Figure skating is more open to LGBTQ athletes than ever. That wasn't always the case
February 18, 2026
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as posted by the channelNearly 35 years after Halifax ice dancer and Olympic bronze medallist Rob McCall died of AIDS, a new generation of elite gay figure skaters are embodying a future he — and many of his peers — never lived long enough to see. The CBC's Andrew Sampson has the story.
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