40 year old woman wins world pairs figure skating title. [View all]

[SarahD]

I watched this on TV. She and her partner are the real deal. They are GOOD! They were skating on home ice, so it was an extra big deal. I have watched pairs before, but I am always surprised by how dangerous it is. The man does the lifting and throwing, of course, and the woman flies several feet in the air and twenty horizontal feet down the ice, at about 15 mph and spinning like a top. My God! I never got beyond single jumps, let alone triples and quads while being thrown. I guess it would be thrilling once you learned to.do it. Or you might kill yourself trying. Anyway, this is cool for older people.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/23/sport/figure-skating-championships-deanna-stellato-dudek/index.html