The Once Unthinkable Revolution Coming to Figure Skating
Talia Barrington /
Slate
Pair skating and ice dance teams have both been defined as “one Woman and one Man” since the 1950s. But in September 2022, in a unanimous ruling, Skate Canada, the country’s figure skating governing body, made history when it removed all gendered language from its competition rulebook, redefining teams as “Partner A and Partner B.”