The winter of 1961 witnessed a catastrophic plane crash in Belgium that took the lives of the entire U.S. figure skating team, casting a shadow over the sports world. As we look back at this history, we can’t help but wonder, what might have been if it hadn’t been for that plane crash? Might the U.S. figure skating world today be filled with different achievements? It seems that the Americans’ ‘big leap forward’ wasn’t always so steady.
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