Skating For The Gold

After years of early morning training and more jumps than she can count, Esperanza's dream of figure skating at the Olympic is coming true at last! But with the excitement comes new attention — and BIG distractions. Can she focus enough to shut out the drama, find her edge over the competition, and make the Olympics as golden as her dreams?

Skating for Gold By: Tiffani Healey Meet Annabelle, a red-haired girl who loves learning to skate with her friends. As they practice their spirals and spins, the girls find out how important it is to practice a new sport. They take a few tumbles along the way, but they always have fun! Skating for Gold is the first in a series about Annabelle’s skating adventures.

TIGER SKATES FOR THE GOLD Written and Illustrated by WANDA LLAMAS This is a story about cats who Ice Skate and compete in the World Figure Skating Championships. Can cats really ice skate? Of course they can. And they can do all of the other human things that we can do. Such as walk and talk and work in a vineyard. And of course, fall in love. They can do all of this because we love them. And therefore, we believe that they can do anything. The cats immortalized in this story are our three cats. Noche, Dia and Tiger They were part of our family for seventeen years. The waterfront vineyard on Stretch Island mentioned in the story was where we all lived and loved and toiled for all those years. Cats and Ice Skating have been my passion for many years. In this story I have just combined two of my favorite things. The World Figure Skating Championship was held In Vancouver, Canada in March of 2001 This is the setting of the story. We were there. END: Wanda Llamas

Tessa and Scott share their incredible and inspiring story — now updated and expanded with a new introduction, over 100 dazzling new photographs, and three all-new chapters covering the pair’s stunning performances at the Sochi and PyeongChang Olympic Games and beyond. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are the most decorated figure skaters in the history of the sport, and are widely celebrated by peers and fans alike for their superior athleticism, one-of-a-kind partnership, and generosity of spirit. In these pages, they share their incredible story with the world. Tessa and Scott: Our Journey from Childhood Dream to Gold offers an intimate and revealing behind-the-scenes look at the iconic duo. Veteran sports columnist Steve Milton draws from hours of conversations with Tessa and Scott as they take us from their first meeting in 1995 to their impressive debut and rapid rise on the international scene; from the highs and lows of competitive skating to the profound impact of Tessa’s injury and subsequent recovery; and from their unprecedented Olympic achievements in Vancouver in 2010 and Sochi in 2014, through to their exhilarating triumph in Pyeongchang in 2018, when their performance capture hearts the world over and catapulted them into unparalleled international acclaim. Lavishly illustrated with over 100 new photos, this updated and expanded edition is filled with personal stories and recollections from Tessa, Scott, and those close to them — including family members, friends, and coaches past and present. Tessa and Scott is as much a spectacular visual history as it is a celebration of two of the world’s premier athletes.

Photographs and text follow American figure skater Jill Trenary's final day of competition at the 1988 Olympic Winter Games, where she placed fourth out of thirty-one competitors from around the world.

Respected sports journalist Christine Brennan tells the riveting tales of the world's best figure skaters during the most intense year of their young lives. The story opens with the 1997 U.S. national championships, when Michelle Kwan, the overwhelming favorite for the 1998 Olympic gold medal, leaves the rink in tears. Enter Tara Lipinski, a seventy-five-pound jumping machine -- soon to become the youngest world skating champion.Chronicling the year leading up to and including the 1998 Olympic Games, Edge of Glory offers portraits of the famous and infamous, the hopefuls and has-beens -- Nancy Kerrigan, Oksana Baiul, Tonya Harding, Elvis Stojko, Todd Eldredge, Ilia Kulik, and many more. Edge of Glory also takes the reader behind the scenes of the sport: the aggressive sports agents, the career-fostering coaches, the eager reporters, the choreographers, and the attentive, stern judges. Ultimately, Edge of Glory is about the athletes themselves. What drives these skaters to a profession that promises retirement at such a young age? How do they survive in a sport where one fall decides it all? What do they fear? And, most importantly, who will win, and who will lose?

The dreams of figure skaters Maggie Campbell and Clay Bartlett come to an abrupt halt when a car accident ends Clay's career. Maggie leaves Clay to hone her skills as a single skater.