American figure skater Lysacek captures Grand Prix final
USA Today - Sat Dec 5, 10:39 am ETWorld champion Evan Lysacek won the Grand Prix final Saturday, becoming the second straight American to capture the figure skating title.
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World champion Evan Lysacek won the Grand Prix final Saturday, becoming the second straight American to capture the figure skating title.
Julia Bernstein never fit the profile of the typical wayward teenager. When the 16-year-old wasn’t competing nationally as a figure skater or playing the lead in her school play, she spent time volunteering at a soup kitchen and writing poetry.
Former world champion figure skater Brian Joubert of France has undergone surgery after injuring his right foot during training. Surgery to repair a ligament in Joubert's foot was successful, the French Federation for Ice Sports said Friday. Joubert, who will miss next week's Grand Prix final, landed awkwardly after attempting a triple lutz and sustained a deep cut to his right foot on...
World figure skating champion Kim Yu-Na is looking ahead with a fresh frame of mind to the Winter Olympics after her flawless image was tarnished at the Grand Prix Final in Tokyo at the weekend.
The world champion Evan Lysacekwon the Grand Prix Final on Saturday in Tokyo, becoming the second consecutive American to capture the figure skating title.
That Meryl Davis and Charlie White won the ISU Grand Prix Final on Friday despite placing second in the free dance bodes well for the future of the ice dance team as it prepares for next month's U.S. Championships.
World champion Evan Lysacek was edged out by Daisuke Takahashi for first place in the men's short program at the Grand Prix final on Friday night. Americans Meryl Davis and Charlie White won the ice dance event after finishing first in the free dance with 169.44 points.
World champion Evan Lysacek won the Grand Prix final Saturday, becoming the second straight American to capture the figure skating title. In the women's event, Kim Yu-na of South Korea made it a clean sweep for world champions, rallying to win the free skate and claim her third GP title in four years.
China's former world pairs champions Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo lifted their sixth figure skating Grand Prix Final title Saturday, sealing a return to form as they chase a hitherto elusive Olympic gold medal.
Thirty-two-year-old Bode Miller, still one of the world's best ski racers and now the father of a 21-month-old girl, sat at a makeshift dais alongside two fellow U.S. Ski Team racers Tuesday and waited as the moderator of a Q-and-A session weaved through.
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