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    Dec 24, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  1. Philip Hersh: 24th annual awards to international sports figures

    The Fabulous Forum
    So here we are, at the end of another year, finding ourselves looking back at an Olympics with tragedy and triumph, with good sports and sore losers (you know who you are, Evgeny Plushenko), a year with stirring achievements and......
    2. Mar 25, 2010 | Los Angeles Times

  2. Film shows why South Korea's Kim is more than just an Olympic skating champion

    L.A. Times Olympics Blog
    It's a shame there are no plans yet to air in North America a fascinating Discovery Channel documentary on South Korean figure skating star Kim Yuna. This week would have been a perfect time to show it, since Kim begins......
    3. Mar 22, 2009 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. The pull of the sequined vortex

    There are certain inevitabilities to any figure skating competition. Plastic-wrapped flowers and stuffed animals will be thrown onto the ice. The audience will gasp at a botched triple Lutz, then break into mild applause for encouragement's sake. A gangly teenager will perform to music from an opera in which the soprano is either stabbed or leaps to her death.
    There are certain inevitabilities to any figure skating competition. Plastic-wrapped flowers and stuffed animals will be thrown onto the ice. The audience will gasp at a botched triple Lutz, then break into mild applause for encouragement's sake. A gangly...

    Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Dancing, Judges, 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Peter Gabriel

    4. Oct 27, 2008 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  4. From the beginning, it falls apart for Meissner

    There was no America in Skate America this year on the women's side of the ticket.
    There was no America in Skate America this year on the women's side of the ticket. Kimmie Meissner's comeback yesterday derailed in a series of falls and poorly executed jumps that left her in eighth place out of 11 skaters. Injured U.S. champion Mirai...

    Tags: Kimmie Meissner, Scott J. Hamilton, Tanith Belbin, Awards and Prizes, NBC (tv network)

    5. Oct 26, 2008 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Meissner in sixth

    Moments after her first performance of the new Grand Prix season, Kimmie Meissner was already looking forward to her next. The former world and national champion from Bel Air took a spill on the second element of her short program at Skate America when...

    Tags: Kimmie Meissner, Scott J. Hamilton, Dancing, Tanith Belbin, Judges

    6. Oct 24, 2008 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  6. Sliding up in importance

    In recent years, Skate America, one of six stops on the annual Grand Prix figure skating circuit, has been held in third-tier cities barely able to attract a respectable-sized crowd. This year, it's in a community of 102,000, a half-hour north of Seattle....

    Tags: Kimmie Meissner, Multi-Sport Events, Tanith Belbin, 2010 Winter Olympic Games, 2016 Olympic Games

    7. Mar 21, 2008 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  7. Meissner falls, ends up 7th

    Figure skater Ashley Wagner summed it up best: "It's a lot harder than it looks."
    Sun Reporter
    Figure 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: Kimmie Meissner, Multi-Sport Events, Dancing, Tanith Belbin, 2016 Olympic Games

    8. Mar 18, 2008 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Meissner's confidence jumps

    Sun reporter
    The beginning of Kimmie Meissner's spiral from the pinnacle of figure skating began, cruelly enough, two years ago after she was crowned world champion. As everyone from network producers to White House handlers lined up to get a bit of her time, the...

    Tags: Kimmie Meissner, Multi-Sport Events, Kristi Yamaguchi, White House, 2016 Olympic Games

    9. Dec 13, 2007 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. Meissner figures odds just right

    Sun reporter
    Add 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: Kimmie Meissner, Multi-Sport Events, Sasha Cohen, Tanith Belbin, 2010 Winter Olympic Games

    10. Nov 14, 2007 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. 2010 Olympics, world title figure in skaters' rivalry

    Sun reporter
    As matchups go, this could be the season's grandest of Grand Prix series events, a figure skating competition with crystal ball potential for this year and beyond. Kimmie Meissner vs. Mao Asada.A dozen women each will have just seven minutes to wow the...

    Tags: Kimmie Meissner, Multi-Sport Events, Awards and Prizes, 2016 Olympic Games, Sports

    11. Nov 16, 2006 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. Paris no treat for Meissner

    Sun Reporter
    Last month, Japan's Miki Ando beat countrywoman Mao Asada and Kimmie Meissner in figure skating's first Grand Prix event of the season. Tomorrow, Meissner and Ando will face each other again in Paris, with another rising figure skating star nipping at...

    Tags: Kimmie Meissner, ESPN (tv network), Multi-Sport Events, 2016 Olympic Games, Track and Field

    12. Oct 29, 2006 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. Meissner jumps to silver

    Sun Reporter
    HARTFORD, Conn. // One night after a sublime performance at Skate America that brought the house down and vaulted her into first place, Japanese teen figure skating sensation Mao Asada proved beatable. Minutes after landing a triple axel in warm-ups,...

    Tags: Kimmie Meissner, Dancing, Multi-Sport Events, Cancer, Peggy Fleming

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