▁of ▁them ▁are ▁even ▁smaller ▁than ▁me . ▁They ' re ▁not ▁as ▁mus cular ▁or ▁as ▁but ch ▁as ▁you ' d ▁expect . ▁I ▁have ▁a ▁similar ▁problem . ▁Most ▁people ▁are ▁disappoint ed ▁if ▁the ▁door ▁h ing es ▁don ' t ▁sh atter ▁off ▁when ▁I ▁walk ▁into ▁a ▁room . ▁ ▁" It ' s ▁all ▁set ▁up , ▁as ▁everyone ▁knows ", ▁said ▁Wel ch ▁of ▁sk ating . ▁" It ' s ▁too ▁bad ▁it ▁couldn ' t ▁be ▁a ▁more ▁legit imate ▁sport . ▁The ▁sk aters ▁have ▁great ▁athlet ic ▁ability . ▁I ' m ▁not ▁much ▁of ▁an ▁ath lete ▁... ▁For ▁the ▁film ▁I ▁had ▁to ▁learn ▁to ▁sk ate ▁again . ▁I ▁hadn ' t ▁sk ated ▁since ▁I ▁was ▁seven ." ▁ ▁Fil ming ▁Fil ming ▁was ▁to ▁have ▁started ▁in ▁February ▁ 1 9 7 2 . ▁Wel ch ▁pract iced ▁sk ating ▁for ▁several ▁months , ▁training ▁with ▁pro ▁teams , ▁we aring ▁a ▁w ig ▁and ▁dark ▁glass es ▁and ▁pos ing ▁as ▁a ▁journalist ▁looking ▁into ▁a ▁story . ▁In ▁January ▁a ▁r ink ▁was ▁constructed ▁on ▁the ▁M GM ▁sound stage , ▁en abling ▁Wel ch ▁to ▁pract ise ▁daily . ▁She ▁broke ▁her ▁right ▁w rist ▁during ▁a ▁speed ▁sk ating ▁session , ▁forcing ▁shooting ▁to ▁be ▁put ▁back ▁eight ▁weeks ▁until ▁April . ▁ ▁Fil ming ▁took ▁place ▁in ▁Port land , ▁Oregon . ▁Two ▁weeks ▁into ▁the ▁shoot ▁Wel ch ▁suffered ▁a