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Post by Admin on Feb 2, 2019 18:36:13 GMT
Ice Dance Victory Medal Ceremony 2019 U.S. Figure Skating Championships The first openly LGBTQ competitive ice dance team competed at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships over the weekend. Ice dancing partners Karina Manta and Joe Johnson made history when they performed at the annual event in Detroit, according to NBC News. The news outlet notes that Manta, 22, and Johnson, 24, skated to the pop song “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This),” and finished in 7th place. http://instagram.com/p/BpOYEAMFJtk Charlie White, an Olympic gold medalist in ice dancing, told NBC News that the duo have challenged traditional gender norms for the sport. ”It’s easy to see the same thing over and over again when it’s a man and a woman telling a love story,” White said. “When you have a team that doesn’t portray a romantic relationship for any reason, they’re forced to consider new ways to tell their story. That opens up new doors, new pathways.” Manta expressed optimism in an Instagram post in October that ice dancing was "making space for new approaches, new forms of art, new types of people."
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