Other Interesting Skating Articles

Peggy Fleming: 1968 Olympic Gold Medalist

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The Popularity of Figure Skating

• Ice Skating Glides Into The Public Eye, Gaining Much Popularity
• Go Figure: "...Interest in the sport booms" [Detroit News]
• The Ice Age Cometh The Commerical Growth of Skating [Time Magazine]
• Warm to figure skating at a Colorado museum The World Figure Skating Museum and Hall of Fame [Freep]
• Centers show excitement of Olympics U.S. Olympic Complex ,World Figure Skating Museum [Houston Chronicle]
• Women usually dominate figure skating crowds [Edmonton Journal]

• Skating's Baton Has Passed: New stars are coming of age as figure skating is still riding an unprecedented wave of popularity that began infamously four years ago (Kerrigan, Harding. Kwan and Lipinski - 1/4/97 [Oregon Live]
• '94 hit on Kerrigan in Detroit changed ice skating forever 10/23/97 [Detroit News]
• Life After the Glory (after the Lillehammer Games) [Time]

• Skating is Becoming a big TV Sport [Edmonton Journal]
• Ice IGnites= TV's impact on the sport of figure skating [TV Gen]
• The Ladies' Glorious 'Ice' Age Refections On Ice [NY Daily News] 1/26/98
• Figure Skater's Waltz: Viewing the performance of a skilled Figure Skater is a tonic; the pulse quickens, and creative juices flow
• Television slips up in coverage by Sandra Loosemore [CBS SportsLine]

Life as A Gold-Medalist:

• The Value of Gold: What Is An Olympic Medal Worth? [IFS magazine]
• Repeat of Skating Gold Not Easy [Deseret News]

Fashion

• Fashioncapades The glamour of figure skating fashion [Toronto Eye]
• In Fashion (IFS - Feature 25) Quote: "They're flashy. They're conservative. They shine. They sparkle. Skating costumes are as varied as the skaters who wear them. And yes, they're controversial..."
• Athletes, Not Cover Girls Ice skaters' courage is lost in the glitz [SF Gate]
• Olympics' Glamour Sport Marries Art and Athletics [Utah Bound]
• Skating fashion becoming an ice-sore [CBS Sportsline]

Figure Skating Music (read the first two articles, get a laugh and see how ironic each sounds :)

• Competition skaters opt for 'safe' classical music [Detroit News]
• Wasting away again in Malaguena-ville [CBS Sportsline] (I don't know about you, but I happen to like Malaguena very, very much =)



• The Cost of Song: Music Rights IFS Magazine - Feature 31

Articles about some of my other favorite skaters:

Dick Button:
Only one Button: His name and ice-skating are intertwined 2/13/99 - Deseret News

Kurt Browning: Kurt Browning Turned Pro and Found Freedom 1/12/96

Rudy Galindo:
Galindo Strikes Gold In Pro Skating Circuit 10/9/97 - SF Gate
Galindo: Blue-collar hero 11/30/97 - Enquirer
The 60-Second Interview: RUDY GALINDO 1/13/00 - The Times-Picayune

Peggy Fleming:
Peggy Fleming shares her battle to overcome breast cancer 10/17/98 - CNNSI
Life after breast cancer 10/6/98 - Detroit News

Scott Hamilton:
Scott Hamilton Chat Transcipt 1/28/99 - ABC News
Scott Hamilton will let nothing, not even cancer, keep him from dazzling the crowd 2/21/98
Fire and Ice with Scott Hamilton 10/21/98 - Las Vegas Sun
Scott Fights Life's Icy Reality 3/21/97 - NY Daily News
Skating cool work, if you can get it 6/06/96 - Star Bulletin
Hamilton's return packed with emotion October 30, 1997 - The Bergen
Hamilton knew he'd beat cancer September 17, 1997 - The Bergen

Ekaterina Gordeeva/G&G:
Sergei': A Great, Skate Love 2/8/98 - NY Daily News
Gordeeva Makes Jump Into Acting 11/27/97 - NY Daily News
Gordeeva's Soul on Ice 1/10/97 - SF Gate. Also a mini SOI review
Gordeeva Struggles Through Solo Routine 9/13/96
Going It Alone 6/06/96
Beyond the Tears 3/25/96 - People Magazine
Stars ready to honor Grinkov 2/26/96 - Nando
Katya prepares tribute to late husband 2/13/96 - Nando
Pro figure skating championships not the same without G&G 12/9/95 - Detroit News