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Ekaterina Riazanova and Ilia Tkachenko of Russia perform during the Ice Dance Free Dance competition for the ISU Figure Skating European Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, Jan 25, 2013.
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Sara Hurtado and Adria Diaz of Spain perform during the ice dance free dance program at the European Figure Skating Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, Jan. 25.
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Sara Hurtado and Adria Diaz of Spain perform during the preliminary round of Ice Dance Free Dance of the ISU 2012 World Figure Skating Championships in Nice, southern France, March 26, 2012.
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Canadian skater Meagan Duhamel hits Eric Radford with her elbow as they perform their pair's short program at the ISU Figure skating World championships in Moscow, Russia, on April 27.
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Canadian skater Eric Radford is seen with bleeding nose as he and Meagan Duhamel perform their short program at the ISU Figure skating World championships in Moscow, Russia, on April 2.
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Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford of Canada perform during the pairs short program competition at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Moscow on April 27, 2011. Radford took a hit to the face during their performance.
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Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford of Canada perform during the pairs short program competition at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Moscow April 27, 2011. Radford took a hit to the face during their performance.
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Eric Radford of Canada ices his face beside Meagan Duhamel after their performance during the pairs short program competition at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Moscow on April 27. Radford took a hit to the face during their performance.
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Chinese figure skater Geng Bingwa performs during the women's short program at the 7th Asian Winter Games in Astana Feb. 4.
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Sara Hurtado and Adria Diaz of Spain perform their free-dance routine, Jan. 24, during the European Figure Skating Championship in Bern.
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Amanda Evora and Mark Ladwig of the U.S. compete in the Pairs Short Program during the Cup of Russia figure skating competition in Moscow, on Friday, Nov. 19.
Still photography of fast-action sports has a unique way of revealing things that even high-definition video cannot capture. In this instance, a move that lasts just over a second shows the type of centrifugal forces athletes face when gracefully spinning six or more feet off the ice.
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