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Off ice, Meissner doesn't skate around questions
Sun reporterThe contrast could not have been more stark. In a practice with top-secret Pentagon overtones, Sasha Cohen worked out behind locked doors yesterday and then slipped out a side door without talking to reporters. Kimmie Meissner followed with a loose...Tags: Luggage, Kimmie Meissner, Michelle Kwan, Multi-Sport Events, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry
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Meissner set to jump-start season
Sun reporterHARTFORD, Conn. Last year, in her first season on the elite international circuit, Kimmie Meissner wanted her on-ice performances to show maturity. This year, having just turned 17, the reigning world champion is looking for "emotion and attitude," not...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Awards and Prizes, Sean Casey, Dancing, Detroit Tigers
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Meissner returns to home ice
Sun reporterKimmie Meissner has a message for her friends in Bel Air who haven't seen her since late January. She's on her way home, and in a big way. The former world and U.S. champion will be performing tomorrow in Smucker's Stars on Ice at 1st Mariner Arena....Tags: Tanith Belbin, Maryland Science Center, Maryland, 1st Mariner Arena, Japan
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Meissner in position for podium
Sun reporterCALGARY, Alberta // When Kimmie Meissner returned home from the Olympics a month ago, her right eardrum had ruptured. It bled, and she could barely hear out of it. "[My coach] always said I had selective hearing," Meissner said. It's easy to joke now....Tags: Ice Skating, Tanith Belbin, Kimmie Meissner, Michelle Kwan, Awards and Prizes
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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: Ice Skating, Tanith Belbin, Kimmie Meissner, Pairs Skating, 2010 Winter Olympic Games
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Meissner's agenda: fun, clean program
Sun reporterKimmie Meissner must be channeling Nancy Kerrigan. Meissner, who skates her short program tonight in her first Olympic competition, says her goal is to "have fun, skate clean and not freak out." Kerrigan, 1994 silver medalist and 1992 bronze medalist,...Tags: Kelly Clarkson, Awards and Prizes, Multi-Sport Events, Orlando Bloom, Lance Armstrong
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Routine operation
Sun reporterWith a new season on the horizon, U.S. figure skating champion Kimmie Meissner is channeling her inner Michelle Kwan. Her short program music, "The Feeling Begins," is what Kwan used on her way to national and world titles. The footwork, spins and...Tags: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Pairs Skating, 1st Mariner Arena, Drew Barrymore, Ice Skating
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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: Ice Skating, Singles Skating, Kimmie Meissner, Pairs Skating, Michelle Kwan
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Two young friends, forever dreaming
Sun columnistBack then, it was just two girls sitting on a bed, each with a dream beating deep inside. There was Kimmie Meissner, just 14 years old at the time, brown hair past her shoulders. Her dream was to figure skate in the Olympics. And there was Kati Fisher,...Tags: Amusement and Theme Parks, Hospitals and Clinics, Multi-Sport Events, Diseases and Illnesses, Orlando Bloom
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Meissner needs a leap
Sun reporterGoing into today's long program at the World Figure Skating Championships, Kimmie Meissner finds herself in a familiar spot: behind. Last year, she used the long program to make up a 5 1/2 -point deficit and springboard from fifth place to the top of the...Tags: Ice Skating, Kimmie Meissner, Awards and Prizes, Multi-Sport Events, Track and Field
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Meissner wears bull's-eye
Sun reporterFigure Skating A year ago and a month removed from the Winter Olympics, Kimmie Meissner was just one of the young women using the World Figure Skating Championships to gain international experience. Then, "she skated her brains out," says coach Pam...Tags: Ice Skating, Colleges and Universities, Kimmie Meissner, Michelle Kwan, 2010 Winter Olympic Games
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Growing up, falling down
Sun reporterThere are no figures in women's figure skating. Kimmie Meissner is finding that out the hard way. A growth spurt, or just a couple of pounds on hips and thighs, can upset a world-class skater's finely calibrated internal gyroscope or put stress on a...Tags: Muscle, Multi-Sport Events, Track and Field, Ice Skating, Kristi Yamaguchi
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