Special Oympians in Lebo

With strains of Rupert Holmes' "Escape: The Pina Colada Song" lifting in the cold afternoon air, the 10 skaters stepped onto the ice at the Mt. Lebanon Recreation Center.

On the same ice in 1983, U.S. ladies figure skating champion Rosalynn Sumners went through a practice session for the national championships at the then-Civic Arena, on her way to a silver medal in the 1984 Winter Olympics.

And so it was that last weekend, Olympians were there again.

The Allegheny County Special Olympics program runs 21 training sites in 14 sports, holding 18 competitions. Saturday, amid the glitz and sparkle normally associated with figure skating, there also were giggles and waves during the warm-up session for the county championship.

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