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Injured Meissner to miss nationals
A hip injury has forced 2006 world and 2007 national champion Kimmie Meissner to withdraw from this week's U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Cleveland. Meissner, who grew up in Bel Air but trains in Florida, said she hurt her right hip while running...Tags: Evan Lysacek, Multi-Sport Events, 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Marathon, Ice Skating
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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: Evan Lysacek, Multi-Sport Events, 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Yu-Na Kim, Ice Skating
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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: Multi-Sport Events, Dancing, Yu-Na Kim, Ice Skating, Kimmie Meissner
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Meissner can get her edge back
Time to push the panic button? Time to buy Kimmie Meissner a gold retirement watch and thank her for her service to figure skating? Not so fast. Rome, as skating analyst Julius Caesar used to say, wasn't built in a day. Meissner, who suffered through...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Career and Workplace, Ice Skating, Judges, Scott J. Hamilton
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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: Rascal Flatts (music group), Evan Lysacek, 1st Mariner Arena, Multi-Sport Events, Cinderella (fictional character)
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Rejuvenated Meissner eyes climb ahead
Kimmie Meissner has taken a shine to a rock climbing wall near her training home in South Florida. She loves to push herself higher as she runs the high school stadium steps after a day on the ice. She finds peace in hoisting herself into the saddle for...Tags: Climbing, Multi-Sport Events, Sport Climbing, Thurgood Marshall, 2016 Olympic Games
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Autograph is Meissner's new signature move
Sun ReporterTOKYO // 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...Tags: Evan Lysacek, Multi-Sport Events, Track and Field, Peggy Fleming, Ice Skating
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Meissner's title defense starts with home cooking
Sun ReporterSo, what does a world champion eat when she's on the road? "Cheerios, peanut butter and crackers, cereal bars and trail mix," says Kimmie Meissner, reciting her menu. When you travel as much as Meissner, you not only live out of your suitcase, you eat...Tags: Evan Lysacek, Benihana Incorporated, Ice Skating, 2016 Olympic Games, Sports
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Figure skating outfits that landed it -- or not
Figure skating fans may thrill to the jumps and spins, but it's the pageantry that keeps us watching. Sometimes a skater wears the costume; sometimes it's the other way around. Here's a snapshot of memorable (and a few forgettable) style moments in...Tags: Ice Skating, Scott J. Hamilton, Michelle Kwan, Sports, Sasha Cohen
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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...Tags: Evan Lysacek, Music Theater, Eyewear, Multi-Sport Events, Dancing
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Spinning to stop in Colorado fits Meissner's routine
Sun ReporterIt stands to reason that Kimmie Meissner's unconventional rise to the top of women's figure skating might include some unplanned stops. After winning the U.S. title two weeks ago, the Bel Air teen said she didn't know if she would perform at the Four...Tags: Evan Lysacek, Multi-Sport Events, Dancing, Ice Skating, Health and Safety at School
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Delaware club churns out ice champions
Sun reporterHow large and powerful is the skating club that helped turn Kimmie Meissner into an Olympian? Too large and powerful to organize a "Kimmie watching" party when the 16-year-old from Bel Air skates tonight and Thursday night in Turin, Italy. Balloons...Tags: Multi-Sport Events, Science, Dining and Drinking, Bars and Clubs, Ice Skating
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