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Mary Grace - Figure Skating in Sochi, 2014
Figure Skating
Figure skating is the oldest discipline in the Olympic Winter Games.
Originally, it was just a demonstration sport.
The first time it was included in the Olympic Program was 1976.
To skate you need custom made boots with a special blade attached.
You also need a suit made of stretchable material to skate.
The arena needs to have ice of the highest quality and a rink 30 by 60 meters in size.
Yulia Lipnitskaya
Yulia was born on June 5,1998.
She is 5 feet 2 inches in height.
Her nationality is Russian Fed.
Yulia has one gold medal and that is in team figure skating.
She is fifteen years old.
Sochi was her first olympic appearance.
Today, Yulia lives in Moscow.