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2021–22 ISU Challenger Series
The 2021–22 ISU Challenger Series was held from September to December 2021. It was the eighth season that the ISU Challenger Series, a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions, was held. Competitions This season, the series included the following events. The 2021 Asian Open Trophy, which was held on October 13–17 in Beijing, China Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ..., was intended to be a Challenger Series event. However, as only the men's and women's singles events featured international participants and the total number of ISU member nations represented at the event totaled nine, it did not meet the necessary criteria to qualify for Challenger Series status. Requirements Skaters were eligible to compete on the Challenger Series i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screen Reader
A screen reader is a form of assistive technology (AT) that renders text and image content as speech or braille output. Screen readers are essential to blindness, blind people, and are useful to visually impaired people, Illiteracy, illiterate, or have a learning disability. Screen readers are Application software, software applications that attempt to convey what people with normal eyesight see on a Display device, display to their users via non-visual means, like text-to-speech, sound icons, or a Refreshable Braille display, braille device. They do this by applying a wide variety of techniques that include, for example, interacting with dedicated #Accessibility APIs, accessibility APIs, using various operating system features (like inter-process communication and querying user interface properties), and employing hooking techniques. Microsoft Windows operating systems have included the Microsoft Narrator screen reader since Windows 2000, though separate products such as Freedom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 CS Finlandia Trophy
The 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy was held on October 7–10, 2021 in Espoo, Finland. It was part of the 2021–22 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of single skating, men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, pairs, and ice dance. After the previous Challenger Series event, the 2021 CS Nepela Memorial, Nepela Memorial, was cancelled, the event organizers received a higher-than-anticipated interest number of entries. As a result, the competition was extended one day to begin on Thursday, October 7, rather than the original Friday, October 8 start date. Entries The International Skating Union published the list of entries on September 14, 2021. Changes to preliminary assignments Records The following new list of highest scores in figure skating#Progression of men's highest scores, ISU best scores were set during this competition: Results Men Women Pairs Ice dance References External links Finlandia Trophyat the In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Zhou
Vincent Zhou (born October 25, 2000) is an American figure skater. He is a 2022 Olympic gold medalist in the team event, a two-time World bronze medalist (2019 and 2022), the 2019 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2021 Skate America champion, and a three-time U.S. national silver medalist (2017, 2019, 2021). He is also the 2017 World Junior champion and the 2013 U.S. junior national champion. In February 2018, Zhou became the first skater to successfully perform a quadruple Lutz at the Winter Olympics. He finished in sixth place at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Early life and education Vincent Zhou was born in San Jose, California. Both of his parents are originally from China. His older sister, Vivian, is a violinist and diver. His mother, Fei Ge, and his father, Max Zhou, are both computer scientists and worked in Silicon Valley. When Zhou was a baby, his family moved to Palo Alto, California, where they continue to reside. Zhou moved with his mother to Colorado Springs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morisi Kvitelashvili
Morisi Mikhailovich Kvitelashvili ( ka, მორის ყვითელაშვილი, ; , born 17 March 1995) is a retired Russian- Georgian figure skater who currently represents Georgia. He is the 2020 European bronze medalist, a three-time Rostelecom Cup medalist (including gold in 2021), a five-time Challenger series medalist (including gold at the 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb), and the 2018 Georgian national champion. Representing Russia, Kvitelashvili is the 2015 CS Mordovian Ornament bronze medalist. On the junior level, he is the 2013 JGP Czech Republic bronze medalist and the 2014 Russian junior national bronze medalist. Kvitelashvili placed 24th at the 2018 Winter Olympics and progressed to 10th place at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Personal life Kvitelashvili was born on 17 March 1995 in Moscow, Russia. His mother, a former competitive skater, and father are both originally from Tbilisi, Georgia. As of 2018, he is a student at the Russian State Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Siao Him Fa
Adam Siao Him Fa (born 31 January 2001), also known as Adam Siao, is a French figure skater. He is the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships, 2024 World bronze medalist, the two-time (2023 European Figure Skating Championships, 2023, 2024 European Figure Skating Championships, 2024) European champion, a three-time ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, Grand Prix medalist (3 gold), a five-time ISU Challenger Series medalist (2 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze), and a two-time French Figure Skating Championships, French national champion. He represented France at the Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Team event, 2022 Winter Olympics and finished fourteenth overall. At the junior level, he is a two-time ISU Junior Grand Prix, Junior Grand Prix medalist (1 gold, 1 silver) and finished within the top six at the 2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, 2019 World Junior Championships. Personal life Siao Him Fa was born on 31 January 2001 in Bordeaux, France. He is the young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
