Meanings of pairs skating in English

But Coughlin was a big deal in the world of American pairs skating.

In pairs skating the man lifts the woman up, drops her and catches her.

In pairs skating the stunts are there for the doing and time spent on just looking beautiful costs points.

The media could also be more careful with how they talk about romantic relationships within pairs skating; in the past, it was certainly overemphasized.

Traditional pairs skating, meanwhile, focuses more on technical, acrobatic moves such as throws, jumps and spirals, with a set allocation included in each routine.

Pairs skating, its snootier elder sister, was not only athletically more taxing but had an apparent monopoly of aesthetic clout.