Articles filed under Figure Skating
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Wagner, Brown, Gold headline Skate America at Sears CentreOct 20, 2016 7:00 am - Ashley Wagner comes off a strong season. Jason Brown comes off a wasted one. So both Americans are at much different junctures in their careers as they begin the Grand P...
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Kristi Yamaguchi visits Whiteley Elementary in Hoffman EstatesOct 18, 2016 1:00 am - Famed figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi visited Frank C. Whiteley Elementary School in Hoffman Estates to read her latest children's book with students Tuesday morning. Yam...
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Top figure skaters take to Sears Centre iceOct 17, 2016 11:00 pm - Some of the top figure skaters in the world, including a pair of 2014 Olympic medalists with suburban ties, will take to the ice at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Est...
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Edmunds out of Moscow Grand Prix event with foot injuryOct 13, 2016 7:00 am - COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - U.S. silver medalist Polina Edmunds has withdrawn from the Rostelecom Cup in Moscow in early November as she continues her recovery from a...
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Figure skating costume designer Jef Billings dies at 71Sep 29, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jef Billings, a renowned costume designer who directed some of figure skating's biggest names with Stars on Ice, has died. He was 71. He died at his h...
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US pairs team withdraws from 2 Grand Prix eventsSep 28, 2016 7:00 am - COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - U.S. pairs team Alexa Scimeca Knierim and Chris Knierim have withdrawn from two Grand Prix events as Scimeca Knierim recovers from an unsp...
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Barrington Ice Arena closes after 42 yearsSep 28, 2016 1:00 am - After more than four decades as a top suburban ice skating destination, the Barrington Ice Arena in Lake Barrington has closed, though hopes remain that it could reopen ...
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World champion skater Patrick Chan has new coaching staffSep 23, 2016 7:00 am - OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) - World champion figure skater Patrick Chan has a new coaching team. Renowned coach and choreographer Marina Zoueva, who mentored Canadian ice dance...
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Japan's Satoko Miyahara wins US International ClassicSep 17, 2016 7:00 am - SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Japan's Satoko Miyahara won the U.S. International Figure Skating Classic on Saturday night, finishing with a score of 206.75. Miyahara won the sho...
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Jason Brown wins US International Figure Skating ClassicSep 16, 2016 7:00 am - SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - American Jason Brown won the U.S. International Figure Skating Classic on Friday night. Brown had 254.04 points. Japan's Takahito Mura was second a...