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Olympic champ Lysacek out of nationals
January 18, 2013 7:52 PM
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Olympic champion Evan Lysacek's comeback is delayed again. Lysacek has withdrawn from the upcoming U.S. Figure Skating Championships because of a slow recovery from surgery on a sports hernia. The national federation made the announcement Friday; the event begins Jan. 25. The 27-year-old Lysacek had the... more » -
Michelle Kwan elected to world skating hall of fame
March 14, 2012 8:09 PM
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Michelle Kwan has been selected to her second hall of fame of the year. The nine-time U.S. champion and five-time world champ has been elected to the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame. In January, she was inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating hall. Kwan... more » -
Tickets on sale for Four Continents Skating Championship
November 29, 2011 5:36 PM
All-event ticket packages are now on sale for the 2012 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. The Championships are set for Feb. 7-12, 2012, at the Colorado Springs World Arena in Colorado Springs. All-event ticket packages, at discounted prices, include access to all practice sessions and a ticket to... more » -
Skate America kicks off Grand Prix figure skating season
October 21, 2011 1:09 AM
ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) - Soon after Meryl Davis and Charlie White won the first gold medal in ice dancing for the United States at the world championships, they got busy changing everything. The skaters from suburban Detroit turned down many of the spoils that came from their breakthrough victory, preferring... more » -
Rachael Flatt selects three California coaches
August 19, 2011 8:51 PM
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Rachael Flatt says she'll train with three coaches at three different rinks while she's going to school at Stanford. The 2010 U.S. champion said Friday she'd work with Justin Dillon, Lynn Smith and Olympic champion ice dancer Sergei Ponomarenko at rinks in San Jose, Oakland... more » -
Figure skaters on ice for world championships
March 15, 2011 12:42 AM
The International Skating Union is working on a backup plan for the World Figure Skating Championships. The event was supposed to start in Japan next week, but the ISU postponed it, because of the crisis in that country. The ISU will try to figure out a new date, and possibly... more » -
Cheyennne Mountain High School honors skater
February 18, 2010 7:08 PM
U.S. Women’s Figure Skating Champion Rachel Flatt got a surprise send-off Thursday afternoon at Cheyenne Mountain High School. Hundreds of students, teachers and staff gathered in the courtyard at the high school to wish her well at the Vancouver Games. Thursday’s event at the school surprised Flatt. “I’m certainly looking... more » -
Plushenko leads after men's short program
February 17, 2010 2:48 AM
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Evgeni Plushenko of Russia has won the short program at the Vancouver Olympics, the first step toward defending his title. Plushenko's 90.85 points beats world champion Evan Lysacek of the United States by .55, with Japan's Daisuke Takahashi .60 behind the leader heading into the... more » -
Shen and Zhaou win pairs skating gold
February 16, 2010 1:15 AM
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - China's Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo have won the pairs gold medal at the Vancouver Olympics, just ahead of countrymen Pang Qing and Tong Jian. Germany's Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy get the bronze. It was an error-filled night, and only the last two couples... more » -
Flatt returns to Colorado Springs
January 25, 2010 10:37 PM
Rachael Flatt is back in Colorado Springs after winning the U.S. Figure Skating Championship over the weekend. The 17-year-old figure skater arrived tonight at the Colorado Springs airport to a crowd of supporters, many of them from the Broadmoor Skating Club, where she has skated most of her life. ... more »
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