Capturing The Ice Queen's Heart

Understanding Figure Skating

It's important to read this part before you proceed to Prologue.

This is an insight, so you wouldn't be confused when I mention some terminologies, name of competitions, and use an abbreviations for figure skating elements and lingos in the story. I'll add some more information later on.

Credits to: Google, ISU website, and some Youtube creators. All the infos I've gathered came from them.

Figure Skating- is a sport in which individuals, pairs or groups perform on figure skates on ice.

International Skating Union- is a sports federation; it's the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines.

It organizes six annual championships in figure skating:

•World Figure Skating Championships, World-level competition for senior-level skaters; considered as the most prestigious of the ISU's world championships.

•World Junior Figure Skating Championships, World-level competition for junior-level skaters.

•European Figure Skating Championships, the oldest ISU Championship; open to skaters from European countries.

•Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, the newest ISU Championship; open to skaters from non-European countries.

The Championships for synchronized skating are held separately from the three other disciplines and they are:

•World Synchronized Skating Championships, World-level competition for senior-level synchronized skating teams.

•World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships, World-level competition for junior-level synchronized skating teams.

The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating (known as ISU Champions Series from 1995 to 1997) is a series of senior international figure skating competitions organized by the International Skating Union.

Currently, the sanctioned competitions for the Grand Prix are:

•United States Skate America. First held in 1979 as Norton Skate, the event has been part of the series since 1995 and its location changes yearly.

•Canada Skate Canada International. First held in 1973, the event has been part of the series since 1995 and its location changes yearly.

•China Cup of China. It was created in 2003 and joined the Grand Prix series in the same year, replacing the German event. It has been held in Beijing, Shanghai, Harbin, Nanjing, and Chongqing. It was replaced in 2018 by the Grand Prix of Helsinki.

•France Internationaux de France (Grand Prix International de Paris 1987–93, Trophée de France 1994–95, 2016, Trophée Lalique 1996–2003, and Trophée Éric Bompard 2004–15). First held in 1987, the event has been part of the series since 1995. From 1987 to 2014, it was always held in Paris, with the exception of 1991 (Albertville), 1994 (Lyon), and 1995 (Bordeaux). Since 2014, it has been held in Bordeaux (2014, 2015), Paris (2016), and Grenoble (2017 onwards).

•Russia Rostelecom Cup (Cup of Russia from 1996 to 2008). The Prize of Moscow News (1966–1990) having disappeared with the breakup of the Soviet Union, the Cup of Russia was established in 1996 and joined the series in the same year, adopting the name Rostelecom Cup in 2009. It is generally held in Moscow and, less frequently, in Saint Petersburg.