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What is the development history of figure skating?

The Origin and Development of Figure Skating

Skating is developing towards speed, but it is also changing its mode. Figure skating has a history of nearly a hundred years. Due to the development of European iron smelting industry in the18th century, iron skates replaced bone skates, but there was no groove under the blade, so we could only slide the spiral line, bend our knees, swallow the balance and walk all kinds of steps. Nevertheless, figure skating on ice has aroused great interest. Jackson Hynes, an American ballet dancer, skillfully combined skating with dance art, giving figure skating a new look. /kloc-came to Europe in 0/863 and performed in Stockholm, Berlin, Budapest, Petersburg, Helsinki and other cities. 1868, he came to the world famous city of Vienna, Austria. On the skating rink, he danced the most popular waltz, Mazzuca and Kadri dances at that time, especially his squat rotation, which caused a sensation in Vienna with his agile pace and graceful dance. Austrian King josef i spoke highly of him. As a result, many people worshipped him as a teacher, set up a figure skating club, began to practice specially, and held some competitions. 1868, the first American skating representative meeting was held, and some competition modes about figure skating were decided. Since then, figure skating has developed more widely. 1872, Austria held the first world figure skating competition. 1882, Frey, an Austrian pear skater, and his wife danced a duet hand in hand at the Vienna ice rink. Everyone present was attracted by their novel movements and coordinated cooperation. Since then, pairs skating was born. 1892, the first joint meeting of representatives of the National Skating Association was held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 16 representatives from the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Britain, Sweden and other countries attended the meeting, formulated the rules of the competition, and decided to take the lead in hosting a world speed skating and figure skating championship and a European figure skating and speed skating championship. The International Federation has been established, with its headquarters in Davos, Switzerland, and its congress is required to be held every two years. 1896, the first world men's single figure skating championship was held in Petersburg, Russia, when only four people participated. 1906 the first world women's single figure skating championship was held in Davos. In the Olympic figure skating competition held in London from 65438 to 0908, Russian player Banin won the men's single skating championship. He designed and manufactured the first pair of modern sample skates in this competition. Because of the reform of skates, it has opened up new prospects for the development of supply-side skating technology. In the same year, the first World Double Figure Skating Championship was held in Petersburg, Russia. 1952 world ice dance championship was held in Paris. The World Figure Skating Championships have been held for 72 times from 1896 to 982. The figure skating competition of the Winter Olympics has been held for thirteen times as of 1980. Frequent international competitions have greatly promoted the extensive development of ice sports.