World capital of the sport of figure skating is London, which has six indoor rinks to New York's two, and an amazing number of high-grade figure skaters. The women's figure skating championship of the world was held in London in 1928 and again last week. Winner in 1928 was Sonja Henie, in the second year of her ten-year career as the world's ablest woman skater. Last spring Sonja Henie stopped skating in tournaments to skate in the cinema and last week's winner, heir to Miss Henie's title, was an English girl who may hold...
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