The Owners' Manual Newsletter | Issue 23 | Winter 2022

skating

Patrick Corless, Meriden Figure skating simply because the image of me spinning and leaping in one of those outfits is an image you’ll never get out of your minds now.

Christa Mandler, Meriden If I could choose to be good enough at a winter Olympic sport to the point where I could get a medal in it… probably figure skating. I am utterly hopeless at skating myself, but figure skaters are so graceful and they make it look so easy! Bonus Question: It’s a summer Olympic sport, not winter, but I study Kyokushin (full- contact) karate. I’ve been doing it for… 4 or 5 years, lost track, and I have a brown belt. I’ve never been to the Olympic games but I used to watch them on TV with my family. My most memorable Olympics was waaaaaaay back in the mid-90s when I was a child. There was this rivalry between two American figure skaters- Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding. I watched them both compete, and I remember thinking it was funny that there was this big to-do about who between them would win the gold and it turned out to be… neither. This young woman (16-years old I think!) from Russia with an absolutely fantastic routine ended up taking the gold. Just goes to show, can’t discount anyone from anywhere when it comes to the Olympics.

Marshay Ryan, KOP I’d probably win in ice skating because it looks like soo much fun and I can do flips. I’ve never been to the Olympic Games but I competed in 2016 Olympic trials for triple jump in track and field.

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