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American History

hedda_foil

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1. I remember this well.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2025, 12:54 PM

Thursday

Because of the tragedy, a brother and sister pairs team from my high school wound up in the 1962 Olympics. They weren't international skating material, but the fact that they were in the Olympics got my attention as a very naive freshman. I've been watching the major skating competitions for the last 63 years as a result.

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