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The History Of Skates

1.I like sport.

2.My favourite sport is figure skating.

3.Do you happen to know the way the first  skates appeared?

4.They appeared thousands years ago, 5000 years ago!

5.The first skates were made from animal bones.

6.1760 is considered to be the birthdate of skates.

7.Joseph Merlin, a Berlin inventor constructed skates.

8.Later they were modified by the American brothers Scott and Brennan Olsen.

9.With the development of sport the model and shape of skates underwent some changes as well.

10.During the 1800-s ice skating become more popular.

11.A lot of sport skating clubs opened in London, Vienna and New York.

12.The Russian runner Nikolaev contributed greatly to the development of the form of skates.

13.A new model had narrow long metal blades.

14.In 1892, the Norwegian X.Hagen offered another innovation.

15. New skates consisted of a steel tube and a steel runner.

16.In our country the skates appeared due to Peter the Great.

17.He brought the skates from his resent trips abroad.

18.Since those times Russia participated in figure skating competitions.

19. Figure skating is very popular in our country.

20.Our sportsmen very often become the winners in the world competitions and in the Olympic Games.

21.Who could know that the old models of the so-called "skates" would become a cult.

22.A cult that inspires millions of people.

23.A cult that leads to new victories and achievements!