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The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by MeegsC (talk) 13:17, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

Upright spin

Denise Bielmann, 2011
Denise Bielmann, 2011
  • ... that the upright spin (pictured) is one of three basic figure skating spin positions and has been defined as "any position with the skating leg extended or slightly bent which is not a camel position"? Source: "Special Regulations & Technical Rules Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance 2018", p. 102 [1]
    • ALT1:... that the Biellmann spin, a difficult variation of the upright spin in figure skating, was created by world champion skater Denise Biellmann (pictured)? Source: Ellyn Kestnbaum (2003). Culture on Ice: Figure Skating and Cultural Meaning, p. 281

5x expanded by Figureskatingfan (talk). Self-nominated at 16:26, 11 June 2021 (UTC).


General: Article is new enough and long enough
Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems

Hook eligibility:

  • Cited: Yes
  • Interesting: Yes
  • Other problems: Yes
Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
QPQ: Done.

Overall: Recommend main hook be used with the image. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 04:47, 17 June 2021 (UTC) AGF on ALT1. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 04:47, 17 June 2021 (UTC)