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Olympic Figure Skating Team Medals – How Great Is That?!

February 12, 2018 Jo Ann Schneider-Farris

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How wonderful it is to see Olympic medals around the necks of some of my figure skating friends!  I’m especially happy for Alexa and Chris Knierim since I’ve known Chris for so many years.  And…their coach Dalilah Sappenfield was my own three children’s wonderful primary coach.  I’m so excited for them! I remember when Maia and Alex […]

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Remembering What It Is Like Behind the Scenes At the Winter Olympic Games

February 10, 2018 Jo Ann Schneider-Farris

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When I went to the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics as a member of the press, it felt like I “made” the Olympics since the press was treated like royalty! I soaked in every moment. Summary of Jo Ann’s and Annabelle’s Olympic Vancouver Adventure Memories From the 2010 Olympic Figure Skating Competition in Vancouver I am […]

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Take a Step-By-Step Tour Through the Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan Saga

January 28, 2018 Jo Ann Schneider-Farris

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The Tonya-Nancy figure skating scandal may be considered the most bizarre story in ice skating history.  The story involves lying and cheating, comedy, denial, the FBI, a get away car, and even a hit man. It seems like fiction, but did really happen and changed figure skating forever.  Scroll through this step-by-step summary of what happened and enjoy “the […]

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“I, Tonya” Tells Figure Skater Tonya Harding’s Side of the Story

January 18, 2018 Jo Ann Schneider-Farris

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If you haven’t seen “I, Tonya” yet, by all means go see it. The bottom line is that it is probably the most realistic figure skating movie I’ve ever seen. The movie accurately shows what the figure skating world is really like; Tonya Harding just didn’t quite fit into that figure skating world.  She never […]

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Is American Figure Skating Fixed….Again?

January 13, 2018 Jo Ann Schneider-Farris

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Several years ago, I wrote an article saying that elite American figure skating was FIXED. but that article didn’t stay live long, since one of my children’s coaches contacted me immediately after I published my thoughts and told me that saying such things was not a good idea for me politically since, at the time, […]

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