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They're skating for the gold, Melanie Cole, 19, and Michael Farrington, 21, of the Upper Canada-North York Skating Club will compete at the Winter Oly(...)
They're skating for the gold, Melanie Cole, 19, and Michael Farrington, 21, of the Upper Canada-North York Skating Club will compete at the Winter Oly(...)

They're skating for the gold, Melanie Cole, 19, and Michael Farrington, 21, of the Upper Canada-North York Skating Club will compete at the Winter Oly(...)

Date2/2/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: They're skating for the gold; Melanie Cole; 19; and Michael Farrington; 21; of the Upper Canada-North York Skating Club will compete at the Winter Olympics in Calgary this week. A team for only 10 months; they came third in the national competition last month.
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Object NumberTSPA_0097428F
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