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Figure Skating · Interesting Facts

Chapter 6: Music & Iconic Programs

10 parts · 10 tests · 100 facts · updated 20 October 2026 · markdown

The music of skating: Les Patineurs in ballet and waltz, Olympic programmes from 1920 to 2018, Bolero and later dances, Hanyu's programmes, the arrival of lyrics, music rights at the 2026 Games, the exhibition gala and the choreographers in the Hall of Fame.

6.61Skating in Ballet and the Waltz

Les Patineurs twice over: Waldteufel's waltz of 1882 and Frederick Ashton's skating ballet of 1937.

Test 1Skaters on the stageTake a test

  1. He heard the score and asked to choreograph it, which de Valois allowed.

    Source: The Frederick Ashton Foundation, Les Patineurs (1937): music, first performance and productions · recall

  2. Ballet music and an aria from Le Prophète, with pieces from L'Etoile du nord.

    Source: The Frederick Ashton Foundation, Les Patineurs (1937): music, first performance and productions · recall

  3. A skating party gathers there on a wintry evening.

    Source: The Frederick Ashton Foundation, Les Patineurs (1937): music, first performance and productions · recall

  4. It showcased Harold Turner and Mary Honer; Margot Fonteyn and Robert Helpmann danced the pas de deux.

    Source: The Frederick Ashton Foundation, Les Patineurs (1937): music, first performance and productions · recall

  5. The Times called it novel and beautiful, lit up by flashes of wit.

    Source: The Frederick Ashton Foundation, Les Patineurs (1937): music, first performance and productions · recall

  6. The tour, planned for autumn 1956, was cancelled after the invasion of Hungary.

    Source: The Frederick Ashton Foundation, Les Patineurs (1937): music, first performance and productions · recall

  7. It is known in English as The Skaters' Waltz.

    Source: IMSLP, Les patineurs, Op.183 (Waldteufel, Emile): general information · recall

  8. 1882, 1937, 1957 and 1977.

    Source: The Frederick Ashton Foundation, Les Patineurs (1937): music, first performance and productions; IMSLP, Les patineurs, Op.183 (Waldteufel, Emile): general information · recall

  9. Eight numbers in all, from the entrée to the closing galop.

    Source: The Frederick Ashton Foundation, Les Patineurs (1937): music, first performance and productions · recall

  10. B is 1937; A is Waldteufel's waltz of 1882, C the Royal Opera House in 1946 and D Ballet for All in 1972.

    Source: The Frederick Ashton Foundation, Les Patineurs (1937): music, first performance and productions; IMSLP, Les patineurs, Op.183 (Waldteufel, Emile): general information · applied

6.62Olympic Music, 1920-1976

A forbidden waltz, music that failed, Don Quixote and Captain Blood: the music of the early Olympic programmes.

Test 1Early Olympic musicTake a test

  1. Olympedia reads it as a sign of the anti-German mood of the time; she still won the gold.

    Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1920 Winter Olympics, Singles, Women · recall

  2. She almost fell early on, then recovered to finish with an average of 5.7.

    Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics, Singles, Women · recall

  3. He joined his natural elegance to a series of stunning jumps.

    Source: Olympics.com, athlete biography: John Curry · recall

  4. It is an Errol Flynn film; she skated it on 13 February 1976, aged 19.

    Source: Olympics.com, athlete biography: Dorothy Hamill · recall

  5. The sequence was quickly named after her and became her signature move.

    Source: Olympics.com, athlete biography: Dorothy Hamill · recall

  6. Every Olympic women's champion since has had a triple jump in her routine.

    Source: Olympics.com, athlete biography: Dorothy Hamill · recall

  7. He also choreographed for Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill and Linda Fratianne.

    Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics, Pairs, Mixed · recall

  8. Antwerp 1920, Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936, Cortina 1956 and Innsbruck 1976; in 1956 a faltered lift left the Canadians skating after their music had ended.

    Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1920, 1936 and 1956 Winter Olympics; Olympics.com, John Curry · recall

  9. 1975, February 1976, a month later in March 1976, then straight into the shows.

