Sports fans who are turned off by the sometimes brutal intensity of ice hockey can tune in to the gentler figure skating competition.

有时过于粗暴的冰上曲棍球使运动迷们失去了兴趣，他们可以观看较温和的花样滑冰赛。

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She was imagining herself at the Olympics, spinning across an ice rink in a sequined red skating dress and white figure skates.

她想象着自己正身处奥运会的赛场上，身穿点缀着金属亮片的红色滑冰服，脚踏白色的花样滑冰鞋。

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This 11-day event, which included skiing, speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey and bobsledding, was a huge success and was retroactively called the first Olympic Winter Games.

为期11天的盛会成功的举办了滑雪、速度滑冰、花样滑冰、冰球及雪车等比赛，后来被称为第一届冬季奥运会。

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There are four categories of figure skating: men's singles,women's singles, pairs,and ice dancing.

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Ice dancers Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue provided a welcome relief when they won gold in the figure skating this week.

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Their holiday package included entry into several events - the women's downhill, curling, ice hockey, figure skating, free dance, freestyle aerials and the Nordic combined.

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With practice areas for figure skating, ice hockey, skiing, snowboarding and speed skating, among others, this network serves as the main East Coast training center for winter-sports Olympians.

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