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    Unofficial Olympic Guidebooks: Figure Skating
    Unofficial Olympic Guidebooks: Figure Skating
    Unofficial Olympic Guidebooks: Figure Skating
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    Unofficial Olympic Guidebooks: Figure Skating

    By Kyle Richardson

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    Nothing quite matches the excitement of the Winter Olympics! This book will be your guide to figure skating. Learn about the history of the sport and get a recap on all the drama from Vancouver before the Sochi Games begin. Find out how the format is changing in 2014 and who will likely be the athletes on the podium when the Games are done! Enjoy this book to better understand figure skating, how it works and what to look for at the Sochi 2014 Games.
    BONUS: Info on how to become an Olympian!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKyle Richardson
    Release dateDec 18, 2013
    ISBN9781310344510
    Unofficial Olympic Guidebooks: Figure Skating
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    Kyle Richardson

    Kyle Richardson is an Olympic fanatic. During the 1996 Games he gave himself a bladder infection because he did not want to leave the couch. Overshare? Maybe. Or maybe it is just a preview of all of the amazing Olympic facts that you will find in his guide books. Be brave, buy a book, and find out for yourself.

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      This would be a good book for a spectator in the sport, wanting to know a little about skating leading up to the Sochi olympics, but I find this was not very helpful for me, a competitive skater, wanting to know more about the technical requirements. Good for someone who doesn't know anything about skating, and would like to broaden their knowledge though.
      ps. It is a little out of date, given that we are past the Sochi games, and some of the skaters ie Yu-na Kim, have retired.

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    Unofficial Olympic Guidebooks - Kyle Richardson

    Unofficial Olympic Guidebook - Figure Skating

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    First Printing: 2013

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    Introduction

    The Olympics are once again upon us! The Winter Olympics only come around once every four years. It’s a magical two weeks filled with heartwarming and heart wrenching stories that remind us all what it is like to try, practice and give something our all. Plus, there are 15 sports contested by the best athletes in the world. It doesn’t get better than that!

    This book will be your guide to figure skating. Learn about the history of the sport and get a recap on all the drama from Vancouver before the Sochi Games begin. Find out how the format is changing in 2014 and who will likely be the athletes on the podium when the Games are done!

    Don’t forget to read all the way to the end of this book to get tips and hints for spectators, whether you will be watching at home or in person. Want to be an Olympian? There’s also a section on how to get started.

    Nothing quite matches excitement of the sports-apolooza that is the Olympics. The culture, the drama, the patriotic fans and the best athletes of the world coming together for two weeks of competition. It cannot be imitated or duplicated. Enjoy this book to better understand figure skating, how it works and what to look for at the Sochi 2014 Games.

    History

    Figure skating started as a practical messenger service in the 13th century. The Dutch used the canals to maintain communication in winter by skating from village to village. Ice skating spread from there to France, Germany and England and was enjoyed by notable historical figures such as Marie Antoinette and Johan Wolfgang von Goethe.

    Over the years, ice skating evolved into several sports. The first figure skating was made possible by the invention of steel bladed skates by American Edward Bushnell in 1850. Steel blades made complex turns and maneuvers possible.

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