"Figure skating has long been a cornerstone of the Olympics, pre-dating the inaugural Winter Games in 1924 with appearances at the Summer Games in 1908 and 1920. The program has changed over the years, and now includes men's and women's competitions, the pairs event and ice dance, along with a team competition that combines all of the disciplines. Here's what to know about figure skating at the Milan Cortina Games."
"In the singles and pairs events, each skater or team performs a short program and free skate, which is a longer program that contains more elements. For each program, they receive a technical score based on the values of those elements and their execution, and a component score, which judges such things as skating skills and performance. The technical and component score are added together for each program, and the short program and free skate scores are added together to determine the overall medals."
Figure skating at Milan Cortina includes men's and women's singles, pairs, ice dance, and a team competition combining disciplines. Singles and pairs require a short program and free skate; each program receives technical and component scores that are summed to produce final totals. Ice dance uses a rhythm dance instead of a short program, with the season's theme centered on music, dance styles and the feeling of the 1990s. The United States enters having won multiple world titles, with Ilia Malinin, Alysa Liu, and Madison Chock and Evan Bates positioned as leading contenders. The women's and pairs fields are expected to be open, with Japanese skaters among the main challengers.
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