Figure Skating News
No Olympic spots are guaranteed for any skater, but the world championships gave them a gauge of how close they were to a possible trip to the 2010 Games or how far.
At the world figure skating championships in Los Angeles, Kim Yu-na of South Korea scored 207.71 points over all the first time a woman skater has broken 200 points.
In front of a crowd filled with fans waving South Korean flags, South Korea’s Kim Yu-na dominated the short program Friday, winning by more than eight points.
Evan Lysacek scored 4 points more than his personal best for a long program to become the first American man to win the world figure skating championship in 13 years.
In the same city where South Korea and Japan clashed in baseball, there will be a second showdown between the nations when the South Korean Kim Yu-na faces Japan’s Mao Asada.
Germany’s Robin Szolkowy could have fallen several more times without it affecting his team’s standing. They were just that good.
Though Brian Joubert flubbed his signature quadruple jump, he still led Evan Lysacek, the two-time United States national champion, by nearly 2 points.
Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy performed to a high-energy, heart-pumping piece of music from the Lost in Space soundtrack. Their outfits fit right in.
Sasha Cohen, who took home a silver medal in the 2006 Turin Games, suggested that she might try for gold next year at the Vancouver Olympics.
A Westchester team practicing in the relatively unknown sport of synchronized skating has performed in national competitions.
The 23-year-old Jeremy Abbott won the United States Figure Skating Championships, ending the five-year stranglehold that Evan Lysacek and Johnny Weir had on the national title.
At 21 and after a career of inconsistency, Alissa Czisny took first place at the United States Figure Skating Championships.
Kristi Yamaguchi was a world champion figure skater before she won an Olympic gold medal in 1992, and now enjoys a quiet life at home in California.
After a failed triple axel, Johnny Weir is seventh in the nationals and may lose a spot on the United States team bound for the world championships in March.
With a nearly flawless performance, Jeremy Abbott crashed the Evan Lysacek and Johnny Weir party at the United States Figure Skating National Championships.
Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin of Russia did matadors everywhere proud with a sharp and aggressive pasodoble, winning the compulsory dance to take the early lead at the world figure skating championships in Los Angeles. Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto, in their first competition since Agosto injured his back, were second. The United States champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White are fourth. The original dance is Thursday, the free dance on Friday.
Viewers who have not tuned into figure skating since the 2006 Turin Olympics may need a who’s who guide to this year’s United States Figure Skating Championships.
Kimmie Meissner and Emily Hughes, teammates at the Turin Olympics, withdrew from this week’s U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Monday because of injury.
A trip to a rink for figure skating lessons in pursuit of exercise ends with a graceful note.
Ms. Colledge, an innovative British figure skater, was the youngest athlete to compete in the Winter Olympics and later won an Olympic silver medal.
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