    Source: Olympics.com, athlete biography: Dorothy Hamill · recall

  10. C is 105.9; Olympics.com calls it the highest total in the history of men's figure skating.

    Source: Olympics.com, athlete biography: John Curry · applied

6.63Bolero and Ice Dance Music

How Bolero was timed and argued over, what came after it, and the music of later dance champions.

Test 1Ice dance musicTake a test

  1. That was shortly before Sarajevo, where the same free dance earned 12 of 18.

    Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics, Ice Dance, Mixed · recall

  2. Bolero was one set piece, but its changing rhythms and phases convinced the judges it was legal.

    Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics, Ice Dance, Mixed · recall

  3. The crowd loved it, but technical marks of 5.7 and 5.6 left them with bronze.

    Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics, Ice Dance, Mixed · recall

  4. The French siblings pushed the limits of the rules and won the 1991 world title.

    Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics, Ice Dance, Mixed · recall

  5. They said so in Sarajevo in 2024, forty years after the Games.

    Source: Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Torvill & Dean in the Olympic Committee of BiH (13 February 2024) · recall

  6. Bolero's 40th anniversary and their 50th as partners fell on the same day.

    Source: Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Torvill & Dean in the Olympic Committee of BiH (13 February 2024) · recall

  7. They climbed from fourth after the short dance to gold in Shanghai.

    Source: Olympics.com, athlete biography: Gabriella Papadakis · recall

  8. Early 1984, February 1984, then the 1994 European title and the Lillehammer bronze.

    Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics, Ice Dance, Mixed · recall

  9. Sarajevo 1984, Lillehammer 1994 and Sochi 2014.

    Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1984, 1994 and 2014 Winter Olympics, Ice Dance, Mixed · recall

  10. The dance ran 4:28; they moved to the music for 18 seconds before they started to skate.

    Source: Olympics.com, athlete biography: Jayne Torvill · applied

6.64Olympic Free Skates, 1984-1994

The Battle of the Carmens, a song for Sarajevo, a Swan Lake after stitches and a camera on the ice.

Test 1Free skates of 1984-1994Take a test

  1. The event was billed as the Battle of the Carmens.

    Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics, Singles, Women · recall

  2. She placed fourth in the free and dropped to the bronze medal.

    Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics, Singles, Women · recall

  3. The Canadian took silver overall; Witt was second in the free and won gold.

    Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics, Singles, Women · recall

  4. Sarajevo, where she won her first gold, had been shattered by the war.

    Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics, Singles, Women · recall

  5. She lit up the arena with five triple jumps.

    Source: Olympics.com, athlete biography: Oksana Baiul · recall

  6. She collided with Germany's Tanja Szewczenko; the gash in her shin took three stitches.

    Source: Olympics.com, athlete biography: Oksana Baiul · recall

  7. He had dropped his camera; they kept skating and won bronze.

    Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics, Pairs, Mixed · recall

  8. Witt then won the short programme, but Thomas narrowly led going into the free skating.

    Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics, Singles, Women · recall

  9. She moved to her coach's home in Odesa, won the 1993 Worlds, then Lillehammer in 1994.

    Source: Olympics.com, athlete biography: Oksana Baiul · recall

  10. Thomas was second in the figures and the short programme, then fourth in the free skating.

    Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics, Singles, Women · applied

6.65Olympic Programs, 2002-2018

The Man in the Iron Mask, a violin fantasy, a James Bond medley and Man of La Mancha.

Test 1Olympic programs 2002-2018Take a test

  1. Four of the nine judges gave him 6.0 for presentation.

    Source: Olympics.com, athlete biography: Alexei Yagudin · recall

  2. Olympics.com calls it the highest ever recorded by a skater at the Games.

    Source: Olympics.com, athlete biography: Alexei Yagudin · recall

  3. She finished it third, less than a point behind Sasha Cohen and Irina Slutskaya.

    Source: Olympics.com, athlete biography: Shizuka Arakawa · recall

  4. She skated it to Puccini's Fantasy for Violin.

    Source: Olympics.com, athlete biography: Shizuka Arakawa · recall

  5. It set a world record of 78.50 points.

    Source: Olympics.com, athlete biography: Yuna Kim · recall

  6. Her total of 228.56 was a new world record.

    Source: Olympics.com, athlete biography: Yuna Kim · recall

  7. His short programme used the theme of Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times; he won bronze, Spain's first Olympic medal on ice.

