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Championship Ladies Free Skate press conference

Posted by Brian at 6:50 PM on Jan 27    Comments (3)
Filed under: Competition, Behind The Scenes, Multimedia, Highlights
Tags: Championship, Ladies, Video

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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.

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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Tags: Championship, Ladies

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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Practice, practice, practice

Posted by Vince at 10:43 AM on Jan 26    Comments (1)
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Tags: Ladies

The Convention Center is open and the ladies are practicing for tomorrow's free skate.

The price is right (free) if you want to watch, and some 500 people are taking advantage of it.

Watching practice is a great way to get to know the sport better, as one competitor goes through their entire routine while five or so others skate around the edges, practicing different elements.

It sort of like watching batting practice before M's games, but you don't get a shot at a home run ball.

True baseball fans know how important B.P. is, and true figure skating aficionados know how important practice is.

I'm going over to the Arena to watch a little of the junior men and see what I can find.

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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Bird’s Eye View from Behind the Judges. Junior Ladies Finals

Posted by Berkley at 10:09 PM on Jan 24    Comments (0)
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Tags: Junior, Ladies, Results, Analysis

Thanks to Bank of America and their suite tickets I was able to sit and watch the junior ladies from the judge’s point of view and wow what a view it was!

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Wednesday Figure Skating Update

Posted by Colin at 1:49 PM on Jan 24    Comments (0)
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Tags: Ladies, Men, Analysis, Video

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Spokesman-Review's Jeff Bunch and figure skating analyst Berkely Villard watched Wednesday's practices at the Spokane Arena and give you an update on what they saw.

Senior Ladies 7:00 am Practice

Posted by Berkley at 11:47 AM on Jan 24    Comments (1)
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It was an early morning practice for the Senior Ladies this morning, which meant coffee, more coffee and o.k., one jelly roll for me.

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Junior Ladies Free Skate - Post Interviews

Posted by Brian at 9:28 PM on Jan 23    Comments (0)
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1st place Mirai Nagasu, 2nd place Caroline Zhang, and 3rd place Ashley Wagner talk about their Junior Ladies Free Skate performances Tuesday at the Spokane Arena, Jan. 23, 2007.

Images from senior practice at the Spokane Arena on Tuesday

Posted by Brian at 5:02 PM on Jan 23    Comments (0)
Filed under: People & Places, Multimedia
Tags: Championship, Dance, Pairs, Ladies, Slideshows

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Images from senior ladies and senior ice dancing practice at the Spokane Arena on Tuesday.

Tuesday's video figure skating update

Posted by colin at 2:04 PM on Jan 23    Comments (1)
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Spokesman-Review's Jeff Bunch and skating analyst Berkley Villard look at the senior men and woman who took to the practice ice Tuesday morning.

Tickets to ladies final open up

Posted by Vince at 10:39 AM on Jan 23    Comments (0)
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Tags: Championship, Ladies

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.

Novice Ladies Free 1st place - Angela Maxwell comments

Posted by Brian at 10:20 AM on Jan 23    Comments (0)
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Post event comments from Angela Maxwell after she finished in first place in the Novice Ladies Free Skate Monday at the Spokane Arena, Jan. 22, 2007.

Novice Ladies Free 2nd place - Kristine Musademba comments

Posted by Brian at 10:13 AM on Jan 23    Comments (0)
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Post event comments from Kristine Musademba after she finished in second place in the Novice Ladies Free Skate Monday at the Spokane Arena, Jan. 22, 2007.

Novice Ladies Free 3rd place - Carolyn-Ann Alba comments

Posted by Brian at 10:08 AM on Jan 23    Comments (0)
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Post event comments from Carolyn-Ann Alba after she finished in third place in the Novice Ladies Free Skate Monday at the Spokane Arena, Jan. 22, 2007.

There's more coverage outside the area

Posted by Vince at 11:20 AM on Jan 22    Comments (0)
Filed under: Competition, Behind The Scenes
Tags: Junior, Ladies

The Spokesman-Review isn't the only paper covering the competition this week.

Follow this link to my SportsLink blog and you'll find links to a couple of Seattle Post-Intelligencer stories on the junior ladies short program.

There is also this story from the Orange County Register on Caroline Zhang's "worst program."

Also on SportsLink, I share my thoughts on why you can't disqualify ice skating as a sport just because it's judged.

We'll be back later with more on today's action.

Junior Ladies Short 1st place - Mirai Nagasu comments

Posted by Brian at 10:07 PM on Jan 21    Comments (0)
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Post event comments from Mirai Nagasu after she finished in first place after the Junior Ladies Short program Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007.

Junior Ladies Short 2nd place - Caroline Zhang comments

Posted by Brian at 10:03 PM on Jan 21    Comments (6)
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Post event comments from Caroline Zhang after she finished in second place after the Junior Ladies Short program Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007.

Junior Ladies Short 3rd place - Blake Rosenthal comments

Posted by Brian at 9:56 PM on Jan 21    Comments (0)
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Post event comments from Blake Rosenthal after she finished in third place after the Junior Ladies Short program Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007.

The first of many days

Posted by Vince at 8:29 PM on Jan 21    Comments (0)
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Tags: Junior, Ladies

I'm no longer a skating juvenile. I've attended an event live.

If you want to know what I thought about it, click this link to my SportsLink post.

But here's a sneak preview: I was pleasantly surprised.