Kate is a world figure skater training for the 1988 Winter Olympics. She has the talent but years of spoiling has left her very impossible to work with. Douglas Dorsey is a former hockey player. His team goes to the Olympics where he literally runs into Kate on the way to the ice for the game. However, during the game he suffers an eye injury during that game in which his peripheral vision is damaged. He is forced to retire from the sport of hockey as a result of his injury.
In the next four years leading up to the next Winter Olympics, Kate has driven away all her potential skating partners with her attitude and perfectionism. Her coach, Anton Pamchenko needs to find another replacement for her. That is when he proceeds to track down Doug, who by now is back home in Minnesota, working in a steel mill, living with his brother and playing in a semi-professional hockey league on the side. Desperate for another chance at the Olympics, Doug agrees to a tryout to work as Kate's partner, even though he has a macho contempt for figure skating. However, Kate's snooty, prima donna behavior gets on his nerves immediately. The first few practices between them do not go well. He agrees to stay on as Kate's partner. In time, though, their relationship grows warmer and warmer. They learn to work together and become a pair to be reckoned with both on and off the ice.
To the surprise of everyone, they advance all the way to the finals in Albertville and seem to be one of the top pairs competing for the gold. Everything is going well until they realize that they have fallen in love with each other. Doug and Kate are forced to reconcile these new feelings with their mutual desire to win at all costs.
Now just don't forget to "toe pick" and enjoy.
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