# Practices more: Olympic figure-skater or Olympic gymnast?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 2, 2009, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practices-more-olympic-figure-skater-or-olympic-gymnast/484160 "2009-02-02T22:26:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/practices-more-olympic-figure-skater-or-olympic-gymnast/484160/21 "2009-02-04T04:37:59Z")

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> [@foolsguinea](#):
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> Figure skaters reach the top at later age & have longer careers. _Ergo_, they practice **longer.** 😃

But would a typical Olympic female figure-skater, at the end of her career, have compiled more total hours practice than a typical Olympic female gymnast, also at the end of their career?

Remember, the question is total hours practiced over a career, and hours practiced per day, for female Olympic figure skaters and female Olympic gymnasts.

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