Centuries before nuclear power and Gore-Tex, ice skaters thumbed their noses at winter and wind chills.U.S. NewspapersSt Louis PostDispatch (MO)
As a little girl growing up, my family always watched the Olympics. My favorite sports to watch were figure skating, gymnastics, and equestrian sports. While I know there are individual world championships for each sport, nothing can match the magic of the Olympics in my eyes. That's why i...
In the 1740s British servicemen introduced ice skating to North America. It was also popular at the French court about 1776; Marie-Antoinette was among the skaters. Napoleon Bonaparte skated at Auxerre in 1781. The development of refrigerated ice rinks started the transformation of ice skating ...