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Cancer.Net Skate America Results: Pairs and Men's Short Programs
Here are the short program results for pairs and men's short programs at Skate America. Men Some amazing performances by America's Evan Lysacek and France's Florent Amodio (exquisite footwork!). But some cause for concern as Lysacek was dinged with a triple axel downgrade. A better showing by...
Rostelecom Cup: Final Standings
Sorry for the delay in this; I was moving and didn't have internet! But, yay, I do now and I will hopefully have my analysis of the event by Tuesday. For now, the final standings: Ice Dancing FPl. Name Nat. Points CD OD FD 1 Meryl DAVIS Charlie WHITE USA 201.10 1 1 1 2 Anna CAPPELLINI Luca...
Rostelecom Cup Results: Pairs Short Program
The pairs short program has been completed at Rostelecom Cup and China's Pang and Tong are out in front, followed by Russia's Kavagutia and Smirnov, who had a fall, and USA's McLaughlin and Brubaker. But look at M&B's technical score - the highest one! Unfortunately their program components...
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...
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...
Coaching Switch of the Day: McLaughlin and Brubaker!
UPDATE: Should actually have titled this "coaching switch of the minute." or something. Wow, another coaching switch. Per Examiner.com, U.S. Pairs Champs Keauna McLaughlin and Rockne Brubaker are switching coaches, from Dalilah Sappenfield to John Nicks (!) who used to coach Tai Babilonia and...
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...
Savchenko and Szolkowy Lead at Worlds after Short
Reigning Champions from Germany Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy lead the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships after the short program. Russia's Yuko Kawaguchi and Alexander Smirnov are second, while Chinese pair Dan Zhang and Hao Zhang have the third slot. Russian couple Maria Mukhortova...
World Pairs Preview
The 2009 world championships pairs short program takes place tomorrow in Los Angeles. Here is a look at some of the top couples that will likely be contending for medals this week. I'm not going to hit all the couples, just the ones I think have the best chance at being on the podium. There's...
World Teams Named
The United States world championship teams have been named. Here they are: Pairs: Caydee Denney and Jeremy Barrett Keauna McLaughlin and Rockne Brubaker Alternate: Rena Inoue and John Baldwin Ice Dance: Meryl Davis and Charlie White Emily Samuelson and Evan Bates Tanith Belbin and Ben...
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