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Kurt Browning
Sonja Henie
Irina Rodnina and Aleksandr Zaytsev
Figure skating and ice dancing
Oksana Baiul
Watch the Northwestern University women's synchronized skating team practicing
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Oleg Protopopov
Russian figure skater
Tessa Virtue
Canadian ice dancer
Toller Cranston
Canadian figure skater and artist
Kurt Browning
Canadian figure skater
Nathan Chen
American figure skater
Andrée Brunet
French figure skater
Scott Moir
Canadian ice dancer
Viktor Petrenko
Ukrainian figure skater
Pierre Brunet
French figure skater
Yekaterina Gordeeva
Russian figure skater
Christopher Dean
English figure skater
Lyudmila Belousova
Russian figure skater
Jayne Torvill
English figure skater
Plushchenko, Yevgeny
Yevgeny Plushchenko
Russian figure skater
Hanyu Yuzuru
Hanyu Yuzuru
Japanese figure skater
Slutskaya, Irina
Irina Slutskaya
Russian figure skater
Chan, Patrick
Patrick Chan
Canadian figure skater
Brian Boitano
American figure skater
Scott Hamilton
Scott Hamilton
American figure skater
Kim Yu-Na
Kim Yuna
South Korean figure skater

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Former U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program bobsledder Steven Holcomb, front, is greeted at the finish line after teaming with Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler and Curtis Tomasevicz to win the first Olympic bobsleigh gold medal in 62 years for Team USA ,(cont)
The Olympic Games
Finnish skater Juulia Turkkila during the Ladies' singles at the World Figure Skating Championships, Megasport Arena on April 30, 2011 in Moscow, Russia. (ice skating, sports)
Figure Skating Quiz
Cricket bat and ball. cricket sport of cricket.Homepage blog 2011, arts and entertainment, history and society, sports and games athletics
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Car with a pickle design in the Zagreb Red Bull Soapbox Race, Zagreb, Croatia, September 14, 2019. (games, races, sports)
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