In accouterments reminiscent of traditional matadors – black capri pants and red jackets –the Marigold IceUnity synchronized skating team from Finland prepares to perform their short program, lasting an intense three minutes. Jock Jams Volume 1 Zip here. It is December 3, 2016 and these ladies, ranging from high-school to post-college age, are competing in Helsinki at their second major competition this year. They’re up against other teams from their home country and a few from Russia as well. In combination with scores from a series of events, their finish here could advance them to the synchronized skating world championships in Colorado Springs in April.

Disconnected in four lines of four in the middle of the rink, the horns of Spanish music flow from the speakers. They glide across the ice in an almost dreamlike fashion, rarely straightening their knees. The skaters are powerful and strong, every arm and head movement synchronized. There is no anxiety in their steps. In unison they cross their feet with intricate, smooth undercuts. In the stands, nearly filled to capacity, their fans cheer them on as they move through their routine. Parents and friends wave flags with “MIU” printed on them. Ptc Pro Engineer Wildfire V3 0 Crack Fix Zwtiso/ Download.

But the Marigold IceUnity squad falls short of perfection today – a rare occasion for a team under the direction of Anu Oksanen, a tough but strong and creative coach/choreographer. As the program progresses, the skaters slip out of alignment in some of the more difficult elements. They finish in second place in the short program. “Despite some obstacles on our way before the competition (broken hand, torn muscles, bruises and cuts) they really left their heart out there on the ice,” Oksanen later wrote on her Facebook page. The next day, though, MIU came from behind, winning the long program. The most impressive flurry came when the skaters completed fast, moving dead lifts – connected in pairs with one sliding backward in a circular motion. “You have to fight to get a spot at the worlds,” Oksanen, a petite woman with short brown hair and glasses, says about the stiff competition in Finland.

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“It is one of the reasons we are on the top.” Oksanen’s coaching style is unlike any other coach in the synchronized skating universe. Most of her team members have been trained by Oksanen since they were about four or five years old, and will stay under her tutelage throughout their careers. Oksanen’s teams consistently field dramatic programs, routines that look as though the skaters are telling a story, which is unique to the world of “synchro” – as it is frequently called. (In the matador routine, it appeared as though the skaters are in a ring with a bull, dodging the animal.) “We try to do our own thing instead of following the current trends in synchro,” Oksanen says, adding that they always look to bring new program concepts to the sport. Originally called “precision,” the sport started at the University of Michigan in 1956. Richard Porter, known as “the father of synchronized skating,” founded the Hockettes that year, and trained them in Ann Arbor for performances at hockey games.

Throughout the 1960s the sport grew in popularity, spreading into Canada and overseas to Europe. The first international competition was held in 1974, between Canadian and American teams.

Between eight and sixteen skaters will skate on the ice at once in a typical synchro routine, all executing the same moves at the same time. There are more than six hundred teams in the U.S. Alone today, and Hungary, China, Russia, Australia, Italy and other countries field synchro squads as well. It is estimated that there are more than a thousand teams worldwide. Leslie Graham, the director of the synchronized skating program at U.S.

Figure Skating (USFS), says synchro used to be “a sport people picked up if they weren’t successful in ice dancing or singles. But now the sport is for the athlete that is well rounded, that can count to music and has good edge work.” Still, synchronized skating has yet to be welcomed onto the biggest sporting stage in the world – the Olympics.

In 2015 the International Skating Union (ISU), the in charge of overseeing synchronized skating worldwide, applied to the International Olympic Committee to admit the sport into the games. The application was shot down, though, and the IOC indicated that before the sport is accepted into the games, the synchronized skating community must improve the skill level of the teams that consistently place at the bottom of the pack at the world championships, including Japan, Italy and Great Britain – all of which began competing in synchro long after the top teams, such as the U.S., Canada and Finland. Now, the synchronized skating community is in the process of applying again. Cathy Dalton, an elite synchronized skating coach from Canada and a member of the committee that put together the application for the IOC in 2015, says, “We are implementing programs to help these coaches [of the lower-scoring teams] train and to get them up to speed. We are all confident that the next application that we put into the IOC will be successful.” In 2005 the ISU looked to make all skating disciplines more competitive. Instead of judges scoring teams on a 0.0 to 6.0 scale, the new rules stipulate a specific formula.