<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/82465eb8-0624-4423-98ba-244d637e2a7a/F09893A4-E86B-4D4F-87E3-96F0740BE0FD/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Ice_work_if_you_can_get_it_-_a_PhD_in_figure_skating&in_article_id=709330&in_page_id=34&ito=newsnow" href="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Ice_work_if_you_can_get_it_-_a_PhD_in_figure_skating&in_article_id=709330&in_page_id=34&ito=newsnow" style="font-size: 11px;">www.metro.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Ice_work_if_you_can_get_it_-_a_PhD_in_figure_skating&in_article_id=709330&in_page_id=34&ito=newsnow"><H2 class="articlestandfirst">Bizarre university degrees in belly dancing, David Beckham studies and science fiction have become old hat - now, all the rage is figure skating. </H2><P class="article"> </P><DIV class="imgHolder"><IMG width="450" height="420" border="1" alt="Diana Entwistle: now has a PhD in figure skating" src="http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2009/07/dianaentwistleGR_450x420.jpg" /></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Ice_work_if_you_can_get_it_-_a_PhD_in_figure_skating&in_article_id=709330&in_page_id=34&ito=newsnow">Diana Entwistle, a former British masters ice dance champion, is the first person in the country to get a PhD in the Olympic sport. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Ice_work_if_you_can_get_it_-_a_PhD_in_figure_skating&in_article_id=709330&in_page_id=34&ito=newsnow"><P class="article"> 'I decided to study it because I am passionate about figure skating and I want Britain to be good at skating,' she said. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Ice_work_if_you_can_get_it_-_a_PhD_in_figure_skating&in_article_id=709330&in_page_id=34&ito=newsnow"><P class="article"> 'There is so much science in figure skating and now it is the difference between getting a gold medal and appearing lower down in the leadership table. The sport is advancing and getting to the limits of human capabilities.' </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Ice_work_if_you_can_get_it_-_a_PhD_in_figure_skating&in_article_id=709330&in_page_id=34&ito=newsnow"><P class="article"> Ms Entwistle, who is in her 20s, spent four years at Essex University studying the sport and has been dubbed the 'Doctor of Skating'. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Ice_work_if_you_can_get_it_-_a_PhD_in_figure_skating&in_article_id=709330&in_page_id=34&ito=newsnow"><P class="article"> Her studies focused on aerobic fitness and its impact on figure skating. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Ice_work_if_you_can_get_it_-_a_PhD_in_figure_skating&in_article_id=709330&in_page_id=34&ito=newsnow">The ice dancer, from Roxwell, Essex, said she would now like to try coaching. 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