Editing Figure skating (section)

===Lifts===
{{Main|Figure skating lifts}}
[[File:Maria Mukhortova and Maxim Trankov at 2010 European Championships (3).jpg|thumb|upright|Pair skaters performing a one-arm overhead lift]]

'''Figure skating lifts''' are required elements in pair skating and ice dance.<ref>S&P/ID 2022, pp. 115–116, 118–119, 142, 145</ref> There are five groups of '''lifts in pair skating''', categorized in order of increasing level of difficulty.<ref name="ISU2022-109"/> Judges look for the following when evaluating pair lifts: speed of entry and exit; control of the woman's free leg when she is exiting out of the lift, with the goal of keeping the leg high and sweeping; the position of the woman in the air; the man's footwork; quick and easy changes of position; and the maintenance of flow throughout the lift.<ref name="skatecanada">{{cite web |title=Skating Glossary |url=https://skatecanada.ca/glossary/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806043409/https://skatecanada.ca/glossary/ |archive-date=6 August 2020 |access-date=6 August 2022 |website=Skate Canada}}</ref> '''Twist lifts''' are "the most thrilling and exciting component in pair skating".<ref name="skatecanada" /> They can also be the most difficult movement to perform correctly.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 15, 2022 |title=Special Regulations & Technical Rules Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance 2022 |url=https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/rules/sandp-handbooks-faq/21817-tp-handbook-pairs-2019-2020-final-corrected/file |access-date=August 6, 2022 |publisher=International Skating Union |archive-date=August 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807002723/https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/rules/sandp-handbooks-faq/21817-tp-handbook-pairs-2019-2020-final-corrected/file |url-status=live }}</ref> They require more strength and coordination than many other pair elements, and are usually the first or second element in a program. According to the [[International Skating Union]] (ISU), "the Woman must be caught in the air at the waist by the Man prior to landing and be assisted to a smooth landing on the ice on a backward outside edge on one foot"<ref>Tech panel, p. 26</ref> during a twist lift.

The ISU defines '''dance lifts''' as "a movement in which one of the partners is elevated with active and/or passive assistance of the other partner to any permitted height, sustained there and set down on the ice".<ref name="ISU2021-126">S&P/ID 2022, p. 130</ref> Dance lifts are delineated from pair lifts to ensure that ice dance and pair skating remain separate disciplines.<ref name="hostilerules2">{{cite news |last1=Reiter |first1=Susan |date=1 March 1995 |title=Ice Dancing: A Dance Form Frozen in Place by Hostile Rules |work=Dance Magazine |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Ice+dancing%3A+a+dance+form+frozen+in+place+by+hostile+rules.-a016771634 |access-date=February 27, 2023 |archive-date=August 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802024753/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Ice%20dancing%3A%20a%20dance%20form%20frozen%20in%20place%20by%20hostile%20rules.-a016771634 |url-status=live }}</ref> After the judging system changed from the [[6.0 system]] to the [[ISU Judging System]] (IJS), dance lifts became more "athletic, dramatic and exciting".<ref name="dangerous">{{cite web |last1=Brannen |first1=Sarah S. |date=13 July 2012 |title=Dangerous Drama: Dance Lifts Becoming 'Scary' |url=http://www.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120713&content_id=34870028&vkey=ice_news |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106105909/http://www.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120713&content_id=34870028&vkey=ice_news |archive-date=6 November 2017 |access-date=February 27, 2023 |publisher=Ice Network}}</ref> There are two types of dance lifts: '''short lifts''', which should be done in under seven seconds; and '''combination lifts''', which should be done in under 12 seconds.<ref name="ISU2021-126"/> A well-balanced [[Free dance (ice dance)|free dance program]] in ice dance must include dance lifts.<ref>S&P/ID 2022, p. 145</ref>