Made in St. Paul: Ice skating as storytelling and Black cultural expression, by figure skater Deneane Richburg’s organization Brownbody
The skating-dance troupe was initially founded to perform Richburg’s choreography, and in recent years, Brownbody has been ...
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Black athletes thrive at D.C.’s first U.S. Figure Skating club
Discover how District Impact Skating Club is making ice skating accessible and inclusive in D.C., creating opportunities for skaters of color.
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Black girls learn to figure skate — and be bold — via Harlem program
Figure skating is seen as an elite, mostly white sport, but a new documentary series tells the story of a program for Black ...
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Figure skater Maé-Bérénice Méité works to grow her place in history
It took French figure skater Maé-Bérénice Méité a long time to see herself as a part of history. She hasn’t won any Olympic medals, but as a two-time Olympian (2014 and ’18), European and World ...
‘Legacy on Ice’ tribute honors skaters who died in D.C. plane crash
The memorial event at Capital One Arena was co-hosted by Olympic champions Brian Boitano and Kristi Yamaguchi.
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Environmental justice cuts, figure skating among Harlem’s Black girls
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate offices that handle environmental justice issues, like pollution in ...
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5 figure skating icons talk ‘significant loss’ after DC plane crash: ‘This one just felt so unfair’: EXCLUSIVE
A quintet of American figure skating legends paid tribute to the 28 members of the skating world who died when an American ...
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Ice skater who lost parents in Washington D.C. plane crash breaks down after paying heartbreaking tribute in routine
Maxim Naumov lost his parents Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova during the tragic Jan 29 American Airlines crash ...