Despite Loosening Rules, Few Women Figure Skaters Pick Pants
She wore the pants. And on this day, she was the only one.
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BEIJING (AP) — She wore the pants. And on this day, she was the only one. In a dramatic black one-piece that felt like classic Audrey Hepburn — white accents and rhinestones, high bun, smoky eyes — Swedish figure skater Josefina Taljegård stood out Tuesday as the only athlete in a field of 30 who wore pants for the short program on the first day of the Beijing Olympics’ marquee women’s figure skating competition. “I…
