free skate

American

noun

Figure Skating.

a freestyle competition with no required elements, in which skaters perform an original program of jumps, spins, sequences, etc., to music of their choice.

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Forever it will live as instant happiness, a bad-mood buster: Alysa Liu’s climactic, wildly charismatic free skate at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.

From The Wall Street Journal

It bears reminding: Liu didn’t enter that free skate as the favorite.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ilia Malinin was the heavy favorite to win gold in men’s figure skating before a devastating free skate.

From Los Angeles Times

The skater known as the "Quad God" had been favourite to win the men's individual title but tumbled to a humiliating eighth spot after the free skate.

From Barron's

The most likely AIN representative to win gold was Russian women's figure skating champion Adeliia Petrosian, however the 18-year-old finished sixth after falling during her free skate.

From BBC

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