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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Harriet Sherwood

British ice dancer and same-sex skating partner to compete in Finland after rule change

Millie Colling and Emma Aalto
Millie Colling and Emma Aalto say they are best friends who want to skate together. Photograph: Tom Little/Reuters

A British ice dancer and her skating partner are to become Finland’s first same-sex team to take part in a competition after a rule change by the country’s skating federation.

Millie Colling, 20, who was born in Gateshead and moved to Finland at the age of six, and Emma Aalto, 19, will compete in a qualifier for the national championships next month after pressing for an amendment to the rules to allow them to enter as a team.

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