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BEHIND THE WORK: Teri Vogan works on one of 18
pins her family business Vogan Gold & Silver Works
Inc. of Colorado Springs, is making for the World Figure
Skating Championships.; QUIET SYMBOL OF GREATNESS: In
addition to a medal, a winning figure skater is awarded
a Radix pin, a tiny replica of the blade on a figure
skate that weighs about as much as a paper clip and is
often worn on a lapel or sweater. When skaters win one,
it is akin to a Super Bowl ring.
PHOTOS BY ANDY ROGERS, THE GAZETTE
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In
figure skating, a Radix pin is only slightly longer than a
paper clip, weighs about as much and doesn't get nearly the
attention of a medal draped around a winning skater's neck.
But when skaters
win one, it's akin to a Super Bowl ring. The pin, a tiny replica
of the blade on a figure skate, is awarded in conjunction
with a medal and often worn on a lapel or sweater to signal
a skater achieved greatness.
This week, as skaters
receive pins at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Dallas,
a Colorado Springs family jewelry company is basking in some
of the national spotlight.
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