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Virginia figure skaters mourn Olivia Ter and Olesya Taylor
Skaters and coaches held a vigil for Olivia Ter and Olesya Taylor in Leesburg, Virginia on Feb. 1, days after their flight crashed near Reagan National Airport.
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Figure skating
\"Vibrant photos and carefully leveled text introduces beginning readers to the fundamentals of figure skating and encourages them to try it\" -- Provided by publisher.
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Spin it figure skating
Learn about the jumps, maneuvers, and techniques that are at the heart of figure skating, as well as how top skaters prepare for competition and how they are judged.
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764 EP074 – Establishing an injury monitoring system for youth athletes in the German ice skating union
BackgroundHigh training loads and sport specific internal risk factors from an early age can lead to serious acute and overuse injuries. Nevertheless, there is almost no system for monitoring and preventing injuries in junior figure skating in Germany.ObjectiveDevelopment of an injury surveillance system, taking context of junior elite sports within the German Figure Skating Union into accountDesignQualitative research including literature review and survey amongst experts and development of a theoretical approach for the German Ice Skating Association to set up an injury surveillance system.SettingN/AParticipantsNational and athletic coaches, medical staffInterventionsA qualitative study aimed to develop injury surveillance, aetiology and mechanisms of injury. Injuries, relevant factors and context were further explored through interviews and surveys.Main Outcome MeasurementsSystematic literature analysis for epidemiological studies, interview and survey.ResultsLiterature reveals an increase in incidence of figure skating injuries. However, there is a lack of literature for junior athletes. After evaluating interviews and surveys of coaches and doctors, a strategy for continuous, standardized and complete assessment of sport-specific injury data for German figure skaters was developed.In an annual injury report, coaches can view injury frequency, most common injuries and injury mechanisms and receive recommendations for injury prevention measures. Prevention measures could be mandatory protective gear in certain situations, rule adaptations or training interventions (foot and ankle stabilization or leg axis training). Additionally, assessing of training load (number of jumps etc.) could be helpful in preventing overuse injuries especially in junior single skaters.ConclusionsWith this injury surveillance system, the German Ice Skating Union could monitor injury in young figure skaters and adapt training recommendations or increase the safety of athletes in training or competitive situations. The system will be tested and evaluated within the next 3 years.
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Figure skating : girls rocking it
The contemporary era has been the most revolutionary for women in sports, with more females involved in athletics than ever before, at all age and skill levels, largely due to the push to make school sports inclusive for girls and women. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to and historical overview of figure skating. It covers all aspects of participation in the sport and staying safe on the ice. Included are anecdotal and inspirational success stories of figure-skating luminaries, and special attention is paid to recent advances and trends in the sport.
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11.34 Concussion rates in the Canadian national short track speed skating program during the last Olympic quadrennial
ObjectiveShort track speed skating (ST) is a tactical pack-style skating sport. Risky passing maneuvers lead to collisions between athletes and subsequent crashes, sometimes resulting in head impacts. To date, there is limited epidemiological reporting of concussion in ST. Therefore, the aim of this research was to investigate the rate of concussion in ST in the Olympic quadrennial preceding the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and to better understand how concussion rates changed with the onset of COVID-19.Design/SettingA retrospective investigation of injury databases from the Canadian national training centre (Montréal, Québec) for ST was completed.ParticipantsAnonymized athlete data (n=60) from the Canadian ST development, next generation, and national teams were included in the analysis.Outcome MeasuresRates of concussion relative to sex, age, environment, and mechanism of injury were extracted from the database.Main ResultsFifty-one diagnosed concussions were recorded between 2018 and 2022. Males accounted for 57% (29) of concussions and females for 43% (22) of concussions. Athletes 18 years and under reported the most concussions (22), followed by athletes 22–25 (11) and 19–21 (9) years of age. Forty-five percent of concussions occurred during training (23), 35% during competition (18), and 67% happened upon contact with an object (35). The onset of COVID-19 displayed a pronounced decrease in concussion, 37 and 14 concussions occurred prior to, and after COVID-19, respectively.ConclusionsUnderstanding the rates and factors of concussion in ST can help create targeted interventions to reduce the incidence of concussion in ST.
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Great moments in Olympic skating
Great Moments in Olympic Skating tells the stories of surprise and dominance, of inspiration and determination, of persistence and overcoming adversity. Title includes colorful descriptions of memorable moments old and new, a list of great Olympians in skating, and Great Moment sidebars.
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Enhancing Short Track Speed Skating Performance through Improved DDQN Tactical Decision Model
This paper studies the tactical decision-making model of short track speed skating based on deep reinforcement learning, so as to improve the competitive performance of corresponding short track speed skaters. Short track speed skating, a traditional discipline in the Winter Olympics since its establishment in 1988, has consistently garnered attention. As artificial intelligence continues to advance, the utilization of deep learning methods to enhance athletes’ tactical decision-making capabilities has become increasingly prevalent. Traditional tactical decision techniques often rely on the experience and knowledge of coaches and video analysis methods that require a lot of time and effort. Consequently, this study proposes a scientific simulation environment for short track speed skating, that accurately simulates the physical attributes of the venue, the physiological fitness of the athletes, and the rules of the competition. The Double Deep Q-Network (DDQN) model is enhanced and utilized, with improvements to the reward function and the distinct description of four tactics. This enables agents to learn optimal tactical decisions in various competitive states with a simulation environment. Experimental results demonstrate that this approach effectively enhances the competition performance and physiological fitness allocation of short track speed skaters.
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