{"id":130829,"date":"2023-09-23T00:29:04","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T00:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=130829"},"modified":"2023-09-23T00:29:04","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T00:29:04","slug":"inside-abandoned-olympic-ice-rink-where-best-female-figure-skater-ever-delighted-crowds-as-just-a-puddle-remains-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/inside-abandoned-olympic-ice-rink-where-best-female-figure-skater-ever-delighted-crowds-as-just-a-puddle-remains-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside abandoned Olympic ice rink where best female figure skater EVER delighted crowds &#8211; as just a puddle remains | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THIS formerly great ice rink once played host to the greatest female figure skater ever &#8211; but now lies in ruin.<\/p>\n<p>The Berkeley <span>Iceland<\/span> ice rink in California has been left to rot after years of use from famous Olympians.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/puddle-remains-https-www-youtube-847065096.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/puddle-remains-https-www-youtube-847065098.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>After opening its doors in 1940, it began hosting major events in the world of figure skating.<\/p>\n<p>And world famous figure skater Sonja Henie helped open the rink &#8211; she was a three time Olympian, ten time World Champion and six time European champion.<\/p>\n<p>Skaters including Peggy Fleming, Britan Boitano and Kristi Yamaguchi used the rink to train.<\/p>\n<p>It hosted the US National Figure Skating Championships three times, and was the practice facility for the 1994 <span>USA<\/span> Men&#x27;s Hockey Team.<\/p>\n<h2><span>READ MORE IN WORLD NEWS<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/SPORT-PREVIEW-Kamila-Valieva-copy.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Russia slammed as Valieva, 15, cries on Olympic ice amid drugs row<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sport-preview-playboy.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Olympians who posed for Playboy including a German judo star &#038; ice skating legend<\/h3>\n<p>But now, the formerly great venue is a puddle inside an abandoned, graffiti covered building.<\/p>\n<p>YouTube channel Stories took their cameras to the abandoned rink, and said: &quot;These walls heard the voices of Olympians talking about gold. Today, it survives as a testament to nostalgia.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>In the late 2010s, however, the abandoned <span>shell<\/span> of an ice rink was transformed into a <span>retail<\/span> store &#8211; but the owners paid homage to the former venue.<\/p>\n<p>The sporting goods store still has the original signs from <span>Iceland<\/span>, where the first Zamboni was used.<\/p>\n<h2>Most read in Sport<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/08-05-2023-nottingham-forests-838710338-1.jpg\"><\/picture><span>LIN IT TO WIN IT <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Ex-Man Utd ace Lingard JOINS new club for a month as he trains with legend<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/OQ-SPORTPREVIEW-RAMSDALE.jpg\"><\/picture><span>RAM SOLO <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Dejected Arsenal fans say &#8216;we don&#8217;t need this&#8217; after spotting sad Ramsdale video<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/crop-24092009.jpg\"><\/picture><span>END OF THE DE <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>De Gea &#8216;could RETIRE from football&#8217; if he doesn&#8217;t receive suitable offer<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/HB-OFF-PLATFORM-LEHMANN-1.jpg\"><\/picture><span>COURT ORDER <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Ex-Arsenal star Lehmann &#8216;faces psychiatric report after chainsaw attack&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>But it&#x27;s not the only sporting venue to be abandoned &#8211; we went inside the deserted \u00a38billion stadium left to rot since 2004.<\/p>\n<p>But less than 20 years on, the abandoned site of the Athens 2004 Games is a complete eyesore that has been left to rot.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly Holmes\u00a0grabbed TWO golds in the famous athletics stadium while Chris Hoy starred in the velodrome and\u00a0Team GB&#x27;s\u00a0sailors and rowers delivered the goods on the water once again.<\/p>\n<p>Greece spent a whopping \u00a38billion to bring the Olympics back to the historic home in Athens.<\/p>\n<p>However, large parts of the\u00a0site now lie in complete disarray.<\/p>\n<p>The paintwork and colour have been replaced by overgrown weeds and graffiti in a sad state of affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, many of the outdoor seats now have tufts of grass spurting between them &#8211; 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