Figure skaters shine at Iowa Games
It's not called dancing on ice for nothing.
Figure skating combines grace, agility, concentration and strength. And unlike, say, the waltz or ballet, there's the added element of speed as the skaters perform their intricate routines while zipping down the ice on thin blades of steel.
In front of a scant crowd of onlookers (mostly parents, it seemed), four Cedar Rapids high school girls displayed near-perfection Sunday morning in figure skating championships at the Iowa Games on the rink at the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena.
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