pairs skating
(also pair skating)
noun [mass noun]
A form of choreographed figure skating in which a man and a woman compete as a team: the lifts in pairs skating are becoming ever more daring...
- Figure skating includes four disciplines - singles men and ladies skating, pairs skating, and ice dancing.
- In pairs skating, Hinnegan and Norris teamed up to skate the foxtrot dance variation.
- With this performance, the level of pairs skating came back down to earth.
Derivatives
pairs skater
- The Chinese pairs skaters are shown here pushing the envelope, adding a fourth revolution to their aerial moves.
- They have already developed a style that shows amazing unison, more like ice dancers than typical pairs skaters.
- Singles and pairs skaters train only two - a short program and a long program.