pair skating

American  

Or pairs skating

noun

1. a form of competitive skating in which a man and a woman skate together in performing a choreographed series of jumps, lifts, and other acrobatic moves to a selection of music.

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Example Sentences

Each team is composed of two men, two women, one pair skating couple and one ice dance couple.

From Washington Times • Apr. 15, 2023

“That’s the kind of pair skating I love, when it becomes, as I say, two as one. And Alexa and Brandon have it. I call it the Nicks legacy.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2022

The sad state of American pair skating means their goal will be a top-10 finish rather than a medal.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2018

These qualities were especially unhelpful because I was pursuing pair skating, the riskiest and most acrobatic realm of the sport.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2014

"Look, Peter!" said Mrs. Skerrett, pointing to the other pair skating, he on the backward roll, she on the forward, with hands crossed and locked;—such contacts are permitted in skating, as in dancing.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 52, February, 1862 by Various