History of ice skating
Figure skating isn’t just being beautiful and gracefully slides across an icy covered floor. It requires skills, and should I say discipline to stand firm on an icy floor. It began In frozen canals and waterways of Scandinavia and the Netherlands, about 1000 years ago when people laced animal bones as their footwear and glided across frozen lakes and rivers. Since 12th century it was likely that a metal ice skates did not yet exist. The first pair of iron skate was create by a Scottsman in 1952. During 1960s travelling on blades was popular transportation among the Dutch. The Skating Club of Edinburgh was formed in 1642 and the world's first organized speed skating race was held in the year 1763 on the Fens in England. The sport was later introduced in North America, and a lighter soon after an all-steel blade was produced in 1850. The Dutch organized the first world championship in 1889, where the skaters which covered until and 10000m. Jackson Haines of America was a pioneer in figure skating. He was talented in ice skating and dancing, and brought about many innovations. Norway's Sonja Henie popularized figure skating during the 1920s and 1930s.
note:Ice skating is more than a sport.