    Source: Olympics.com, athlete biography: Javier Fernández · recall

  8. Salt Lake City 2002, Turin 2006, Vancouver 2010 and PyeongChang 2018.

    Source: Olympics.com, athlete biographies: Yagudin, Arakawa, Kim, Fernández · recall

  9. 1998, 2004 and 2006, Japan's first Olympic gold in figure skating.

    Source: Olympics.com, athlete biography: Shizuka Arakawa · recall

  10. B is 150.06; A is her short programme, 78.50, C her total, 228.56, and D Arakawa's 191.34 of 2006.

    Source: Olympics.com, athlete biography: Yuna Kim; Olympics.com, athlete biography: Shizuka Arakawa · applied

6.66Hanyu's Programs

The music and the choreographers behind Yuzuru Hanyu's programmes, from Swan Lake to SEIMEI.

Test 1Hanyu's musicTake a test

  1. Among them Parisienne Walkways, Ballade No. 1, Let's Go Crazy and Otoñal.

    Source: Nippon.com, Hanyū Yuzuru: A Competition Record (6 January 2021) · recall

  2. She made his free skates from The Phantom of the Opera in 2014-15 onwards.

    Source: Nippon.com, Hanyū Yuzuru: A Competition Record (6 January 2021) · recall

  3. It comes from the soundtrack to Onmyōji (The Yin Yang Master).

    Source: Nippon.com, Hanyū Yuzuru: A Competition Record (6 January 2021) · recall

  4. David Wilson choreographed it, as he had Notre-Dame de Paris the season before.

    Source: Nippon.com, Hanyū Yuzuru: A Competition Record (6 January 2021) · recall

  5. At one point he held his leg behind his head and played it like a guitar.

    Source: Nippon.com, Hanyū Yuzuru: A Competition Record (6 January 2021); NPR, Figure Skaters Can Use Music With Lyrics For First Time In 2018 Olympics (8 January 2018) · recall

  6. Ballade No. 1 and SEIMEI, the routines of his second Olympic title.

    Source: Nippon.com, Hanyū Yuzuru: A Competition Record (6 January 2021) · recall

  7. SEIMEI was among them; 'I got in all the songs I wanted', he said.

    Source: Olympics.com, Hanyu Yuzuru to bow out of Beijing his way in gala (18 February 2022) · recall

  8. 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16.

    Source: Nippon.com, Hanyū Yuzuru: A Competition Record (6 January 2021) · recall

  9. 2012-13, 2014-15, 2016-17 and 2018-19, all choreographed by Jeffrey Buttle.

    Source: Nippon.com, Hanyū Yuzuru: A Competition Record (6 January 2021) · recall

  10. C is 111.82, beating his own 110.53; A is 99.84 from 2013 and D his 103.53 at the 2020 Japan Championships.

    Source: Nippon.com, Hanyū Yuzuru: A Competition Record (6 January 2021) · applied

6.67Lyrics Come to the Ice

When singles and pairs skaters could first use songs with words, and what they chose.

Test 1Music with lyricsTake a test

  1. The change was set to take effect only after the Sochi Olympics.

    Source: NPR, It May Look The Same, But Olympic Figure Skating Will Sound Different In 2018 (13 January 2018) · recall

  2. PyeongChang 2018 was the first Olympics with lyrics in those events.

    Source: NPR, It May Look The Same, But Olympic Figure Skating Will Sound Different In 2018 (13 January 2018) · recall

  3. After the 2018 US Championships, it seemed that may be working.

    Source: NPR, It May Look The Same, But Olympic Figure Skating Will Sound Different In 2018 (13 January 2018) · recall

  4. Halfway through, the bass dropped and Lil Jon's voice came in.

    Source: NPR, It May Look The Same, But Olympic Figure Skating Will Sound Different In 2018 (13 January 2018) · recall

  5. USA Today's Maggie Hendricks called it 'just so disappointing'.

    Source: NPR, It May Look The Same, But Olympic Figure Skating Will Sound Different In 2018 (13 January 2018) · recall

  6. Coach Mary Quigg called it a joyful piece that Liu brings to life.

    Source: NPR Weekend Edition Sunday, Music is critical to figure skating at the Olympics (8 February 2026) · recall

  7. Lyrics let audiences learn who the skaters are, she said.

    Source: NPR, Figure Skaters Can Use Music With Lyrics For First Time In 2018 Olympics (8 January 2018) · recall

  8. 2012, February 2014, the 2014-15 season and 2018.

