New Jersey Skaters Take Bronze at U.S. Synchronized Championships
Five young women from New Jersey were part of a team that won a bronze medal recently at the Synchronized Skating Championships. Grace Fanning (a junior at Scotch...
The Case for Sharapova
Figure Skaters Discussed “WADA will refrain from commenting further until a decision has been issued by the International Tennis Federation (ITF). Following that, WADA will review the reasons for...
Warmer Temps Won’t Deter Outdoor Ice Skating
Edison, New Jersey in late February EDISON — The puddles may have slowed down the ice skaters but it didn’t keep them off the ice. Roosevelt Park Family Ice...
Balanced Diets for the Athlete
Athletes are often asked to push their bodies beyond normal tolerance levels, resulting in increased risk of tissue injury. They lose more sweat and burn more calories than a...
Nam Nguyen Struggles at Canadian Figure Skating Championships
HALIFAX—Stephen Gogolev uncorked a gargantuan triple Axel at the Canadian figure skating championships. In practice, he’s landed quads. You can watch his feat of the feet — up, around,...
Patrick Chan voices his opinion in quad quarrel
HALIFAX—They are quad freaks. Q-geeks. Sideshow entertainers, like bearded ladies and Amazing Elastic Man, dragging men’s figure skating into theatre of the absurd. Patrick Chan wants no part of...
Patrick Chan Captures his 8th Canadian Figure Skating Championship
HALIFAX—Out with the new and in with the old. Patrick Chan, after a one-season step-out from competition, is back in familiar territory: Top of the podium at the Canadian...
Canadian figure skating championship goes to Alaine Chartrand
HALIFAX—Now that was splendid skating from Canada’s women. Only of a point made the difference between going Worlds and staying home. A new national champion in Alaine Chartrand,...
The Flame Still Burns for Olympic Souvenirs
There were about 6,500 torchbearers who shared in the responsibility of guiding the Olympic flame from Newfoundland to Calgary in time for the opening ceremony of the 1988 Winter...
Speed skater Lee Sang-hwa’s plea for reprieve rejected
She lost National Team Eligibility Olympic speed skating champion Lee Sang-hwa, who recently lost her national team eligibility after skipping a national competition, pleaded for a reprieve to no avail on...