Lake Placid Figure Skating: A History (Sports)
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| Management number | 231965948 | Release Date | 2026/06/18 | List Price | US$4.48 | Model Number | 231965948 | ||
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Figure skating has always had an important home in Lake Placid. Early on, the Sno Birds popularized this summer retreat, and Melville and Godfrey Dewey won the campaign for the 1932 Winter Olympics. The Skating Club of Lake Placid was formed, and after 1932, famous skaters trained here with legendary coach Gus Lussi. When Lake Placid again hosted the Olympics in 1980, skating dominated, with state-of-the-art facilities that have continued to be used by stars like Dorothy Hamill and Sarah Hughes, and helped give rise to Scott Hamilton's Stars on Ice. For more than one hundred years, the Lake Placid community has worked together to support figure skating and skaters in this quiet Adirondack village. Local expert Christie Sausa tells this exciting story. Read more
| ASIN | B00XQW9QGS |
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| XRay | Not Enabled |
| ISBN13 | 978-1614236160 |
| Language | English |
| File size | 3.9 MB |
| Page Flip | Enabled |
| Publisher | The History Press |
| Word Wise | Enabled |
| Print length | 131 pages |
| Accessibility | Learn more |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Publication date | August 7, 2012 |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
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