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Pan Am figure roller skater Kailah Macri takes CBC for a spin

Kailah Macri is used to people not understanding her sport, figure roller skating. But she is poised and graceful and speedy without the benefit of slippery ice.

No ice, no roller blades, no disco. Just strap on your roller skates

David Common · CBC News ·

Taking a spin with Pan Am roller skater Kailah Macri

9 years ago
Duration 2:29
Canadian competitor shows the CBC's David Common why she's our best shot for a gold in roller skating

CBC's David Common tried a number of Pan Am sports in the run-up to the Games to see how challenging it really is to be among the best.

Kailah Macri is used to people not understanding her sport.

Yes, it's like figure skating. No, there is no ice.

Yes, there are roller skates. No, not roller blades.

It may all seem like a throwback to disco times, but Macri is poised and graceful and speedy without the benefit of slippery ice.

Every country can enter just one competitor in this sport, so Macri is Canada's best shot.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

David Common

David Common covers a wide range of stories for CBC News, from war to disrupting scams. He is a host with the investigative consumer affairs program Marketplace, and a correspondent with The National. David has travelled to more than 85 countries for his work, has lived in cities across Canada, and been based as a foreign correspondent in the U.S. and Europe. He has won a number of awards, but a big career highlight remains an interview with Elmo. You can reach David at david.common@cbc.ca, Twitter: @davidcommon.

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