The winner of the Ladies gold medal in the last five Winter Olympics went on to tour with Stars On Ice? They are: Tara Lipinski (1998), Oksana Baiul (1994), Kristi Yamaguchi (1992), and Katarina Witt (1988 & 1984).
Scott Hamilton had some of his sperm frozen before undergoing chemotherapy for cancer? Wanting to be a father someday, Scott did not want to take any chances before undergoing a procedure that had the potential to damage his sperm.
Kristi Yamaguchi used to skate pairs with Rudy Galindo? They competed in the 1989 & 1990 World Championships.
Sergei Grinkov once broke a skate lace during the beginning of a routine and skated the entire performance almost flawlessly? During one of Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov's last performances taping Skates Of Gold III (1995), Sergei's lace broke but he did not say a word to Katia until they had completed their program.
Skating Champion Sonja Henie came up with the concept for black ice and a traveling ice rink? Henie made many contributions to skating during her career. Black ice was used in many of her movies to help the camera see the detail of her skating better. The traveling ice rink was created when Sonja Henie took the first traveling ice tour on the road.
After the 1992 Olympics in Albertville, Brian Boitano and Katarina Witt took the ice after the arena had been deserted and skated their own programs? Unable to persuade the ISU to reinstate their eligabilty for those games, they decided to skate them anyway after everyone had left the arena.