Arakawa's reward was Japan's first-ever figure-skating gold.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slip Sliding Away] Reference

Some figure-skating fans say they'd prefer to see less frippery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sequins? What Sequins? Canada's New Spin on Triple Loops] Reference

No, not Wall Street stock analysts -- Olympic figure-skating judges.    From Wordnik.com.  [2002: Let's Keep Dancing] Reference

C'mon, isn't that the first jump they teach you in figure-skating school?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Games Networks Play] Reference

The names go into a hat, and nine are chosen for each figure-skating event.    From Wordnik.com.  [Our Sport Has Gangrene] Reference

Pasha was a high school dropout and runaway from the national figure-skating team.    From Wordnik.com.  [cat’s meow] Reference

TV households on the first night of women's figure-skating at the 2006 Winter Games.    From Wordnik.com.  [Some answers for your NBC Olympic questions] Reference

Being car-less in Los Angeles is like being leg-less in a figure-skating competition.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Human Bobby] Reference

Is "langlauf" another name for figure-skating, marathon-running, or cross-country skiing?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Friday Brain-teaser from Credo Reference] Reference

It's rated like figure-skating -- with teams of judges awarding scores like "9.5" or "8.0".    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing] Reference

She called an East Coast figure-skating writer to find out where Kerrigan trained and lived.    From Wordnik.com.  [On The Ropes] Reference

And their aesthetic taste was governed by their training in classic Soviet figure-skating styles.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ire And Ice] Reference

WYLIE won the Olympic silver medal in the men's figure-skating championships in Albertville in 1992.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tougher Than She Looks] Reference

This ice "dance" dates from 1976, when it was created for the great figure-skating champion John Curry.    From Wordnik.com.  [ABT's Rewards This Season Were in the Past] Reference

Reuters Evan Lysacek of the U.S. reacts after his routine during the men's figure-skating long program.    From Wordnik.com.  [Day Seven of the Vancouver Olympics] Reference

At 26, Eldredge was seeking a remarkable fifth national figure-skating title last week in Philadelphia.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Icy Road To Nagano] Reference

The odds-on favorite to produce America's iconic moment is 17-year-old figure-skating star Michelle Kwan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Festival Of Youth] Reference

I have been a figure-skating fan ever since 1956 when my hometown hero, Tenley Albright, won Olympic gold.    From Wordnik.com.  [Starr Gazing: The Fix Was In] Reference

In one picture she wears a figure-skating outfit while enjoying another of her many extra-curricular activities.    From Wordnik.com.  [2007 January 11 « One-Minute Book Reviews] Reference

She took figure-skating lessons, flute lessons and piano lessons, and skipped enough grades to enter college at 15.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Steely Southerner] Reference

Spritely Olympic figure-skating champ Kristi Yamaguchi has decided to eschew more gold medals for just plain more gold.    From Wordnik.com.  [Going For Gold] Reference

But here I am at the world figure-skating championships in Vancouver and nary a baseball bat let alone a Hitman in sight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Starr Gazing: A Fan's Notes] Reference

And in the eyes of one figure-skating fan who was there watching, that wouldn't be the worst thing to happen to the sport.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ire And Ice] Reference

The U.S. has never won Olympic gold in pair figure-skating, savoring silver medals in 1932, 1952 and 1984 as its best finishes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Future Looks Green to Open Champ Glover] Reference

After Michelle Kwan limped out of town, U.S. men's figure-skating champion Johnny Weir imploded on his free skate to finish fifth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Board Crazy] Reference

A SKATING STUNNER: Sixteen-year-old American Sarah Hughes (center) was not expected to win the women's figure-skating competition.    From Wordnik.com.  [Moments To Remember] Reference

The men's figure-skating concludes with the long program today and with only a narrow difference between the top three competitors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Four! Figure Skaters Tee Up the Quad] Reference

Getty Images Russia's Evgeni Plushenko, above, continued to play the role of figure-skating villain after taking the silver Thursday.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gold Without a Quad] Reference

"Driving to the rink listening to the radio, coming home and watching it all on TV," says U.S. men's figure-skating champ Tim Gobble.    From Wordnik.com.  [Games Plan] Reference

(The Winter Games follow the opposite pattern, as the highly popular individual figure-skating competitions usually begin halfway through).    From Wordnik.com.  [NBC's Race for Ratings Gold Continues] Reference

PATSY: Ice-skating, figure-skating kids, they have coaches, they have costumes, they have choreographers, they're in little skimpy outfits.    From Wordnik.com.  ['We Were Crushed, We Were In Shock'] Reference