Synchronized skating
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Synchronized skating, often called synchro, is an ice skating sport where between 8 and 20 skaters perform together as a team. They move as a flowing unit at high speed over the ice, while performing elements and footwork.
Highest governing body | International Skating Union |
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Nicknames | "precision skating", "synchro" |
First Performed | 1956; 68 years ago (1956) |
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Mixed-sex | Mixed |
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Olympic | No[1] |
Paralympic | No |
World Games | No |
This complex sport originated in 1956 and was initially called "precision skating" due to its emphasis on the maintenance of intricate and precise formations and the requirement of precise timing from all members of the group. Synchronized skating is now well-established as an organized sport in several European countries with several of them having produced teams who frequently win championships at the international level. Currently there are more than 600 synchro teams in United States alone.[2]