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U. S. skater Maxim Naumov makes an emotional Olympic debut one year after losing parents in plane crash
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (636+ words) By DAVE SKRETTA, Associated Press Former pairs world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were among the 67 people killed " more than two dozen of them members of the figure skating community " when American Airlines Flight 5342 crashed into a military helicopter…...
Emily Chan and Spencer Howe of The Skating Club of Boston went through injuries, uncertainty to reach the Olympics
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (825+ words) By Kat Cornetta, The Boston Globe Last February, Norwood-based figure skater Spencer Howe was far from the cozy confines of the Olympic Village in Milan. He was living in the barracks while in US Army basic training in Fort Leonard…...
Catching up with Tenley Albright 70 years after her figure skating gold medal at the 1956 Cortina Olympics
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (979+ words) By Kat Cornetta, The Boston Globe Seventy years ago, Tenley Albright was in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, wondering if she would even get the chance to skate for the Olympic gold medal. "When I flew in from the United States and…...
For New Englanders, backyard ice skating rinks are like the swimming pools of winter " and often more sought-after
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (921+ words) When the sun goes down in the winter, Sarah Maguire sends her husband Ryan outside to their Milton backyard skating rink to perform what she calls "ice maintenance." "He's crazy about the ice maintenance. Friends of ours are always calling…...