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Tara Lipinski
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| Beginnings: | - She was born June 10th, at 1:10 a.m. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
| Family: | - Her mom's name is Pat - Her dad's name is Jack |
| Education: | - She is trying to get her diploma |
| Sport(s): | - The sports she does are: figure skating, roller skating, hockey, ice skating, and roller hockey |
| Interests: | - Her interests are roller skating, roller hockey, and ice skating. |
| Accomplishments: | - She was in the 1998 Olympics - She won a gold medal when she was 15 |
| Interesting Facts: | - She has a horse named Moonray |
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History of Ice Skating
The history of ice skating goes back to when humans would
tie animal bones to their feet and go across frozen rivers, lakes and canals.
This would happen mostly in the winter or in cold climates. After many years, people used metal or
iron connected to their shoes and not animal bones. Ice Skating was not for
poor people, just the well-to-do people could ice skate, but now it is for
anybody that can pay for the skates or rent them , but mostly every one can skate.
A man named Jackson Hians created ice skating the way we know
it now. He was born in 1840, in New York. In 1863 and 1864,
he won championships in America, but he always disliked the U.S. and left for Europe and
became very popular in Vienna. He created the International Style of figure skating.
He died in 1874 of
pneumonia when traveling from St. Petersburg to Stockholm.
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To learn more about the rules of skating, click here |
History of the United States
In the Olympics the people represent their own country, like Tara Lipinski who represented the United States and the 250,000,000 people in the United States. America is in the northern hemisphere. It is above Mexico and below Canada. The American flag has 13 red and white stripes and a big blue patch with white stars - 50 stars standing for 50 states. It used to be 13 stars for the first 13 colonies when the United States separated from Britain.
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To learn more about the United States, click here |
