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Grand Prix Final Thoughts: Men's Free Skate
(in skate order and results at the end) Tomas Verner, Czech Republic (122.15): Ugh. He popped his first jump, then made such a nice comeback and I was so proud, and then he lost it again with a fall and popped about four jumps at the end. That was a disaster and he totally gave up! Very hard to...
Are You in Lake Placid?
If you are in Lake Placid and attending Skate America, feel free to post comments or email me insider observations at requiredelements@gmail.com. I can compile it all into a post.
The Best Kind of Skating...
is skating for a good cause! Skate for the Heart takes place tomorrow at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. It raises money for the American Heart Association. The lineup includes skaters Evan Lysacek, Belbin and Agosto, Alissa Czisny, Mirai Nagasu, Sasha Cohen, and others. It will...
Scott Hamilton to Skate in Cleveland in November
Scott Hamilton coming back to the ice gives me the warm fuzzies! YAY. He will be skating in Cleveland on November 7 in the show "An Evening with Scott Hamilton and Friends." It's unclear who the friends will be thus far. Hamilton stopped skating five years ago when he was diagnosed with a...
Skate Detroit and Indy Challenge
I cannot find any official Skate Detroit results and it appears that Alissa Czisny may have withdrawn after the short (UPDATE: Aunt Joyce's Ice Cream Stand, a very informative blog, states that Czisny did not compete in the final), but this twitter page appears to tweet the results if you want to...
Skate Detroit Underway
But I cannot find a link to the scores. I have heard tell that Alissa Czisny has won the ladies short program, and here is a link from youtube. Fairly clean, but the speed is lacking. The beginning of the program is kind of bland...I couldn't tell if the choreography is all done but I am...
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...
Michelle Kwan to Skate in Yu-na Kim's Ice Show
Ok, this is kind-of-a-big deal: Michelle Kwan is skating in Yu-na Kim's Ice All Stars 2009 on August 14 through the 16th in Seoul, South Korea, per The Korea Times. I believe this is the first time we'll see her skate since 2006. And the speculation will be plentiful on whether she looks like...
Kerrigan Award and Update
Boston.com has an article about Nancy Kerrigan. She'll be receiving an award at "Tradition," a sports fundrasier. The article is about how good Kerrigan was under pressure in 1994. Nothing too new here but if you are a fan, it's worth taking a look at. An excerpt: How did Kerrigan manage to...
Congrats to Michelle Kwan!
Nine-time U.S. National Champion and five-time world champion Michelle Kwan will be graduating from the University of Denver this weekend, according to USA Today. She is receiving a bachelors degree in international studies with a minor in political science. "Education is very important to me, and...
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