Topic: Figure Skating
AP News | 2010-02-08 17:48:41
FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2010, file photo, Jeremy Abbott competes during the men's free skate at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Spokane, Wash. Indeed, the big tricks _ quadruple jumps for the guys, triple-triple combinations for ...
Reuters US Online Report Sports News | 2010-02-08 21:53:34
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Tugba Karademir scrambled on top of the coffee table aged three to announce to her mother she wanted to be just like twice Olympic champion Katarina Witt. No matter that there was only one ice rink in Turkey in the 1980s and her homeland had never had an Olympic figure skater. After a kindergarten trip to the Ankara ...
AP News | 2010-02-08 17:48:36
FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2009, file photo, Kim Yu-na of South Korea performs on her way to winning the gold medal in the ladies free skating event at the ISU Grand Prix Figure Skating Final in Tokyo, Japan. Indeed ...
AP News | 2010-02-08 17:48:32
Critics complain judging system sacrifices artistry, but some keep balance in figure skating
Rachael Flatt's free skate would have the best athletes in any sport gasping for air, their leg muscles spasming in pain. Seven times she launches herself into the air, doing three quick turns before landing on a blade no thicker than a pencil. Mirai Nagasu's ...
