pair skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics
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Pair skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics was the figure skating pairs event in Calgary where Soviet duo Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov delivered a dominant performance to win the gold medal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| pair skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8391985 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: pair skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics Context triple: [Ekaterina Gordeeva, OlympicGoldMedalIn, pair skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics]
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figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics was the multi-event ice skating competition in Pyeongchang that featured men's and women's singles, pairs, ice dance, and a team event contested by elite skaters from around the world.
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figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was the multi-event Olympic competition in Sochi where skaters from around the world competed in men’s, women’s, pairs, ice dance, and team events for Olympic medals.
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1994 Olympic ladies' singles free skate
The 1994 Olympic ladies' singles free skate is the gold medal–winning performance by Ukrainian figure skater Oksana Baiul at the Lillehammer Winter Games, renowned for its artistry and emotional impact.
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ladies' singles figure skating
Ladies' singles figure skating is an Olympic discipline in which individual female skaters perform technical jumps, spins, and choreographed routines judged on both athletic difficulty and artistic expression.
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speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics was a series of long-track ice racing events in Salt Lake City that saw numerous world and Olympic records broken on one of the fastest ice surfaces in history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: pair skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics Target entity description: Pair skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics was the figure skating pairs event in Calgary where Soviet duo Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov delivered a dominant performance to win the gold medal.
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A.
figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics was the multi-event ice skating competition in Pyeongchang that featured men's and women's singles, pairs, ice dance, and a team event contested by elite skaters from around the world.
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B.
figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was the multi-event Olympic competition in Sochi where skaters from around the world competed in men’s, women’s, pairs, ice dance, and team events for Olympic medals.
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C.
1994 Olympic ladies' singles free skate
The 1994 Olympic ladies' singles free skate is the gold medal–winning performance by Ukrainian figure skater Oksana Baiul at the Lillehammer Winter Games, renowned for its artistry and emotional impact.
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D.
ladies' singles figure skating
Ladies' singles figure skating is an Olympic discipline in which individual female skaters perform technical jumps, spins, and choreographed routines judged on both athletic difficulty and artistic expression.
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E.
speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics was a series of long-track ice racing events in Salt Lake City that saw numerous world and Olympic records broken on one of the fastest ice surfaces in history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
figure skating competition
ⓘ
pairs figure skating event ⓘ |
| bronzeMedalistNation | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bronzeMedalists | Jill Watson and Peter Oppegard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category | Olympic figure skating pairs ⓘ |
| competitionFormat | short program and free skating combined ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| discipline | pair skating ⓘ |
| endDate | 1988-02-16 ⓘ |
| featuredAthlete |
Ekaterina Gordeeva
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Elena Valova NERFINISHED ⓘ Jill Watson NERFINISHED ⓘ Oleg Vasiliev NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Oppegard NERFINISHED ⓘ Sergei Grinkov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| games | 1988 Winter Olympics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goldMedalistNation | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goldMedalists | Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governingBody | International Skating Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostCity | Calgary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostNation | Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesSegment |
free skating
ⓘ
short program ⓘ |
| judgingSystem | 6.0 system ⓘ |
| level | senior international ⓘ |
| location | Calgary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medalEvent | yes ⓘ |
| nextEvent | pair skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Soviet Union winning both gold and silver medals
ⓘ
dominant performance by Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov ⓘ |
| numberOfCompetitors | 28 ⓘ |
| numberOfPairs | 14 ⓘ |
| numberOfParticipatingNations | 11 ⓘ |
| OlympicEvent | yes ⓘ |
| organisedBy | International Olympic Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| previousEvent | pair skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics ⓘ |
| season | 1987–88 figure skating season ⓘ |
| silverMedalistNation | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| silverMedalists | Elena Valova and Oleg Vasiliev NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sport | figure skating ⓘ |
| startDate | 1988-02-14 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | February 1988 ⓘ |
| venue | Olympic Saddledome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winningNation | Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winningPair | Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winningScoreType | 9.0 scoring system ⓘ |
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Subject: pair skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics Description of subject: Pair skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics was the figure skating pairs event in Calgary where Soviet duo Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov delivered a dominant performance to win the gold medal.
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