For starters, in the five thousand-plus years since bowling was invented, it has moved from an outdoor sport to an indoor one. The number of pins has been standardized, as have their weight and distance from the foul line. The dimensions of the lane, and the size and allowable weight of the bowling ball has also been fixed.

In more recent times, technology has improved the bowling pin (plastic is both bouncier and more durable than wood), the bowling equipment (automatic pinspotters mean that pin boys no longer have to risk injury to set up pins), the lane (urethane has replaced wood, and is less prone to warping), and the ball (with more aggressive surfaces, and asymmetrical [unbalanced] cores designed to take advantage of physical laws like gyroscopic motion to deliver a bigger and harder hook).

kristi yamaguchi

Yes

Axel Paulsen was the "inventor" of the Axel jump, he was also the first person to ever perform it. He discovered this jump in year of 1882.

It depends on the skater and what country they are from. Some will "turn pro" meaning they can not compete in another Olympics or other official championships, but they can go on tour with ice shows such as "Stars On Ice" or "Disney On Ice" or various other productions. If they choose to tour with the shows after "retiring" from competitive skating, they can make a living at it. For a few skaters, the best in the world, endorsement deals can be substantial, especially right after a big success like winning gold at the Olympics, and especially if they are from a wealthy, free-market country like the USA or Japan.

In some countries Olympic skaters are funded completely by the government, so their training, housing, food, etc costs them nothing, but they also get little in return for their accomplishment (though the government often gives cash prizes for winning metals and incentives such as a new house, etc for earning such an honor.)

Thus, while it is possible for Olympic figure skaters to make a living at figure skating post-Olympics, it is neither a lucrative profession nor a sure bet (the cost of ice time and coaching fees in order to get to the Olympic games if a skater is from the US for example, may be well over $100,000.) And while there is always the option of the traveling ice show, not all high level figure skaters want to do them, and they can of course pursue other careers after their competitive skating days are over ... including coaching or judging.

Vancouver Canada

Well you see in figure skating when your just doing freeskate you must not have vocals because its just plain out the rules. But their is more than just freeskate, their is Interpretive aka Artistic. Which means you only need one spin and everything else can be creative hand movements and crazy turns. In your Interpretive you may have vocals, well because, that's just the rules

She start ice skating at the age 5.

There are 4 figure skating events: Men's Singles, Woman's Singles, Pairs, and Ice Dancing. With 3 medals( Gold, Silver, Bronze) for each of those events there are 12.

Four Turns

1968

Reynaldo Martinez

Absolutely. His partner for free style is his wife who is a demanding yet great coach. She is tough, but ti pays off. He on the other hand does not work as much on jumps or spins as he does choreography. He has choreographed four of my daughters programs and did a wonderful job! If youre looking for a good choreo/ice dance/moves in the field coach- he's your guy!

She is one of the most decorated American figure skaters of all time. She won 5 world titles, 9 national titles, an Olympic silver, and an Olympic bronze. She is regarded as one of the most popular figure skaters ever.

Katarina Witt won the Olympic gold medal in figure skating in 1984 and 1988.

In the 1980 Winter Olympics held at Lake Placid, Gold in the Womans Figure Skating was won by Anett Potzsch of East Germany, with Linda Fratianne of the USA taking Silver, and Dagmar Lurz of West Germany the Bronze.

Domnina and Shabalin. go to nbcolympics.com for more info.

PS

weren't those costumes...silly? goofy? ridiculous? LOL

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After the 2014 Winter Olympics, here are the countries with the most silver medals:

1. USA: 860

2. Soviet Union: 376

3. Great Britain: 276

4. Germany: 260

5. France: 254

6. Sweden: 204

7. Italy: 200

8. China: 166

9. East Germany: 165

10. Russia: 162

The first date of ice skating has been lost in the annals of history. There have been crude ice skate found in Finland from about 4,000 years ago. For more history, read the link below.

1984 and 1988 Katarina Witt

Yu-Na Kim was the women's gold medalist

the early sixties