Figure skating at Beijing Winter Olympics: How are figure skating scores judged? Who chooses outfits?

Some of Beijing’s most memorable moments at this year's Winter Olympics have been produced on the ice at the Capitol Indoor Stadium as figure skating events have dominated large parts of the Games. China’s pairs short world record on home ice, 15-year-old Kamila Valieva’ historic triple axel landing, and Nathan Chen’s long-awaited Olympic gold medal are just a few of the many highlights there have been so far.

We’ve seen the Russian Olympic Committee grab gold in the women’s free skate team event to kick off the honours, and Chen finally land that gold in the men’s single free skate with a spellbinding programme to the sound of Elton John’s ‘Rocketman’. Ad/> There’s still plenty up for grabs — and competitors to skate themselves into the Olympic record books — with the ice dance, women’s free skate and the pair skating free skate still to be determined.

Beijing 2022Unhappy Valentine’s Day! The figure skating lovers competing against each other13 HOURS AGO We delve into the historic sport that has been around for over a century, making its Olympics debut at the 1908 Summer Games in London, before it began its Winter Olympics journey at Chamonix in 1924 — the first Winter Games — where it has remained ever since. HOW ARE FIGURE SKATING SCORES JUDGED? On the eye figure skating can seem a complicated event to judge, and viewers can be forgiven for simply appreciating the immaculate techniques of these incredibly talented athletes without putting in the effort to decide whether they deserved an extra point or two for that superb landing, or flawless transition.