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GOLD HUNT: U.S. men’s figure skating champ...

By Jerry Hicks, Marla Cone and Helene Elliott
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GOLD HUNT: U.S. men’s figure skating champ Christopher Bowman has had a tempestuous past with coaches, but he’s enjoying smooth sailing while training at the Ice Capades Chalet in Costa Mesa for next month’s Winter Olympics. . . . “My life is a cross between ‘Beverly Hills 90210’ and ‘The Addams Family,’ ” Bowman says. It’s at least more tranquil since he moved here to skate under the watchful eye of renowned coach John Nicks. “Couldn’t be better,” Bowman says.

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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