The ice skating world saw seven-year-old Sophie Kemp slide to stardom at the Planet Ice Skating Stars competition in the UK recently, one of the youngest contestants to do so. Although Sophie had only started skating since April of this year, her dogged determination saw her complete three jumps and a spiral – two of the most difficult ice skating techniques – on her way to the top of the pack that was open. at ages 6-16. Her mother, Kate Kemp, is proud of her daughter’s achievement, as she was a former club skater herself, and she is delighted that Sophie is making lots of lovely new friends.
Ice skating and figure skating took the world by storm in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, when many male and female skaters displayed intricate movements and graceful ice skating techniques. One name that shot to skating brilliance during that time is Tara Lipinski, who became the youngest female figure skater and the youngest athlete in any sport to win a gold medal. Holding titles of US National Champion and World Champion long before her 15th birthday, Lipinski won the gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, in 1998. Unfortunately, her skating years didn’t last long, since he left the professional circuit in 2002 alleging health reasons. . However, her career as a figure skating analyst on NBC Sports took off and she, after nearly two decades out of the spotlight, plans to produce a skating show and hopes to bring figure skating to her former esteem.
As skating rinks around the world prepare to plunge into the coming winter months, one of the world’s most famous ice skating rinks, the one at New York’s iconic Rockefeller Center, will celebrate its 80th anniversary this season. Opening for the winter season is scheduled for early October and bookings for skating packages are already underway. Skating enthusiasts hope to create special memories of the season at the rink located on Fifth Avenue.
Skating is a popular sport that involves the use of skates to move on any surface, including naturally frozen bodies of water, such as lakes, ponds, or rivers, or artificially frozen rinks, such as parks, tracks, and rinks, which are mostly They are under roof.
According to a study by the University of Oxford, Finland was the site of the oldest ice skating activity nearly 3,000 years ago, when sharp, crushed bones were laced into leather boots for people to glide across the ice. The first ice skates were invented in the 13th century by the Dutch. In the Nordic region, ice skating is a necessary skill as well as a common sport for all classes of people.
