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Milwaukee speedskating coach, Robert Fenn, dies at 73
23+ hour, 13+ min ago (129+ words) Robert Fenn, a Milwaukee-based speedskating coach who mentored two-time Olympic gold medalist Shani Davis, has died. He was 73. A funeral notice from his family says Fenn died unexpectedly Sunday at his home in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports Fenn…...
Kaori Sakamoto takes the lead as she chases a fourth and last figure skating world title
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (302+ words) Kaori Sakamoto's music, "Time to Say Goodbye, was charged with emotion as she led the short program in her chase for a fourth world figure skating title before retirement PRAGUE -- It's time to say goodbye for Kaori Sakamoto, and she's…...
Video Olympic gold medalist skater Alysa Liu drops out of world championships
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (221+ words) abcnews. com Olympic gold medalist skater Alysa Liu drops out of world championships Liu will not return to the world championships and says she is instead going to stay home and bask in her Olympic glory but is open to…...
Figure skaters with disabilities seek a place in the Paralympic spotlight
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (936+ words) The Paralympics do not include figure skating but there's a movement to change that As a long jumper, Stef Reid never thought she'd need to learn how to land on ice. Now she's part of a movement hoping to get…...
Alysa Liu's fresh outlook when she returned to skating helped her win Olympic gold
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (980+ words) Alysa Liu won Olympic gold in women's figure skating by skating loose, smiling and doing it her own way MILAN -- Alysa Liu probably cared the least of all the women in figure skating at the Milan Cortina Olympics about winning…...
Alysa Liu carries US medal hopes into concluding women's free skate
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (658+ words) Alysa Liu carries U. S. gold hopes as women's figure skating heads into its final night at the Milan Cortina Games MILAN -- Alysa Liu is left to bear the ambitions of the American figure skating team on Thursday night, when the last…...
Madonna sends good luck message to American figure skater Amber Glenn at Olympics
3+ mon, 1+ hour ago (550+ words) Madonna has surprised U. S. figure skater Amber Glenn with a good luck video before Glenn skates to "Like a Prayer" at the Milan Cortina Olympics MILAN -- It wasn't exactly a prayer that Madonna answered for American figure skater Amber Glenn. More…...
Alysa Liu sits within 2 points of the lead heading into Olympic free skate Thursday night
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (761+ words) Alysa Liu chases an Olympic medal in women's figure skating and tries to end a long U. S. drought MILAN -- Alysa Liu will try to end a 24-year drought for American women in Olympic figure skating on Thursday night when the "Blade…...