All posts tagged "Elena Sokolova"
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2004 Russian Figure Skating Championships: Highlights
The 2004 Russian Figure Skating Championships were held Jan 7-11 at the Ice Palace in St. Petersburg,...
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2003 European Figure Skating Championships: Ladies Highlights
This was supposed to be another year that Irina Slutskaya was vulnerable at the European Championships after...
Did You Know?
Elaine Zayak (CAN), the 1982 World champion and 1981 U.S. National champion, was the first woman to consistently land many triple jumps in her programs. Zayak lost three toes on her left foot (her takeoff foot) in a lawn mower accident at the age of two. On the advice of her doctors, she began figure skating as physical therapy. Her left boot was stabilized with a wood mold to compensate for the irregularity in the shape of her left foot.
