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Decoder rings
Sun reporterThe perfect 10 is dead. Long live the A and B scores. Viewers who watch gymnastics only every four years are in for a shock. The scoring system that made Nadia Comaneci and Mary Lou Retton stars has been replaced by a complicated two-tier method that...Tags: Rings, Vault, Awards and Prizes, Ice Skating, Horizontal Bar
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Meissner falls, ends up 7th
Sun ReporterFigure skater Ashley Wagner summed it up best: "It's a lot harder than it looks." She was speaking about her performance at the World Figure Skating Championships, but she could have been the spokeswoman for U.S. teammates Kimmie Meissner and Bebe Liang....Tags: Ice Dancing, Dancing, Awards and Prizes, Ice Skating, Dance
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Might as well jump
Sun reporterGOTHENBURG, SWEDEN // Richard Callaghan has no idea why Kimmie Meissner lost her way -- and her U.S. and world figure skating titles -- over the past year. What her coach of five weeks does know is that his star pupil is performing jump combinations...Tags: National Hockey League, Peggy Fleming, Ice Skating
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No-spill performance for Meissner
Sun reporterGOTHENBURG, SWEDEN // When her short program was over yesterday, Kimmie Meissner smiled the smile of a champion, a smile few had seen in more than a year. It didn't matter that the judges placed her ninth at the World Figure Skating Championships or that...Tags: Peter Gabriel, Getty Images Incorporated, Ice Skating
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Meissner figures odds just right
Sun reporterAdd steely nerved gambler to the list of words that can be used to define Kimmie Meissner. The Bel Air figure skater ditched her long program this fall, weeks before the start of the new season, betting that she could learn a more eye-catching routine in...Tags: Sasha Cohen, Awards and Prizes, Winter Olympics, Ice Skating, Multi-Sport Events
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Curry's state of grace
Sun reporterHe is mostly a memory, his grace and artistry lost to recent generations of figure skaters. But while John Curry's gold-medal performances have been relegated to YouTube and an occasional 1976 Olympic retrospective, his approach to skating remains. Few...Tags: Religious Leaders, Michelle Kwan, NBC, Heart Disease, Ice Skating
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Falling hard
Sun reporterKimmie Meissner looked nothing like the young woman who rocketed to the top of the figure skating world two years ago. Less than a minute into her long program at the national championships last night, the defending champion and former world-title holder...Tags: Ice Skating, Luciano Pavarotti, Multi-Sport Events
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New spin for Meissner
Sun reporterWith six weeks to go before the World Figure Skating Championships, Kimmie Meissner has dropped her longtime coach in favor of one she hopes will provide a quick fix. In: Richard Callaghan, who guided Tara Lipinski to Olympic, world and national titles...Tags: National Hockey League, Michelle Kwan, Singles Skating, Ice Skating, Multi-Sport Events
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Fresh start for Meissner
Sun reporterOn her way to Toronto recently to work with her choreographer for the new figure skating season that begins this week, Kimmie Meissner stopped at the border crossing. A guard asked the U.S. champion the reason for the visit. "Business," said Meissner,...Tags: Michelle Kwan, Drew Barrymore, Ice Skating, Cinderella, Photography
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Meissner grabs lead in short program
Sun reporterThe present and future of U.S. women's figure skating sit in first and third place after the short program at Skate America, the first Grand Prix event of the season. Kimmie Meissner, 18, the national champion and former world champion, skated a solid,...Tags: Peter Gabriel, Injuries, Ice Skating, Photography, Athletics, Track and Field
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NBC could use Kwan
NBC will stick to the status quo and try to shake it up in its first year broadcasting the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. The network will announce Wednesday that Bob Costas will be host to what longtime skating producer David Michaels called,...Tags: National Football League, Michelle Kwan, NBC, Scott Hamilton, Winter Olympics
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'High School Musical' on skates has a whole lot to, like, like
TRIBUNE CRITIC"We're gonna have some blackouts," warned the recorded voice at the Allstate Arena on Wednesday night. "Like, totally dark." Ah, the nomenclature of "High School Musical: The Ice Tour," another way for the faithful to access the wholesome pleasures of...Tags: Ice Skating, United Center
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