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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

An Article I Wrote About Larisa Gendernalik Is In SKATING Magazine!

My friend, Larisa Gendernalik, lost her daughter to tragedy in 2008. Valerie Gendernalik was killed in Fort Collins, after her boyfriend shot her. When US Figure Skating asked me to come up with ideas for articles about skaters and coaches who had done remarkable things, I thought of Larisa. Larisa turned to her artwork during her time of grief and has created and sold beautiful figure skating paintings.

Her story is below.

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Jo Ann Schneider Farris has participated in skating for most of her life as a competitor, coach, and author.

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