What is Figure skating?
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Use Canadian English|date=November 2018}} {{Infobox sport |name = Figure skating |image = Carolina Kostner at 2013 Italian Figure Skating Championships.jpg |imagesize = |caption = Figure Skater [[Carolina Kostner]] |union = [[International Skating Union]] |nickname = Skating |first = 1742 in [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]] |registered = |clubs = |contact = |team = Individuals, duos, or groups |mgender = Yes |equipment = [[Figure skate]]s |venue = |glossary = [[Glossary of figure skating terms]] |obsolete = |olympic = Part of the Summer Olympics in [[Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics|1908]] and [[Figure skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics|1920]];<br>Part of [[Figure skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics|the first Winter Olympics in 1924]] to today }} [[File:Belbin & Agosto Evening with Champions.jpg|thumb|180px|Figure skating (''[[ice dancing]]'') couple]] [[File:FitzeRex 4.jpg|thumb|180px|Figure skating (''pair'') team]] [[File:Angela Nikodinov 2.jpg|180px|thumb|Figure skating woman]] [[File:Jamal Othman Spin - 2006 Skate Canada.jpg|180px|thumb|Figure skating man]] '''Figure skating''' is both an [[art]] and a [[sport]], in which people skate around on [[ice]], doing [[jumping|jumps]] and spins. It is done at the [[Olympic Games|Winter Olympics]], and it has its own world championships. The name means to make figures or patterns on the ice. People skate with music. In figure skating, sometimes women or men skate alone, or they skate in couples. Couples dancing includes ''pairs'' and [[ice dancing]]. Pairs skating has jumps, and sometimes the man lifts the woman in the air. These things are not done in ice dancing. In ice dancing, the woman must be held in the man's arms. Another kind of figure skating is synchronized skating done in groups. == History == The first ever figure skating club was started in 1742 in [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]]. World Championships began in 1896 (the first in [[Saint Petersburg|St. Pe