It is divided into men's single skating and women's single skating. The content of the competition originally included three items: prescribed graphics, program creation and free skating. The Congress of the International Skating Federation 1988 decided to cancel the specified number of competitions from 1 July 9901,which is only better than the other two events. It has been nearly a hundred years since the graphic competition was stipulated. Although it has been cancelled as the content of the competition, it is still the technical basis of single skating.
Rules of figure skating competition
The competition was conducted in the order of short program and free skating, with short program on the first day and free skating on the second day.
Short program, athletes must complete a set of programs consisting of jumping, rotating, joint jumping and joint rotating * * * and connecting steps within 2 minutes and 40 seconds.
The referee first defines the action score according to the quality and difficulty of the athletes' actions, and then evaluates the performance score according to the balance of content arrangement, the consistency of music, speed, posture and the performance of musical characteristics.
Every perfect score is 6, and the sum of the two scores is the athlete's score. Those who score more are ranked first.
Free skating, athletes choose their own music, men in the specified 4 minutes and 30 seconds, women in the specified 4 minutes to complete a set of balanced arrangement, composed of jumping, rotation, footwork and various postures of sliding action.
The referee evaluates the technical level and performance score according to the athletes' difficulty, quantity, quality and content arrangement, music coordination, posture, expression, creativity and venue utilization.
The method of grading and ranking is the same as short programs.