Figure Skating Now: Olympic and World Champions - Softcover

Chataigneau is a skilled photographer, and his images are carefully composed to show both physical grace and emotional intensity. A visual treat for those who follow the sport.-- (10/01/2001) Very up-to-date ... the pictures alone will be of great interest.-- (03/01/2002)

Michelle Kwan, Alexei Yagudin, Elvis Stojko, Anissina and Peizerat. The names of today's greatest figure skaters are as evocative and magical as their stunningly choreographed programmes. These brilliant young skaters, and many, many more, are spotlighted in this richly illustrated book for every fan of the world's most elegant sport. With biographies and statistics, this book offers a fan's eye view of the competitive world of international figure skating at its highest levels. What youngster has not dreamed of flying gracefully across the ice in a glamorous costume, astonishing onlookers with a perfectly executed triple flip and a dizzying scratch spin, as the musci rises and falls with each move? The superb colour photographs show brilliant young stars doing precisely that.