The New Rules in Olympic Figure Skating

James R. Hines, professor of musicology at Christopher Newport University

As the Winter Olympics in Turin continue, the world's gaze fixes on figure skaters. Mr. Hines, author of Figure Skating: A History (University of Illinois Press/World Figure Skating Museum and Hall of Fame), offered his thoughts about the elimination of compulsory figures, recent changes in the scoring system made after the scandal-plagued pairs competition at the 2002 Olympic

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