TORONTO The atmosphere at the rink at the World Figure Championships last week in Toronto was hushed, quiet, subdued. Heads tilted downwards, eyes on the tracings. People huddled in the cold in the spare stands. But this event and this pursuit – tracing figures with precision and intent – have given life to Christian Hendricks, […]
Shepherd Clark
Shepherd Clark: a jewel of a figure
Make way, all you Yuzuru Hanyus and Nathan Chens and Javier Fernandezes, and hey, even Evgeny Plushenkos. The real hero of the World Figure Championships, held this week in Toronto, is Gillis Grafstrom. Grafstrom, a poetic Swede who was a three-time Olympic champion (1920, 1924, and 1928), a painter, an etcher and by trade an […]