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Will the top three U.S. women skaters still be there in 2014?
The Fabulous ForumA couple hours after the women's final Saturday at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, I was in a group of longtime figure skating writers discussing what we might expect between now and the next Olympics, and one of my colleagues...... -
Sasha Cohen, Kimmie Meissner lose footing in skate comebacks
L.A. Times Olympics BlogIt has been a tough couple days for twentysomethings trying to make figure skating comebacks. Thursday, former world and U.S. champion Kimmie Meissner, 20, announced her season -- and, likely, her competitive career -- were over because of a severe...... -
Skating math: Why Kim Yuna's gold medal glitters more, and post-Olympic worlds don't add up
L.A. Times Olympics BlogAs South Korea's Kim Yuna prepares to defend her world figure skating title this week in Turin, Italy, it's worth looking, by the numbers, at both her gold medal Olympic performance and the very idea of a post-Olympic world meet....... -
U.S. skater Nagasu wins world short program; Olympic champ Kim 7th
L.A. Times Olympics BlogA month ago, as the Winter Olympics ended, I wrote a blog saying the most enduring memory I would take from Vancouver was a vision of Mirai Nagasu as the next Olympic women's figure skating champion. Friday, the 16-year-old from...... -
Flatt, Nagasu finish 1-2 in nationals; Cohen a distant fourth
L.A. Times Olympics BlogThere could hardly have been a more dramatic series of story lines for the womenâs free skate final Saturday night at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Would Sasha Cohenâs comeback end as brilliantly as she started it while finishing second...... -
Kimmie Meissner remembers her Opening Ceremony experience
L.A. Times Olympics BlogWith the opening ceremonies for the Vancouver Olympics starting Friday night, I find myself reflecting on the opening ceremonies of my own Olympics in Torino, Italy. Even after I had qualified, it was still "the Olympics." They were just a...... -
Hughes Gets Her Chance After All
Times Staff WriterTURIN, Italy — It was a normal Saturday night for the Hughes family of Great Neck, N.Y., or as normal as life can be for a family of eight that includes 2002 Olympic figure skating champion Sarah Hughes and, seemingly, everyone they meet. Emily...Tags: 2016 Olympic Games, Michelle Kwan, Ice Skating, Sasha Cohen, Health
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