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Karen Magnussen passes the torch

March 24, 2018 By Beverley 2 Comments

Karen Magnussen feels like she knows Kaetlyn Osmond. Now they are members of the same club: Canadian women who have won world figure skating championships. There aren’t many of them, mind: Barbara Ann Scott (1947 and 1948), Petra Burka (1965) and Magnussen herself, in 1973. Yes, it’s been 45 years since Magnussen won that last […]

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Lend a helping hand to an icon: Karen Magnussen

February 20, 2015 By Leave a Comment

One must never forget the sight of Karen Magnussen, dressed in snow white, flying aloft into a split jump that hovered in the air, then another in the opposite direction, free, dynamic, fierce. The Vancouver skater had to fight for everything she won: five Canadian titles, an Olympic silver medal in 1972, a world title […]

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