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A 40-year-old just became the oldest woman to win a World Figure Skating Championship. What she wants non-athletes to know

Battered by injuries and burnt out by the demands of her sport, Deanna Stellato-Dudek retired in 2001 – before many of today’s elite figure skaters were even born.

But this week, Stellato-Dudek achieved the unthinkable. With her partner Maxime Deschamps, the 40-year-old former retiree defeated athletes less than half her age and became the oldest woman to win a World Figure Skating Championship. Read More

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