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Kimmie Meissner Withdraws From Grand Prix Events; Olympic Bid Likely Dashed
Former world champion Kimmie Meissner has withdrawn from her two scheduled Grand Prix events, Rostelecom Cup and NHK Trophy, due to knee problems, according to SunSentinel.com. The fact that she has withdrawn from both competitions right away shows how serious the issues are - and how considerate...
Around the Rink(s)
Location, Location, Location! Nicolai Morazov will move his crew over to Simsbury’s International Skating Center of Connecticut in January, returning after spending a few years in New Jersey. His students include such names as Miki Ando (whom the figure skating Casanova has been romantically...
Meissner Gets a Bye to Nationals
Technically, former World Champion Kimmie Meissner was supposed to have to qualify for the U.S. Nationals this year by skating a regional event in early October. Technically, Meissner missed the boat on a bye created by transportation/competition conflict by one day. But U.S. Figure Skating has...
Kimmie Meissner and Regional Competitions?
A while back I blogged on this Baltimore Sun article about Kimmie Meissner. It ended with this graf: Before she can set her sights on the Grand Prix season, however, Meissner and coaches Richard Callaghan and Todd Eldredge will test her new material at regional events, most likely at the Liberty...
Meissner Surprised by Grand Prix Selections
Former world champion Kimmie Meissner is a bit surprised at having received two Grand Prix invitations, according to the Baltimore Sun. It was a tad generous to Meissner, who placed eighth in both of her Grand Prix assignments last season and withdrew from the U.S. Nationals with injury. She will...
U.S. Team Envelope Announced
The Team Envelopes for the 2009-2010 season were announced a few days ago by USFSA. Here is the breakdown: Team A - Tier One Ladies Alissa Czisny Men Jeremy Abbott Evan Lysacek Pairs Keauna McLaughlin & Rockne Brubaker Ice Dancing Tanith Belbin & Ben Agosto Meryl Davis & Charlie...
Triple Axel for Flatt?
This USA Today article has Rachael Flatt's coach, Tom Zakrajsek, talking about upping the skater's technical abilities: "Certainly we'll try to get a triple axel," he said, knowing that Asada and most of the Japanese do that most difficult of jumps. "She has landed it cheated before, in...
Meissner Out of Nationals
As you no doubt know by now, Kimmie Meissner has withdrawn from the U.S. National Figure Skating Championships with a hip flexor injury suffered after running on a treadmill (and then reinjured during nationals practice). This is a terrible blow for the former world champion; I was hoping she...
Skating is On TV Sunday!
The McDonald's Family Tribute on Ice airs Sunday at 2pm EST on NBC. It's hosted by Olympic Gold Medalist Kristi Yamaguchi. Per J!-Ent: "McDonald’s Family Tribute on Ice" features some of figure skating’s top current stars as they dedicate this event to the care and devotion of their families in...
Kimmie Meissner Shouldn't Give Up, Says Baltimore Sun
The Baltimore Sun has an article about why former world champion Kimmie Meissner shouldn't give up hope in her skating career, despite a very shaky run that was highlighted last weekend in a poor showing at Skate America. I'm not sure I agree with all the article's points (it seems to somewhat...
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