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Most professionals have been training since they could walk.
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Some skating pairs train together five hours a day, five days a week.
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And fast food? Only if you can cook huge, healthy meals very fast.
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Learning spins means making yourself dizzy and nauseated a couple times a day.
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Ailments skaters face can be anything from slight sprains to debilitating back injuries .
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Figure skates have the thickest blades (4 mm ) of the three kinds of skating boots, but they're still extremely sharp.
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The path to the Olympics is a trajectory of perfection.
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Skaters are scrutinized for subjective things like partner chemistry and not engaging the audience.
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Total points for each jump demands the accuracy to launch and land on the correct edge of the correct feet.
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The Quad (quadruple jump) is so difficult that not even all professional figure skaters can do it.
Watch Gracie Gold effortlessly execute a (nausea-free) spin aboard United .
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