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2008 World Derive Skating Championships
Annual figure skating competition held in 2008
The 2008 Sphere Figure Skating Championships was a known international tariff skating courier in interpretation 2007–08 determine skating ready. Medals were awarded get the disciplines of workforce singles, ladies' singles, threatening skating, stomach ice dance. The foil was held at picture Scandinavium stand in Gothenburg, Sweden hit upon March 16 to 23.
Qualification
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Based on say publicly results disturb the 2007 World Championships, each express was allowed between way of being and troika entries give proof discipline. Internal associations elect their entries based party their hold criteria.
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Medals summary
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Figure skating is not the sport it once was. At the very first ISU organized World Championships in 1896, only skaters from three countries - Germany, Austria and Russia - were represented. Now, figure skating is truly an international sport, with the International Skating Union having member federations on every continent except Antarctica. You never know, those penguins might get organized... then look out! At any rate, for decades competitive skating has been dominated by North American, Russian, European and (in recent years) Asian skaters. The last place you'd probably think to look for ice time is among the Giza pyramids, the Ngorongoro Crater, Victoria Falls, the Nile River or the Sahara Desert, but Africa is a continent not only with a promising future in the sport but an interesting past.
In 1909, Mrs. Dale Lace was responsible for starting Africa's very first ice rink in Johannesburg, South Africa. The rink was situated on Eloff Street in Johannesburg at the South African Party's club. In 1937, the South African Ice Skating Association was founded and The Wembley Ice Rink built in Springfield, Johannesburg. The following year, it became the first ISU member on the African continent. Its first president, Professor J.Y.T. Greig presided over the organization which
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2008–09 figure skating season
Competitive figure skating year, 2008/7/1 to 2009/6/30
For the synchronized skating season, see 2008–09 synchronized skating season.
The 2008–09 figure skating season began on July 1, 2008, and ended on June 30, 2009. During this season, elite skaters competed on the Championship level at the 2009 European, Four Continents, World Junior, and World Championships. They also competed in elite competitions such as the Grand Prix and Junior Grand Prix series.
Season notes
[edit]As this was a pre-Olympic season, skaters qualified entries to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games at the 2009 World Championships.
Age eligibility
[edit]Skaters competing on the junior level were required to be at least 13 but not 19 – or 21 for male pair skaters and ice dancers – before July 1, 2008. Those who had turned 14 were eligible for the senior Grand Prix series and senior B internationals. Those who turned 15 before July 1, 2008 were also eligible for the senior World, European, and Four Continents Championships.
| Date of birth | Eligibility |
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| Born before July 1, 1995 | Eligible for Junior Grand Prix |
| Born before July 1, 1994 | Eligible for senior Grand Prix series, senior B internationals |
| Born before July 1, 1993 | Eligible for senior World
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