It was the Navy which introduced Jackson to the ice sport five years ago when former bobsleigh driver and fellow Royal Marine Lee Johnston suggested he should give it a go.

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All the new tournaments are also breaking the ice in the sport's traditional gender divide.

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It claimed six more in skeleton (revived as an Olympic sport this year) and short-track ice-skating (added in 1994).

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The newly revealed longlist also features Dancing on Ice, Got To Dance and Let's Dance for Sport Relief.

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In over 20 years of watching this great sport, I've never been so excited at the prospect of an ice hockey match.

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Now some of you might be scoffing at bowling being labeled as a sport, but, hey, you try and concentrate on your game when within reach is ice-cold beer and seasoned curly fries.

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World ice hockey chief Rene Fasel said the crash in Yaroslavl was "the darkest day in the history of our sport".

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