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Members of the national figure skating team perform on the opening day of the Holiday Ice Rink at Union Square in San Francisco.
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This year, National Skating Month celebrates its 10th anniversary, and to celebrate, US Figure Skating hosted a video contest. Skaters who passed a Pre-Preliminary test (moves in the field or free skate) in the last six months were invited to record a 30-second video explaining why they love figure skating. This year’s winner, 10-year-old Maya Schwartz of Skating Club of San Francisco stood out with her enthusiastic and unique video. As the winner, her video will be played on the Jumbotron at many US Figure Skating events including US Championships and Four Continents. She will also receive tickets to the Smucker’s Skating Spectacular at US Championships at the end of January and a prize pack from US Figure Skating.
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Lauren competed in the 2008 Special Olympics Winter Games in Galena. Lauren has Down Syndrome. She had moved up to Level 2 from Level 1 this year and was the youngest Level 2 skater. She won a Silver medal ranking second in Level 2.
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