Alberta Winter Games Sports Information
Estimated Participants
64 Athletes and 16 Coaches
Sport History
Figure Skating Special Olympics – New Event
Skating on ice was, for hundreds of years, a rapid form of transportation across frozen lakes, rivers and canals. The oldest form of skate (a length of bone attached to sandals with thongs) dates back to 2,000 B.C. Because competitions could be held indoors, figure skating was added to the 1908 Olympic Summer Games program. Figure skating became an official Olympic Winter Games sport at the 1924 Winter Games in Chamonix.
The Lakeland 2010 Alberta Winter Games will be the first time Figure Skating is also offered as a Special Olympic competing event in the Alberta Winter Games.
Event Location
JJ Parr 4 Wing Red Rink
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