Articles filed under Figure Skating
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Weekend event draws some Olympic figure skating hopefulsAug 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Some of the top figure skaters in the country are converging on Twin Rinks Ice Pavilion in Buffalo Grove this weekend, including contenders for the 2010 Olympic team. At...
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Former skating champ posts bail, faces meth chargeJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - TRENTON, N.J. -- Former U.S. figure skating champion Nicole Bobek would never do anything criminal, the skater's mother said Wednesday, two days after her 31-year-old da...
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Yu-na thrills, posts huge numberMar 27, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - Kim Yu-na practically sprinted through the short program and away from a strong field Friday at the World Figure Skating Championships. With coach Brian Or...
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Naperville's Lysacek wins world skating titleMar 26, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Hometown boy makes good, the kind of story Hollywood loves. A short skate from the movie capital, Evan Lysacek, a Naperville native now ensconced in Los A...
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Joubert edges Lysacek in worlds short programMar 25, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - Brian Joubert said everything he needed to on the ice. The Frenchman botched his quad combination yet still won the short program at the World Figure Skati...
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Lysacek, Weir stumble as Abbott wins U.S. titleJan 25, 2009 10:00 pm - CLEVELAND - Jeremy Abbott's "awful" day turned out pretty well. Abbott won his first title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Sunday, ending the five-year stran...
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McLaughlin, Brubaker take second straight figure skating pairs titleJan 24, 2009 10:00 pm - CLEVELAND - All week long, Keauna McLaughlin and Rockne Brubaker kept hearing how hard it is to defend a first title. Little did anyone know. McLaughlin and Brubaker, wh...
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Defending champ Lysacek second after short programJan 23, 2009 10:00 pm - CLEVELAND - After a five-year run, Jeremy Abbott might be putting an end to the Evan and Johnny show. Abbott easily won the short program at the U.S. Figure Skating Cham...
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Brubaker, McLaughlin second after short programJan 21, 2009 10:00 pm - CLEVELAND - Caydee Denney and Jeremy Barrett made the most of their debut at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, pulling off a huge upset by beating defending champs ...
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Even skating's glitz and glamour has bottom lineJan 17, 2009 10:00 pm - Johnny Weir is one of the world's top figure skaters, mobbed by fans from Seoul to St. Petersburg as he travels the globe for competitions and exhibitions. He loves fash...