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Where Is Peggy Fleming Now? Is the Olympic Figure Skating Icon Still Alive?
Peggy Fleming made history in figure skating, but where is she now? Here’s an update on her life and what she’s been doing ...
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Fleming launched modern era of figure skating
Known for her beauty and grace on and off the ice, Peggy Fleming dominated women's figure skating from 1966 to 1968, capping her career with her triumph at the 1968 Olympic Winter Games.
In figure skating community, grief of plane crash spans geography and generations
As the figure skating community grappled with the deaths of more than 15 skaters, coaches and parents, the grief was felt ...
Dick Button, Icon of Olympic Figure Skating, Dies at 95
Dick Button, the two-time Olympic champion who revolutionized figure skating by completing the first triple jump in ...
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DCA collision brings memories of 1961 plane crash that killed U.S. figure skating team
In 1961, the entire U.S. figure skating team died in a plane crash. Losing a generation of top-level athletes and their coaches hobbled the U.S. The DCA crash and brought back difficult memories.
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Skating was passion, therapy for Hamill
"Dorothy's special gift was her power, her straight back, and that fresh style that she could create with her movement over the ice," says 1968 Olympic champion Peggy Fleming on ESPN Classic's ...
US Figure Skating has seen tragedy before: All about the 1961 world team plane crash
In 1961, the entire U.S. national team lost their lives in a plane crash en route to the world championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia.