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An interview with elite coach Slavka Kohout Button, who ran the Wagon Wheel Skating Ice Palace in Illinois, and was coach to Janet Lynn. 54 minutes, 53 seconds.

Thanks to Fiona McQuarrie for transcribing these interview highlights:

On her most embarrassing skating moment: I can’t think of one exactly.

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Maybe when I missed my flying sit spin at junior nationals. But I don’t think I’ve ever been embarrassed by anything I’ve done. Whatever it is, it is.

On how she started skating: My father started me. He was a figure skater, and he skated pairs on the Douglas Park lagoons in Chicago. So I probably started — I walked at seven months,  and I remember [when I started walking].

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I remember running under tables and then watching to see if everyone was looking at me, and everybody would go, ooohhh! I loved that [laughs]. So I probably started skating at about two [years old], at the other end of a broomstick from my father. He would Slavka Button Obituary (2024) - Greenwich, CT - GreenwichTime BIBI