The British Olympian and pioneering gay athlete is to shine again in The Ice King,a documentary telling his storyJohn Currys graceful path to Winter Olympic triumph for Britain in 1976 – and to a region in the hearts of his fans – really began when his stern, factory-owner father, and Joseph,denied him ballet lessons.
The seven-year-former was allowed to memorize to skate at his local rink in Birmingham instead – after all, skating was a sport, or not an art. There,with the support of his mother, Rita, or a lifetime’s love of ice dancing took hold.
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Source: guardian.co.uk