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Skate America Final Results: Ice Dance and Ladies
Final Results: Ladies Results: FPl. Name Nat. Points SP FS 1 Yu-Na KIM KOR 187.98 1 2 2 Rachael FLATT USA 174.91 2 1 3 Julia SEBESTYEN HUN 159.03 3 3 4 Fumie SUGURI JPN 148.99 4 5 5 Elena GLEBOVA EST 148.71 5 4 6 Elene GEDEVANISHVILI GEO 144.19 6 6 7 Emily...
Cancer.Net Skate America Results: Ladies Short Program
Well, I have upgraded my "like" of Yu-Na Kim's 007 short program to "love and kind of want to marry." Wow, another record-breaking performance for Korea's skating queen. But there were other competitors at Skate America tonight too! Really, there were! Rachael Flatt's performance of her Sing...
Cup of China Final Results
Interesting weekend at the Cup of China. Detailed analysis when I get to watch all the rest of the performances, but I am particularly itching to watch the ladies free skate! Ice Dancing FPl. Name Nat. Points CD OD FD 1 Tanith BELBIN / Benjamin AGOSTO USA 194.51 1 1 1 2 Jana KHOKHLOVA /...
Finlandia Trophy Results
Japan's Daisuke Takahashi had a triumphant return to competition after recovering from knee surgery. He had a healthy victory over the field at this year's Finlandia Trophy. In second was Russia's Sergei Voronov, followed by American Stephen Carriere. FPl. Name Nation Points SP FS 1 Daisuke...
Fumie Suguri to Study with Alexei Mishin
According to Kyodo News, Japanese skater Fumie Suguri is going to be coached by Alexei Mishin, who is also the coach of reigning Olympic Gold Medalist Evgeny Plushenko. Suguri had been working with Nikolai Morozov. And to think, I was about to do a post about all the coaching changes. I should...
Grand Prix Selections Made
The Grand Prix event assignments have been made. The United States selections and commentary are listed below. For the full list of skaters, check here. Skate America: Ladies: Sasha Cohen, Rachael Flatt, TBD Korea's World Champion Yu-na Kim will be here to likely spoil the Americans' fun, along...
Kim's Remarks Cause Controversy
AFP is reporting that a bit of a controversy has sprung up over some remarks recent Four Continents Champion Yu-na Kim made during an interview over the weekend. Kim essentially said her warm-ups during the competition had been interrupted: "Particularly at this year's Four Continents...
Asada Wins Third National Championship, Dice-K Leaves Hospital
Mao Asada won her third Japanese figure skating championship in a row last week. According to the Japan Times, Asada was in second in both the short and the free but was able to capture the crown. Yukari Nakano was first after the short but fell to fifth on what must have been a devastating free...
Final Thoughts on NHK Trophy
First of all, forget NHK. The competition I want to see, which is bound to be the most drama-filled of the season, the Japanese National Championships, ladies division. I mean, whoever decided that each country should only be able to send a maximum of three competitors to the world championships...
Grand Prix Final Set
I will hopefully have a full NHK review up later but for now, let's take a look at the Grand Prix Final, which has been set with the conclusion of NHK Trophy. The competition takes place in Seoul, South Korea in a few weeks, so I'll have a full preview before that. Ladies Qualifiers: 1) Yu-Na Kim...
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