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Like many aspiring 2010 Winter Olympians, figure skater Rachael Flatt is in full training mode. She also is in four Advanced Placement classes at Cheyenne Mountain High School in Colorado Springs.
Kiri Baga, 14, of Bloomington won the gold medal at the International Skating Union Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series event Oct. 14-18 in Istanbul, Turkey.
Evan Lysacek, the reigning world champion, is a star this week at Skate America, but he has plenty of competition for the gold in Vancouver in February.
As venerable coach Frank Carroll watched his skater, reigning world champion Evan Lysacek, take the lead in the men's short program at Skate America Friday night, he couldn't help but remember what went on in the same Lake Placid, N.Y. rink nearly 30 years ago.
Friday At Lake Placid, N.Y. Ice Dance Compulsories 1. Tanith Belbin, Kirkland, Quebec, and Benjamin Agosto, Chicago, 39.28 points. 2. Jana Khokhlova and Sergei Novitski, Russia , 36.94. 3. Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte, Italy , 32.04. 4. Alexandra and Roman Zaretski, Israel , 31.93. 5. Kimberly Navarro, Santa Rosa, Calif., and Brent Bommentre, Philadelphia, 30.19 6. Kristina Gorshkova and ...
HEERENVEEN, Netherlands (AP) -- Shani Davis of the United States set a track record in the 1,500-meters Friday at a speedskating World Cup meet overshadowed by an injury to two-time Olympic champion Marianne Timmer.
Zhao Hongbo gave his wife, who happens to be his skating partner, a memorable 31st birthday present Friday night at Skate America.
When this ice dancing gig is over, Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto might want to take their act to Hollywood.
Shani Davis of the United States set a track record in the 1,500-meters Friday at a speedskating World Cup meet overshadowed by an injury to two-time Olympic champion Marianne Timmer. Davis finished in 1 minute 44.48 seconds, breaking the nearly three-year-old Thialf Stadium track record. Havard Bokko of Norway was second in 1:45.57, followed by Stefan Groothuis of the Netherlands.
Two-time Olympic speedskating champion Marianne Timmer will be out for about a month after injuring her left ankle Friday in a rough fall during a race. Timmer's coach, Jac Orie, said she sustained a light rupture in a left ankle tendon when she slammed into inflatable barriers at the Heerenveen stadium.
Two-time Olympic speedskating champion Marianne Timmer fell hard and was carried off the ice on a stretcher Friday in a World Cup 500-meter race. Timmer slammed into inflatable barriers at the Heerenveen stadium after Chinese skater Jing Yu fell in front of her. Yu was also carried off the track on a stretcher.