    Source: NPR, It May Look The Same, But Olympic Figure Skating Will Sound Different In 2018 (13 January 2018) · recall

  9. That was when the crowd went crazy; for his long programme he chose Rachmaninoff.

    Source: NPR, It May Look The Same, But Olympic Figure Skating Will Sound Different In 2018 (13 January 2018) · recall

  10. D is PyeongChang 2018; A is the 2012 vote, B Sochi 2014 and C Hanyu's Prince programme of 2016.

    Source: NPR, It May Look The Same, But Olympic Figure Skating Will Sound Different In 2018 (13 January 2018); NPR, Figure Skaters Can Use Music With Lyrics For First Time In 2018 Olympics (8 January 2018) · applied

6.68Music Rights at the 2026 Games

Minions, Pharrell and a Canadian composer: clearing music for Milano Cortina 2026.

Test 1Music rights in 2026Take a test

  1. He skated it in overalls and a yellow shirt, dressed as one of the characters.

    Source: NBC New York, Olympic figure skater receives approval to use 'Minions' music for routine (6 February 2026) · recall

  2. Approval came about two hours before the Olympic figure skating programme opened.

    Source: NBC New York, Olympic figure skater receives approval to use 'Minions' music for routine (6 February 2026) · recall

  3. His old short programme and this season's free skate used it.

    Source: Associated Press, Minions music leads to nightmare for Olympic skater while spotlighting a problem (3 February 2026) · recall

  4. The ISU said it had no contract with ClicknClear but worked with rights stakeholders.

    Source: Associated Press, Minions music leads to nightmare for Olympic skater while spotlighting a problem (3 February 2026) · recall

  5. If a piece is not there, they may have to go straight to the artist or publisher.

    Source: Associated Press, Minions music leads to nightmare for Olympic skater while spotlighting a problem (3 February 2026) · recall

  6. The band Heavy Young Heathens also sued U.S. Figure Skating and NBC.

    Source: Associated Press, Minions music leads to nightmare for Olympic skater while spotlighting a problem (3 February 2026) · recall

  7. He posted that it had been used without permission, then congratulated her; they settled it amicably.

    Source: Associated Press, US figure skater Amber Glenn resolves copyright issue with a Canadian music artist (February 2026) · recall

  8. August 2025, four days before the Opening Ceremony, the day of the team event, then the following Tuesday.

    Source: Associated Press, Minions music leads to nightmare for Olympic skater while spotlighting a problem (3 February 2026); NBC New York, Olympic figure skater receives approval to use 'Minions' music for routine (6 February 2026) · recall

  9. He changed two days before the competition, to a piece by Edgar Hakobyan he could clear.

    Source: Associated Press, US figure skater Amber Glenn resolves copyright issue with a Canadian music artist (February 2026) · recall

  10. B is four days before the ceremony; the licences came on the day itself.

    Source: Associated Press, Minions music leads to nightmare for Olympic skater while spotlighting a problem (3 February 2026) · applied

6.69The Olympic Exhibition Gala

No medals, just a show: how the 2026 gala was built, who skated to what, and Hanyu's farewell gala in Beijing.

