (ISU)
* National federations
* World Standings

Competitive
skating|

| General|

* Glossary of terms
* History
* Figure skate
* Rink
* Club
* Competition
* Season
* ISU Judging System
* 6.0 system

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Disciplines|

* Single skating
* Pair skating
* Ice dance
* Synchronized skating
* Four skating

Segments|

* Compulsory figures
* Demise and revival
* Special figures
* Short program
* Free skating
* Compulsory dance
* Original dance
* Rhythm dance
* Free dance

International
competitions|

| Singles, pairs
and ice dance|

* Olympic Games
* World Championships
* European Championships
* Four Continents Championships
* North American Championships
* Grand Prix Series
* Grand Prix Final
* Challenger Series
* World Team Trophy
* Winter Youth Olympics
* World Junior Championships
* Junior Grand Prix Series
* Junior Grand Prix Final

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Synchronized skating|

* World Championships
* World Junior Championships
* Junior World Challenge Cup

Elements
and other
moves|

| Required elements|

* Choreographic sequence
* Death spiral
* Jumps
* Lifts
* Spins
* Step sequence
* Twizzle turn
* Competition elements in ice dance

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Jumps|

* Axel jump
* Euler jump
* Flip jump
* Loop jump
* Lutz jump
* Salchow jump
* Toe loop jump
* Quadruple jump

Spins|

* Upright spin
* Layback spin
* Biellmann spin
* Sit spin
* Camel spin

Steps, turns
and basic strokes|

* Three-turn
* Bracket turn
* Choctaw turn (S-step)
* Counter turn
* Crossover
* Mohawk turn (C-step)
* Rocker turn
* Backflip

Moves in the field|

* Besti squat
* Cantilever
* Hydroblading
* Ina Bauer
* Spiral
* Spread eagle

Professional
skating|

* Ice shows
* Ice theatre
* World Professional Figure Skating Championships

Other|

* Adult figure skating
* Doping in figure skating
* Country changes
* Grand Slam
* Kiss and cry
* World Figure Skating Hall of Fame
* World Figure Sport Society

Lists|

* Figure skaters (men)
* Figure skaters (women)
* Figure skaters (pairs)
* Figure skaters (ice dance)
* Olympic venues
* Olympic medalists
* World Championships cumulative medal count
* European Championships cumulative medal count
* Four Continents Championships cumulative medal count
* Competitions
* Highest scores
* Highest historical scores
* Highest junior scores
* Highest historical junior scores

Film & TV|

* Blades of Glory
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* Spinning Out
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* Zero Chill

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