| As more and more people have been putting on their | | | | Although he was a figure skater, Frank Carroll is more |
| ice skates and mastering the skill of skating, there | | | | well known as a coach and has been considered to |
| have been plenty of famous professionals over the | | | | be one of the best figure skating coaches in the world. |
| last few decades. Some of these people have | | | | He has gone on to win the Professional Skaters |
| become famous through ice hockey, figure skating, | | | | Association Coach of the Year three times and the |
| inline skating, pair ice skating and any other kind of | | | | Olympic Coach of the Year in 1997. This goes to |
| skating there is. The reason why the sport has taken | | | | show that in the world of ice skating you don't even |
| off and more people are investing in a pair of ice | | | | have to be wearing a pair of ice skates to become |
| skates is because it is a lot easier to participate in | | | | well known. |
| since artificial indoor ice rinks were invented. | | | | Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto have been described by |
| Figure skating has been the most common way for | | | | many as the most outstanding ice dance team in US |
| people to become famous as this is the kind that gets | | | | history. When ice skates were first used as a method |
| the most coverage on television, in newspapers and | | | | of dancing, ice dancing was introduced to the Olympics |
| magazines. One of these people has been Kristi | | | | in 1976. It was an American couple who won at that |
| Yamaguchi who won the 1992 Olympics. The reason | | | | Olympics and it wasn't until Belbin and Agosto came |
| why she created such a stir when she won was | | | | along in 1996 that an American couple won this again. |
| because she was the first woman to have won the | | | | They have come first in many different competitions |
| Olympics in figure skating since 1976. Strangely enough, | | | | and have also done a lot of charity work which has no |
| Kristi only started skating because of a birth defect | | | | doubt helped to win everyone's hearts. |
| she had called clubfeet. She was advised to take up | | | | With more and more people opting to pick up ice |
| skating as physical therapy for her condition so if it | | | | skates and give it a try, it is likely that there are going |
| wasn't for that she may have never put on a pair of | | | | to be many more famous ice skaters for years to |
| ice skates. | | | | come. |