The 2008–09

synchronized skating Synchronized skating is an ice skating sport where between 8 to 16 skaters perform together as a team. They move as a flowing unit at high speed over the ice, while performing elements and footwork. This complex sport originated in 1956 and was ...

season began on July 1, 2008, and ended on June 30, 2009. During this season, which was concurrent with the

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for the other four disciplines ( men's single, ladies' single,

pair skating Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

and

ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976 ...

), elite

teams competed on the

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(ISU) Championship level at the 2009

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and Junior World Challenge Cup. They also competed at various other international as well as national synchronized skating competitions.

Competitions

The 2008–09 season included the following competitions: ;Key

International medalists

Season's best scores

Senior teams

References

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