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Championship Men's Free Skate press conference

Posted by Brian at 12:11 AM on Jan 28    Comments (6)
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Press conference following the Championship Men's Free Skate at the Spokane Arena, Jan. 27, 2007. Speaking are: Evan Lysacek, Ryan Bradley, and Johnny Weir.

Evan Lysacek - Just off the ice

Posted by Brian at 11:17 PM on Jan 27    Comments (0)
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Even Lysacek talks with the press just after his Men's Free Skate performance at the Spokane Arena, Jan. 27, 2007. Lysacek captured 1st place after landing a quad toe triple toe combination.

Championship Men: LIVE from the Spokane Arena

Posted by Berkley Villard at 8:50 PM on Jan 27    Comments (7)
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Tags: Championship, Men, Results, Analysis

WE HAVE AN UPSET AND A BACK FLIP!!

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Championship Ladies Free Skate press conference

Posted by Brian at 6:50 PM on Jan 27    Comments (3)
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Time condensed version of the Championship Ladies Free Skate press conference at the Spokane Arena, Jan. 27, 2007. Speaking are: Kimmie Meissner, Emily Hughes and Alissa Czisny.

Kimmie Meissner - Just off the ice

Posted by Brian at 5:48 PM on Jan 27    Comments (1)
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Excerpts from Kimmie Meissner as she speaks to a she exits the ice following her Free Skate performance at the Spokane Arena, Jan. 27, 2007. Meissner placed 1st in the Free Skate winning her the U.S. Figure Skating Championship.

Post Ladies Free press conference

Posted by Joe at 4:19 PM on Jan 27    Comments (0)
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Excerpts from the press conference following the Championship Ladies Free at the U.S. Figure Skating Championship Saturday, Jan. 27, 2007 at the Spokane Arena. Speaking are: Kimmie Meissner, Emily Hughes and Alissa Czisny.

The ladies earn their accolades

Posted by Vince at 3:02 PM on Jan 27    Comments (0)
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Tags: Championship, Ladies

Well, I'm impressed.

With everything on the line, Kimmie Meissner had enough in her free skate to claim the ladies senior championship to go with last year's world title.

Emily Hughes, third a year ago, placed second and Alissa Czisny put together the performance of her life to finish third.

For more on the ladies, check my post on SportsLink.

Midway through the ladies

Posted by Vince at 1:39 PM on Jan 27    Comments (0)
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The ladies are through two-thirds of the competitors, and Danielle Kahle, from Moorpark, Calif., leads with the short program leaders yet to take the ice.

If you would like to know how the competition has gone so far, click onto SportsLink for more commentary. I think I have an idea of what's going on by now.

I hope.

Morning Practice Run Down

Posted by Berkley Villard at 2:49 PM on Jan 26    Comments (3)
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Tags: Championship, Ladies, Analysis

Kimmie Meissner was in a particularly good mood this morning as she breezed through her long program elements. She warmed up quickly executing both triple lutz, triple toe and triple flip, triple toe combinations.

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Championship Ladies, LIVE from the Spokane Arena

Posted by Berkley at 7:11 PM on Jan 25    Comments (0)
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Liang leaps over Emily Hughes in short program upset!

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Quads?

Posted by Berkley at 4:20 PM on Jan 25    Comments (0)
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Tags: Championship, Men

Who's quading and who's not...

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A free skate - literally

Posted by Vince at 2:07 PM on Jan 25    Comments (0)
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Tags: Junior, Championship, Pairs, Men

The first group of men have taken the ice for their short program and we are in the Arena ready to comment.

First thing I notice: black seems to be the color of choice.

If you want more (and why wouldn't you?) click over to SportsLink for a non-skater's view of the proceedings.

And here's some news: Friday's practice at the Convention Center for the senior men and ladies has been opened to the public, free of charge. The practice will run from 10 a.m. to 3:10 p.m.

If you want to see the best skaters this country has to offer without spending big bucks, here's your chance.

Championship Pairs Short Program LIVE

Posted by Berkley at 8:46 PM on Jan 24    Comments (1)
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Rena Inoue & John Baldwin, the two oldest competitors at this year’s national championships, took to the ice second opening with side by side double axels. They then proceeded up to their now famous throw triple axel which was landed with a step out. The rest of the program was clean and they set a new personal best score of 62.73.

Naomi Nari Nam & Themi Leftheris, another of Peter Oppegard’s teams opened with side-by-side triple toes and proceeded up ice to an enormous throw triple loop. They had a beautiful step sequence and bauer into a high level split double twist. That should have beat Inoue & Baldwin, however the judges scored them 62.29 which is a new personal best scores for them.

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Championship level Compulsory Dance slideshow

Posted by Colin at 8:50 AM on Jan 24    Comments (0)
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Audio slideshow of Tuesday's Championship level Compulsory Dance competition.

Images from senior practice at the Spokane Arena on Tuesday

Posted by Brian at 5:02 PM on Jan 23    Comments (0)
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Images from senior ladies and senior ice dancing practice at the Spokane Arena on Tuesday.

Tickets to ladies final open up

Posted by Vince at 10:39 AM on Jan 23    Comments (0)
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If you are sitting at home, wishing you had tickets to the sold-out Championship Ladies Free Skate Finals, you have hope.

If you act quickly.

U.S. Figure Skating released 200 tickets to Saturday's event, which runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Arena.

If you're interested, you can purchase them at the Spokane Arena and Convention Center box offices, ticketswest.com, or by calling (800) 325-SEAT (7328) or (509) 325-SEAT (7328).

I have no idea of price or location. All I know is, as of 9:20 this morning, 200 seats were available.

This Ain’t Your Grandma’s Waltz

Posted by Berkley at 4:40 PM on Jan 22    Comments (0)
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Tags: Championship, Dance, Analysis

Look out “Dancing With The Stars” fans, the ice dancers are in town and they brought the “Hotness.” Hey, I think that's an Idol quote.

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Trent & Vise Are Attempting History

Posted by Berkley at 2:19 PM on Jan 22    Comments (4)
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Tags: Championship, Pairs, Analysis

Vise and Trent are bringing it!! It’s here… throw quadruple salchow. They landed the first attempt with a step out at this morning’s long program practice. It’s amazing! The consistency is low, but if Vise can manage stay on her feet and avoid the costly 1.0 deduction, their element points will benefit. The three other attempts, were all fully rotated, landed, then followed by a slip off the landing edge.

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