placements Stories - Required Elements
TEB Results: Ladies Short Program
Well, looks like once again, Yu-na Kim has built up a MASSIVE lead heading into a free skate. Cannot wait to see her program. Kim is trailed by MORE THAN 16 POINTS by Japan's Yukari Nakano. Placements 2 through 5 are all extremely close together, but the big news there may be USA's Alexe Gilles...
2008-09 US Yearbook: Pairs Edition
The second part of the 2008-09 Yearbook takes a look at the American pair crop. The American pairs are becoming that kid in class who the teacher just couldn't reach, although she or he had such high hopes for them. Let's hope this year goes a bit better. There are two US Skate America berths...
2008-09 US Yearbook: Ice Dancing Edition
Now that school's out, I figured it's time for a 2008-09 yearbook. I chose the skaters who I think are most likely to be in the Olympic mix next year (due to their placements as well as presence on the Grand Prix circuit next season and possibly other mystery factors), but due to time constraints...
Czisny Might Upgrade Long Program Difficulty
Way down in this sort of unnecessary Fabulous Forum post about how Czisny is trying to be more confident this season (sorry, I'm burned out on these types of articles...I'm more in the "put up or shut up" phase of skating fandom), there is also a mention of how Czisny might add some difficulty to...
Lysacek and Weir Talk about the Judging System
Evan Lysacek and Johnny Weir had press conferences yesterday that were written up by Philip Hersh in the LA Times, in which he spoke about the troubles of the judging system. And the judging system and the recent scoring vigilance by international judges has definitely taken its toll on Lysacek's...
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