Yes I knew Tara Lipinksi and way before her Olympic gold medal days. She and I shared a coach, Jeff D. I wouldn't exactly say we were "friends" but we knew each other well and were always at the rink together. She had a different skating life than I did and by that I mean skating was her life and clearly that paid off for her. I still went to school and she was home schooled at the rink like some of the other skaters. I still remember us being at a competition in NYC, it was the one where the rink was at the top of a building. We got in some trouble with Jeff that weekend. Instead of warming up and stretching we were playing video games, well Jeff didn't take this well and we ended up running off our "punishment". My other Tara story is that I beat her, yes once and yes we were much younger but I can still say that I beat the Olympic Gold Medalist!
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