Monday, April 26, 2021

 The FB algorithm keeps showing me Ice Dancing clips, no doubt because I "like" all the ones that flow across my feed.  

Curious about the history of the sport, I did a search and learned that "Ice Dancing joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976."  



Next I searched for those 1976  medal-worthy routines ~


which of course seem rather tame by today's standards.

Gold went to Lyudmila Pakhomova /Alexander Gorshkov of the Soviet Union  

https://youtu.be/ufIhguIiPh8

 Silver went to Irina Moiseeva /Andrei Minenkov, also of the Soviet Union 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9l9Hr6GvZs

The United States took home the Bronze: Colleen O'Connor /James Millns

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0sd2ZIsks8


While I haven't donned my boot and tried to 'walk' yet this morning, at least the portion of my foot where I banged my toes yesterday does feel less stressed this morning.  

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