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Chamonix 1924: The Figure Skating Competition
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It's Women's History Month, so we're devoting this episode to the women of Chamonix 1924--all 13 of them.
At the first Winter Olympics, women competed in ladies and pairs figure skating. We take a look at this competition, as well as the men's event, to learn just how different this Olympic sport was back in the day when Austria was a powerhouse (let's just say it doesn't include ice set on a specific Pantone color base).
The competition features Olympic and figure skating legend Sonja Henie in her first Olympics. Entries also include many people who were influential to the history of the sport.
Check out this video, which features Henie, Gillis Grafstrom and Herma Planck-Szabo: https://youtu.be/pIz-cDy7sv8?si=k2PkYJhtecpGeHJ_
Source list:
OlyMADmen
https://olymadmen.com/editions/29/sports/FSK
https://olymadmen.com/results/12622
Olympedia
https://www.olympedia.org/results/12598
Olympics.com
https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/chamonix-1924/results/figure-skating
CBC
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.722/1924-chamonix-france-1.812439
Skateguard blog
https://www.skateguardblog.com/2015/02/the-gillis-grafstrom-story-part-one.html
Science Friday
https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/history-ice-skates/
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Photo credit: IOC
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