40 Years of Covering the Best on the Ice

	Peggy Fleming won five consecutive national titles.

At the age of 15, Fleming won her first of five consecutive national titles, making her one of the most revered skaters of all time. Wide World has been there to capture magic moment after magic moment on the ice.


Kwan, there is none better
Michelle Kwan is the two-time defending World and U.S. national champion. There hasn't been a skater in recent memory to have so gracefully and elegantly captured the imagination of the skating fan. Each year, Kwan overcomes her critics to continually dominate the skating world.

Kwan keeps recent success in perspective

Where are they now: Debi Thomas
Debi Thomas burst onto the figure skating scene in 1986, when she won the national and world championships during her freshman year at Stanford University. In honor of these feats, she was named Wide World of Sports' 1986 Athlete of the Year. Two years later she added a second national title along with a bronze medal in the Olympics.

Memorable Wide World figure skating moments
Rudy Galindo in the "kiss and cry" area after winning the 1996 national championships was one of the most emotional moments ever captured by Wide World. Galindo upset the reigning world silver medalist Todd Eldredge to win his first and only men's national championship.

ABC reflections: Lipinski | Kerrigan-Harding

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