Team USA Figure-Skating Sibling Duo Finds Unique Chemistry on Ice

Team USA Figure-Skating Sibling Duo Finds Unique Chemistry on Ice
Oona (L) and Gage Brown perform an ice dancing routine at the reopening of Wollman Rink in Central Park, New York City, in November 2021. Cindy Ord/Getty Images
Dave Paone
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Oona Brown, 17, and her brother Gage Brown, 19, are on Team USA for U.S. Figure Skating. Although their lifetimes are short thus far, those lifetimes have been spent mostly on the ice.

Their story begins in 2008, when Oona was 4 and Gage was 6. Gage and his older siblings were being homeschooled by their mother, Zhon Brown. To fulfill their physical education requirement, she took them to an ice-skating rink, where the class was taught by a coach. Oona tagged along.