Olympic champion Eric Radford gives back to young skaters in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE – Being an Olympic athlete takes dedication, years of practice, and hours of time spent in the gym or on the ice.
Athletes usually start at a young age, like those at the Southern Alberta Skating Academy, and on Tuesday, Oct. 16, the skaters had a special guest on hand working with them.
Eric Radford, a two-time world champion with partner Meagan Duhamel in pairs skating and a 2018 Olympic gold medalist for Canada, took some time to work with the young skaters on all of the important aspects of figure skating, including edge work and choreography.
Radford is in Lethbridge as a member of the Thank You Canada Tour that will be performing at the ENMAX Centre on Wednesday, Oct. 17.