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A spiral is an ice-skating position in which the skater glides on one foot with the other foot held above hip level. It’s a required element in women’s singles figure skating competition and is related to the arabesque performed in ballet. Figure 5.40 shows skater Sarah Hughes executing a spiral during her gold-medal performance at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
FIGURE 5.40 Problem 77-80
If the skater were to execute the same maneuver but at higher speed, the tilt evident in the photo would be
- a. less.
- b. greater.
- c. unchanged.
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