Nice trick for Slutskaya |
From the NBC Olympic website article about Irina Slutskaya: (http://www.nbcolympics.com/figureskating/5088987/detail.html) "Her trademark was a double Biellmann, where she reaches back...
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david leonardi |
Does anybody know anything about a skating photographer called David Leonardi. He shot lots of big stars in the 1980s like Boitano, Ito etc. I need to get in touch with him to ask about copy...
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Ladies at 4C's (spoilers) |
spoiler space x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Gold: Y. Naka...
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Gregory and Petukhov - NY Times |
New York Times, Jan. 30 Behind All That Glitter, Ice Dancing's Daily Grind By Ginia Bellafante Denis Petukhov and Melissa Gregory live with clearance-sale furnitu...
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"Dunking can't hang with leaps off the ice" |
Article by John Crumpacker at the San Francisco Chronicle website. It compares dunking a basketball to skating. Crumpacker is annoyed that a giant basketball player's dunking is considered...
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Sarah Hughes' show on Bravo right now |
Just accidentally caught this show again--Sarah is (right now) skating in a gold outfit--she looks gorgeous and sexy and seems so happy. She is much more curvaceous than she was at 16, an...
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5F0 ***Hot stuff - check this out !!! 5F0 |
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Let's talk about "Skating With Celebrities" |
First of all, I love this show. I love figure skating, and the commercials of all the 'celebrities' falling attracted me to it. Last episode, Todd Bridges & Jenni Meno were eliminat...
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Relative (TV) popularity of FS in entire Olympics? |
From the NY Times: > [Kwan's] presence in the Games will surely be cheered by NBC, which draws > huge ratings for women's figure skating. More than 30 million households &...
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Kwan gets a place - NY Times |
New York Times, January 28, 2006 Triple Jumps and Double Axels Earn Kwan a Last Shot at Gold By Lynn Zinser In a nearly empty rink yesterday in Artesia, Calif., with ...
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Article on Kwan's Test -- But No Decision Yet |
FYI -- http://www.nbcolympics.com/figureskating/5089491/detail.html?qs=pt=espn I guess we'll hear soon. Stacey
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MK's Skate Test Results - |
Kwan OK'd to compete for U.S. at Turin Nine-time national champ performs short, long programs for committee http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11061336/ please excuse me while I go out...
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SPOILER--Kwan's Test |
FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT WANT THEIR NEWS IN A TIMELY FASHION, HERE ARE SPOILERS SPOILERS S...
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Four Continents SPOILERS |
There will be spoilers . . . . . . . . . . Wow - I'm shocked to see Michael Weiss in 9TH place after the Men's SP!!! Yikes - he mu...
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American skating-Linda Fratianne and Anette Poetsch revival |
I was just born when Linda and Anette competed at the 1980 Olympic Games and I have always been interested in old competitions that I never got to watch. Hopefully I I've been able to ...
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ExpoForum/Phony Dress Opening |
It should be noted that the ExpoForum arena, in Hermosillo, where Four Continents are taking place this week, wsa the site of the infamous Phony Dress Opening, invo...
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Ban the Bielman (and all other catch-foot moves) |
"Navka and Kostomarov won the European title last week, but in the final lift, Navka cut her right hand while grasping for her skate blade. She wrapped the hand in a handkerchief when she st...
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Hypothetical Scenario re Worlds and Kwan |
What if 2006 ends up like 1994? Nancy Kerrigan skipped Worlds and Nicole Bobek was unprepared and failed to qualify. Let's say that at the Olympics, Sasha Cohen wins gold, Michelle Kw...
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Calgary Worlds info |
Hi Everyone I am a new subsciber to this group and would appreciate any info that could be provided regarding the following questions: I have my tickets to the Worlds but ha...
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Any news on Shen and Zhao? |
I think that during the Grand Prix series, it was mentioned that Shen and Zhao may participate in the Olympics. Does anyone have any updated information? They are my favorite pairs team ...
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Who to watch in Turin |
Nice little summary here: <http://www.sportsline.com/olympics/story/9187951> I really like seeing Elena Sokolova's name in the list. She's so cute. Half of the l...
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FIGURE SKATINGIce dancer in limbo after missed doping test |
FIGURE SKATINGIce dancer in limbo after missed doping test By BEVERLEY SMITH Thursday, January 26, 2006 Page S3 A week or two ago, two-time world champions Tatiana Navka an...
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Kwan Will Face the Music on Friday |
http://www.latimes.com/sports/olympics/la-spw-kwan26jan26,1,6695231.story U.S. Figure Skating officials said Wednesday they will announce their decision at a news conference after she...
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When will Kwan do the test skate? |
Does M. Kwan have to skate for the USFA to show she is ready to go to the O's? When is this supposed to take place? Thanks, Suzanne
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Monkey see, monkey do |
http://www.sfgate.com/ If you go to the sfgate site and click on Day in Pictures, the third picture is that of a monkey on skates. His trainer says he learned to skate in two ...
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Paul Wylie DVD? |
Does anyone know if there's a DVD out there somewhere of Paul Wylie's programs? I just adore his skating and would love to see his programs again.
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Savoie Fund |
I read on Skatefans that Matt Savoie's mother and sister are having some difficulty affording a trip to Torino to see Matt's Olympic performances. Someone on the list contacted a journalist ...
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article on Matt Savoie |
Talks about Matt's schooling, his break this year, nice. http://wokv.com/common/ap/2006/01/24/D8FBBNG8U.html -- Ruthann Biel | Mother, Unschooler, Stitcher,...
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GOE & Credit hor highlight distribution |
hi ! I have a look at the judges details of the Evgeni Plushenko european championship free program. That's very interesting. We can see their fabulous step sequences are ver...
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