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free skate

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noun

Figure Skating.
  1. a freestyle competition with no required elements, in which skaters perform an original program of jumps, spins, sequences, etc., to music of their choice.


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Earlier, US star Ilia Malinin won a third straight men's gold as he bounced back from missing out on an Olympic medal last month when he fell twice in the free skate.

From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026

His aim, he added, had simply been to get through the free skate “in one piece.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2026

Forever it will live as instant happiness, a bad-mood buster: Alysa Liu’s climactic, wildly charismatic free skate at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

The skater known as the "Quad God" had been favourite to win the men's individual title but tumbled to a humiliating eighth spot after the free skate.

From Barron's ● Feb. 22, 2026

Appropriately wearing a sparkly gold dress and performing to Donna Summer, she scored a staggering 150.20 in her free skate.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026

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