As she waited at the edge of the ice for her music to start, Peggy took a quick look at her father who was standing nearby with a group of parents and teachers．He smiled at her．Then she 1 out at the audience, 2 to see her mother．These two, Albert and Doris Fleming, had 3 all the way from California more than 2,000 miles away, to see their 4 compete in this sports meet in Cleveland, Ohio．
The music 5 and Peggy moved onto the ice, letting the music 6 her along into her turns, and she began skating with much 7 in herself．The cold fear she always had in the 8 ．
Seconds before skating onto the ice was 9 ．She was feeling the movement of the music and 10 it carry her．She skated easily, 11 did more jumps, a final turn, and her performance was 12 ．
The crowd loved it and cheered 13 she skated off the ice．"Nice job," said one of other 14 ．It was the 15 that always came after a free-skating performance．But what would the 16 say?Standing beside her father, Peggy 17 for the scoring to be finished．On all sides were other young skaters, some waiting 18 alone, others with a parent．Shortly before 10 o'clock the results were 19 ．The United States Women's Figure Skating Champion was Peggy Fleming of Pasadena, 20 !
