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Carroll: Judges are Political
Here's a Chicago Tribune article (by Philip Hersh) that discusses Evan Lysacek's prep following his second place showing at Cup of China. Apparently, Lysacek received an edge downgrade for his triple flip but he and coach Franch Carroll could not understand why. Additionally, Carroll has some...
World Championships Men's Preview
The men's short program takes place tomorrow at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Los Angeles. Make no bones about it, this competition is going to make a statement. If someone wins (again) without a quad, like Jeffrey Buttle did last year, then it will be further proof that a new era...
Kim Holds On To Win Four Continents
Yu-Na Kim built up a lead in what has been reported as a brilliant short program at the Four Continents Championships on Wednesday, which helped her win the competition despite some long program errors last night. Joannie Rochette of Canada was second, coming in second in both the short and long...
Alissa Czisny Wins First National Title
The arena went wild last night when Alissa Czisny won the ladies figure skating championship in Cleveland, Ohio (she's from Bowling Green). She won the spectators, commentators, and myself over with a mature performance. Unfortunately, she was one of the few top ladies who didn't skate cleanly;...
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