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Article: SKATING IN SYNC THINK 'A CHORUS LINE' ON ICE AND YOU HAVE SYNCHRONIZED SKATING, AN EMERGING SPORT AT UW-MADISON WHERE TEAM MEMBERS ARE TRAINING FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.(FRONT)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- February 17, 2007
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Byline: ELIZABETH REYNOLDS ereynolds@madison.com 608-252-6120
It's 10:30 p.m. and the rink at the Madison Ice Arena is a mosaic of colors as if it were painted by Degas -- all sinuous figures and blurred lines of red and black.
The buzzing fluorescent lights glint off members of the UW-Madison synchronized skating team as they glide in unison, fashioning a linked circle that spins across the ice like a carnival tilt-a-whirl one minute, melding into four straight sashaying lines punctuated by complex footwork the next.
The team hopes the four-minute routine will help it capture a medal at the U.S. Figure Skating national Synchronized Skating ...