As a team, they skate to music and create geometric shapes in a program—skating connected to one another and unconnected. It is the only skating discipline not included in the Olympics. The team is a time national champion and five-time world bronze medalist. He started his synchro career with Icing on the Cape, a local team based in Bourne and Orleans, in He switched to the Hayden organization in , working his way up through the lower level teams and becoming a Haydenette in In response, the Haydenettes coach, Saga Krantz, joined other coaches by focusing on advancing the caliber of the sport in the US, in hopes of seeing it in the Olympics one day.
According to Mr. Murray said he was not too surprised. However, as synchro has grown, the skills needed to be a synchro skater have encapsulated those that are needed to be a singles, ice dance or pairs skater, Mr. Murray said. The refinement of what it means to be a synchro skater has increased the credibility of the sport, Mr. Icing on the Cape skating director Alyssa Norton echoed Mr. Norton joined the Icing on the Cape coaching staff in and has since seen tremendous growth in the organization.
Recently, a few skaters from Nantucket have joined the teams. The IOC is hesitant to include a sport that would significantly increase the already large number of athletes at the Winter Olympics. The Synchroettes told NJ Advance Media that it is a common belief another reason the IOC has denied the sport access to the games is because it would be too expensive.
Each team rosters about 20 skaters and if the sport is included in the Olympics, there would need to be extra housing for hundreds of skaters, coaches and staff. What are skaters doing to raise awareness about the sport? The skaters in the synchronized skating community are active in trying to promote the sport and help it gain traction with the IOC. Small news organizations have formed to help cover the sport, including Get It Called the author co-founded and Jura Synchro.
The community also developed hashtags whynotsynchro to help put pressure on the olympic committee to admit the sport to the games. Most importantly, though, coaches and program directors from across the U. Who is most likely to go to the Olympics if synchronized skating is allowed in?
The teams most likely to advance to the Olympics from the U. The U. The Haydenettes synchronized skating team from Lexington, Mass. Flickr Rich Moffitt. How can I watch synchronized skating? There are hundreds of videos of synchronized skating on YouTube. But if you want to watch competitions live, you can visit the U. Figure Skating website or icenetwork for live updates. The next major domestic competition, the U. Synchronized Skating championships is in Portland, Oregon from Feb.
The top two teams in the senior division from that competition will compete at the world championships in Stockholm, Sweden on April 6 and 7th. The junior division will compete at their own world championships March 16 and 17th in Zagreb, Croatia. Erin Banco may be reached at ebanco njadvancemedia. The Grand Prix Final hosted a synchronized skating event for the first time.
Five teams participated in the free skate-only competition. The U. They won their 25th national title in , and own five world championships bronze medals. At Worlds in , the Haydenettes landed their fifth bronze medal.
But that medal was significant for another reason — for the first time ever, the U. The Haydenettes finished in fourth place video.
The athletes compete together on the ice at the same time, executing the same moves in hopefully perfect harmony. The numerous moving parts involved with a team sport of this magnitude makes performances more complicated and challenging. Just like any popular sport, synchronized skating is a global affair. Each year, the United States participates in international synchronized skating competitions comparable to the World Figure Skating Championships.
Synchronized skating officials have repeatedly asked for the sport to be added to the Olympics.
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