TOKYO -- It can take Kimmie Meissner nearly a half-hour to walk the two blocks from the Meiji Jingo practice rink to the main venue at the municipal gymnasium.
Girls holding World Figure Skating Championships programs squeal, "Kimmie, Kimmie, please stop."
World Figure Skating Championships Through Sunday, Tokyo TV today: Women's short program, 7:30 p.m., ESPN (tape)
Meissner's short program
Meissner's short program components, skated to "Snow Storm," by Georgy Sviridov
Choreographer: Nikolai Morozov
Personal best score: 60.17 at 2006 world championships
Triple lutz-triple toe loop combination
Triple flip
Layback spin
Spiral sequence
Double axel
Flying sit spin
Straight line step sequence
Combination spin with foot change