4rkidz
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My daughter was in the rink attached to the skating centre playing indoor lacrosse. One day after leaving she saw the figure skaters twirling and with pretty dresses on and had her nose up against the windows watching their simulations. She was about 4, later in the year I was watching the 94 Olympics and the figure skating and my daughter loved watching it too. I asked her if she wanted to try it, two years later she was getting picked up at school by her coach and competing lol. A medal at every competition but peaked at age ten with her little cheated double jumps lol. By age 12 she realized she wasn’t going to the Olympics so she switched from competitive to recreational till she was 14, discovered speed skating at age 13 (another Olympics), retired figure skating (with gold tests completed) became a national speed skater and now coaches. I think it was mainly the Olympics! All i know is I spent decades in cold rinks in North America and Europe, but some cool trips and I wouldn't change a thing lol