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Philip Hersh: 24th annual awards to international sports figures
The Fabulous ForumSo here we are, at the end of another year, finding ourselves looking back at an Olympics with tragedy and triumph, with good sports and sore losers (you know who you are, Evgeny Plushenko), a year with stirring achievements and...... -
Film shows why South Korea's Kim is more than just an Olympic skating champion
L.A. Times Olympics BlogIt's a shame there are no plans yet to air in North America a fascinating Discovery Channel documentary on South Korean figure skating star Kim Yuna. This week would have been a perfect time to show it, since Kim begins...... -
2010 Olympics, world title figure in skaters' rivalry
Sun reporterAs matchups go, this could be the season's grandest of Grand Prix series events, a figure skating competition with crystal ball potential for this year and beyond. Kimmie Meissner vs. Mao Asada.A dozen women each will have just seven minutes to wow the...Tags: 2016 Olympic Games, Sports, Awards and Prizes, Kimmie Meissner, Ice Skating
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Sliding up in importance
In recent years, Skate America, one of six stops on the annual Grand Prix figure skating circuit, has been held in third-tier cities barely able to attract a respectable-sized crowd. This year, it's in a community of 102,000, a half-hour north of Seattle....Tags: Johnny Weir, Television, Entertainment, Michelle Kwan, Ice Skating
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Meissner figures odds just right
Sun reporterAdd steely nerved gambler to the list of words that can be used to define Kimmie Meissner. The Bel Air figure skater ditched her long program this fall, weeks before the start of the new season, betting that she could learn a more eye-catching routine in...Tags: Pairs Skating, Sasha Cohen, 2016 Olympic Games, Sports, Awards and Prizes
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Meissner falls, ends up 7th
Sun ReporterFigure skater Ashley Wagner summed it up best: "It's a lot harder than it looks." She was speaking about her performance at the World Figure Skating Championships, but she could have been the spokeswoman for U.S. teammates Kimmie Meissner and Bebe Liang....Tags: Johnny Weir, Entertainment, Awards and Prizes, Ice Skating, Ice Dancing
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Meissner in sixth
Moments after her first performance of the new Grand Prix season, Kimmie Meissner was already looking forward to her next. The former world and national champion from Bel Air took a spill on the second element of her short program at Skate America when...Tags: Judges, Awards and Prizes, Entertainment, Scott J. Hamilton, Ice Skating
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Meissner's confidence jumps
Sun reporterThe beginning of Kimmie Meissner's spiral from the pinnacle of figure skating began, cruelly enough, two years ago after she was crowned world champion. As everyone from network producers to White House handlers lined up to get a bit of her time, the...Tags: Kristi Yamaguchi, 2016 Olympic Games, Sports, Michelle Kwan, Kimmie Meissner
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From the beginning, it falls apart for Meissner
There was no America in Skate America this year on the women's side of the ticket.
Kimmie Meissner's comeback yesterday derailed in a series of falls and poorly executed jumps that left her in eighth place out of 11 skaters. Injured U.S. champion Mirai...Tags: Sports, NBC (tv network), Entertainment, Awards and Prizes, Kimmie Meissner
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The pull of the sequined vortex
There are certain inevitabilities to any figure skating competition. Plastic-wrapped flowers and stuffed animals will be thrown onto the ice. The audience will gasp at a botched triple Lutz, then break into mild applause for encouragement's sake. A gangly...Tags: Johnny Weir, Eyewear, Evgeni Plushenko, Scott J. Hamilton, Alexander McQueen
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Paris no treat for Meissner
Sun ReporterLast month, Japan's Miki Ando beat countrywoman Mao Asada and Kimmie Meissner in figure skating's first Grand Prix event of the season. Tomorrow, Meissner and Ando will face each other again in Paris, with another rising figure skating star nipping at...Tags: 2016 Olympic Games, Sports, Kimmie Meissner, Joannie Rochette, Track and Field
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Meissner jumps to silver
Sun ReporterHARTFORD, Conn. // One night after a sublime performance at Skate America that brought the house down and vaulted her into first place, Japanese teen figure skating sensation Mao Asada proved beatable. Minutes after landing a triple axel in warm-ups,...Tags: Medical Research, Peggy Fleming, Cancer, Track and Field, Ice Skating
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