Test 1The exhibition galaTake a test

  1. The Italian, bronze medallist in 2014, told the journey of an athlete from the first steps.

    Source: Associated Press, Alysa Liu, Ilia Malinin and U.S. figure skaters shine in Olympic exhibition gala (21 February 2026) · recall

  2. Kostner's opening, the athletes' own numbers, a tribute to two teams and the finale.

    Source: Associated Press, Alysa Liu, Ilia Malinin and U.S. figure skaters shine in Olympic exhibition gala (21 February 2026) · recall

  3. The Americans had won the team event.

    Source: Associated Press, Alysa Liu, Ilia Malinin and U.S. figure skaters shine in Olympic exhibition gala (21 February 2026) · recall

  4. The AP found the lyrics fitting after her strong free skate.

    Source: Associated Press, Alysa Liu, Ilia Malinin and U.S. figure skaters shine in Olympic exhibition gala (21 February 2026) · recall

  5. He also performed a backflip in the show.

    Source: Associated Press, Alysa Liu, Ilia Malinin and U.S. figure skaters shine in Olympic exhibition gala (21 February 2026) · recall

  6. As tradition dictates, the gold medallists went last, and the women's champion closed the show.

    Source: Associated Press, Alysa Liu, Ilia Malinin and U.S. figure skaters shine in Olympic exhibition gala (21 February 2026) · recall

  7. The criteria include a skater's season, charisma and appeal to audiences.

    Source: NBC Los Angeles, This Olympics event doesn't give out medals. Instead, it's a celebration (20 February 2026) · recall

  8. The finale brought all the athletes back for a choreographed farewell.

    Source: Associated Press, Alysa Liu, Ilia Malinin and U.S. figure skaters shine in Olympic exhibition gala (21 February 2026) · recall

  9. He blamed a rut in the ice for the single; the gala on 20 February closed his Games.

    Source: Olympics.com, athlete biography: Yuzuru Hanyu; Olympics.com, Hanyu Yuzuru to bow out of Beijing his way in gala (18 February 2022) · recall

  10. In C the champions skate last, as tradition dictates.

    Source: Associated Press, Alysa Liu, Ilia Malinin and U.S. figure skaters shine in Olympic exhibition gala (21 February 2026) · applied

6.70Choreographers in the Hall of Fame

The choreographers and coaches of style honoured by the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame.

Test 1Choreographers honouredTake a test

  1. Biellmann joined Paulsen, Lutz and Salchow in having a move named after her.

    Source: Associated Press, Biellmann, Nichol make Hall of Fame (14 March 2014) · recall

  2. They represented five nations.

    Source: Associated Press, Biellmann, Nichol make Hall of Fame (14 March 2014) · recall

  3. Plus one pair, seven countries in all.

    Source: Associated Press, Biellmann, Nichol make Hall of Fame (14 March 2014) · recall

  4. Five-time world champion Michelle Kwan is another.

    Source: Associated Press, Biellmann, Nichol make Hall of Fame (14 March 2014) · recall

  5. Also three Gemini Awards in Canada and a Golden Rose in Switzerland.

    Source: U.S. Figure Skating, Dr. Porter among 2018 World Hall of Fame inductees (17 April 2018) · recall

  6. The Soviet couple won the world title in 1975 and 1977.

    Source: U.S. Figure Skating, Dr. Porter among 2018 World Hall of Fame inductees (17 April 2018) · recall

  7. Linichuk and Karponosov, her pupils, won at Lake Placid in 1980.

    Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics, Ice Dance, Mixed; U.S. Figure Skating, World Figure Skating Hall of Fame (inductees by year) · recall

  8. 2008, 2014, 2017 and 2018.

    Source: U.S. Figure Skating, World Figure Skating Hall of Fame (inductees by year) · recall

  9. 1988, 1992 and 1998.

    Source: U.S. Figure Skating, Dr. Porter among 2018 World Hall of Fame inductees (17 April 2018) · recall

  10. Three gold, two silver and five bronze: ten medallists from five nations.

    Source: Associated Press, Biellmann, Nichol make Hall of Fame (14 March 2014) · applied

Sources

Olympedia event pages and Olympics.com athlete biographies; NPR (2018, 2026); Associated Press and NBC (2026); Nippon.com; U.S. Figure Skating's World Hall of Fame pages; the Frederick Ashton Foundation; IMSLP; the Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Facts already asked in KT (Bolero's composer and sixes, Casablanca, the jump names, the 1968 demonstration) are not asked again. Every fact is recorded with its source in docs/FIGURE_SKATING_VERIFIED_FACTS.md.

