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