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Google Doodles into the sixth day with figure skating grebes to mark Valentine's Day

The Google Doodles follows a storyline where the grebes are shown to be up from a slumber and ready to take over the ice ring

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Tech2 News Staff|Feb 14, 2018, 08:09:47 IST

Since the sixth day of the Winter Olympics 2018 and Valentine's Day coincide on the same day, which is on 14 February, Google has doodled two grebes ice-skating on an ice rink.[caption id="attachment_4350313" align="alignleft" width="380"]Google Doodle is celebrating Valentines Day and Winter Olympics 2018 Day 6. Google Google Doodle is celebrating Valentines Day and Winter Olympics 2018 Day 6. Google[/caption]According to the Google Doodle blog, the Doodle Snow Games follows a storyline where the grebes are shown to be up from a slumber and ready to take over the ice ring. It clearly denotes a couple ice skating, which is one of the events of figure ice skating.The doodle tells a story that the grebes have been together ever since they have been chicks and now they are couple figure skating together, gracefully. As they skate together on the blueish and icy skating ring, the two grebes form a heart to mark their union.Figure ice skating is one of the oldest sports in the history of the Olympics. It had debuted in Summer Olympics 1908 in London and the sport has three events. Men, women, and mixed events.Coming back to the doodle, these grebes can be seen in the background of Pagoda-like structures. They look very much in love.The Winter Olympics 2018 is happening at Pyeongchang in South Korea from 9 February to 25 February 2018.Google will showcase 17 doodles in all till the last day of the sporting event.To catch up on previous Google Doodle stories, read them here.Google doodles into the fifth day of the Winter Olympics 2018 with a raccoon winning a luge gold medalGoodle Doodle celebrates fourth day of Winter Olympics 2018 with animation depicting snowboarding competitionGoogle Doodle Snow Games continue with a focus on a turtle that's obsessed with the sport of 'curling'Google Doodle celebrates the start of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics 2018 with an animated doodle simulating the Games

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First Published:Feb 14, 2018, 07:59:10 IST
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