  • Nippon.com, Hanyū Yuzuru: A Competition Record (6 January 2021)8
  • Associated Press, Alysa Liu, Ilia Malinin and U.S. figure skaters shine in Olympic exhibition gala (21 February 2026)8
  • The Frederick Ashton Foundation, Les Patineurs (1937): music, first performance and productions7
  • NPR, It May Look The Same, But Olympic Figure Skating Will Sound Different In 2018 (13 January 2018)7
  • Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics, Singles, Women5
  • Associated Press, Minions music leads to nightmare for Olympic skater while spotlighting a problem (3 February 2026)5
  • Associated Press, Biellmann, Nichol make Hall of Fame (14 March 2014)5
  • Olympics.com, athlete biography: Dorothy Hamill4
  • Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics, Ice Dance, Mixed3
  • Olympics.com, athlete biography: Oksana Baiul3
  • Olympics.com, athlete biography: Shizuka Arakawa3
  • U.S. Figure Skating, Dr. Porter among 2018 World Hall of Fame inductees (17 April 2018)3
  • The Frederick Ashton Foundation, Les Patineurs (1937): music, first performance and productions; IMSLP, Les patineurs, Op.183 (Waldteufel, Emile): general information2
  • Olympics.com, athlete biography: John Curry2
  • Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Torvill & Dean in the Olympic Committee of BiH (13 February 2024)2
  • Olympics.com, athlete biography: Alexei Yagudin2
  • Olympics.com, athlete biography: Yuna Kim2
  • NBC New York, Olympic figure skater receives approval to use 'Minions' music for routine (6 February 2026)2
  • Associated Press, US figure skater Amber Glenn resolves copyright issue with a Canadian music artist (February 2026)2
  • IMSLP, Les patineurs, Op.183 (Waldteufel, Emile): general information1
  • Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1920 Winter Olympics, Singles, Women1
  • Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics, Singles, Women1
  • Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics, Pairs, Mixed1
  • Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1920, 1936 and 1956 Winter Olympics; Olympics.com, John Curry1
  • Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics, Ice Dance, Mixed1
  • Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics, Ice Dance, Mixed1
  • Olympics.com, athlete biography: Gabriella Papadakis1
  • Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1984, 1994 and 2014 Winter Olympics, Ice Dance, Mixed1
  • Olympics.com, athlete biography: Jayne Torvill1
  • Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1994 Winter Olympics, Singles, Women1
  • Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics, Pairs, Mixed1
  • Olympics.com, athlete biography: Javier Fernández1
  • Olympics.com, athlete biographies: Yagudin, Arakawa, Kim, Fernández1
  • Olympics.com, athlete biography: Yuna Kim; Olympics.com, athlete biography: Shizuka Arakawa1
  • Nippon.com, Hanyū Yuzuru: A Competition Record (6 January 2021); NPR, Figure Skaters Can Use Music With Lyrics For First Time In 2018 Olympics (8 January 2018)1
  • Olympics.com, Hanyu Yuzuru to bow out of Beijing his way in gala (18 February 2022)1
  • NPR Weekend Edition Sunday, Music is critical to figure skating at the Olympics (8 February 2026)1
  • NPR, Figure Skaters Can Use Music With Lyrics For First Time In 2018 Olympics (8 January 2018)1
  • NPR, It May Look The Same, But Olympic Figure Skating Will Sound Different In 2018 (13 January 2018); NPR, Figure Skaters Can Use Music With Lyrics For First Time In 2018 Olympics (8 January 2018)1
  • Associated Press, Minions music leads to nightmare for Olympic skater while spotlighting a problem (3 February 2026); NBC New York, Olympic figure skater receives approval to use 'Minions' music for routine (6 February 2026)1
  • NBC Los Angeles, This Olympics event doesn't give out medals. Instead, it's a celebration (20 February 2026)1
  • Olympics.com, athlete biography: Yuzuru Hanyu; Olympics.com, Hanyu Yuzuru to bow out of Beijing his way in gala (18 February 2022)1
  • Olympedia, Figure Skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics, Ice Dance, Mixed; U.S. Figure Skating, World Figure Skating Hall of Fame (inductees by year)1
  • U.S. Figure Skating, World Figure Skating Hall of Fame (inductees by year)1