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193:Tessa Virtue
178:
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127:Pair skating
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107:Bracket turn
93:Counter turn
52:
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39:pair skating
26:
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1338:Yuri on Ice
1181:Ice theatre
1129:Besti squat
1108:Rocker turn
1098:Mohawk turn
693:Disciplines
669:Competition
628:Competitive
557:Nathan Chen
529:Works cited
446:17 December
174:Three turns
79:Rocker turn
1345:Zero Chill
1217:Grand Slam
1134:Cantilever
1063:Three turn
1045:Camel spin
977:Euler jump
829:Grand Prix
778:Free dance
684:6.0 system
244:References
212:of music.
197:Scott Moir
49:Background
1176:Ice shows
1144:Ina Bauer
1093:Loop turn
1088:Crossover
992:Lutz jump
987:Loop jump
982:Flip jump
972:Axel jump
910:and other
710:Ice dance
224:Footnotes
184:Ice dance
141:Tong Jian
137:Pang Qing
1389:Category
1364:Category
1040:Sit spin
908:Elements
729:Segments
508:5 August
375:5 August
280:4 August
170:twizzles
166:brackets
162:counters
1374:Commons
1169:skating
649:History
637:General
630:skating
210:measure
158:rockers
1149:Spiral
1102:
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674:Season
424:5 July
1241:Lists
1195:Other
1104:step)
1079:step)
1016:Spins
965:Jumps
946:Spins
941:Lifts
936:Jumps
912:moves
863:Final
833:Final
664:Club
659:Rink
510:2022
448:2022
426:2022
377:2022
282:2022
195:and
139:and
555:of
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