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VIDEOS: "Skate Against Cancer" event brings athletes together to CT"s Hartford Health Care
15+ hour, 33+ min ago (232+ words) Hartford Courant The event [Saturday] blended elite athleticism with community spirit to support lifesaving cancer care, research, and patient programs at the Hartford Health Care Cancer Institute. Half of the proceeds went to the Hartford Health Care Cancer Institute, directly…...
Ilia Malinin falls twice in Olympic disaster, allowing Mikhail Shaidorov to claim gold
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (878+ words) MILAN "Ilia Malinin, the American figure skating sensation known as the "Quad God," proved to be a mere mortal after all. The 21-year-old from Northern Virginia fell twice during a disastrous free skate at the Milan Cortina Olympicson Friday night,…...
Ilia Malinin's stunning free skate secures US figure skating team gold at Milan Cortina Olympics
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (657+ words) The 21-year-old nicknamed the "Quad God" landed five quadruple jumps and scored 200. 03 points for his free skate, atoning for his mediocre short program " at least by his lofty standards " one night earlier. Sato followed him with three quads in his…...
Amber Glenn wins third US Figure Skating title, topping Alysa Liu with brilliant free skate
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1005+ words) ST. LOUIS " On the ice, Amber Glenn was putting together another brilliant free skate, landing the opening triple axel that has become her hallmark and eventually putting the final touches on a program destined to earn her a third consecutive…...
A crash cost her a medal last time. Now, this CT native heads to the Olympics with gold on her mind
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (868+ words) When Kristen Santos-Griswold was 9, she saw a Disney Channel commercial about speed skating and asked her mother if she could try it. She and her older sister Samantha were figure skaters. At first, their mother, Donna Soukup, didn't take Kristen's…...
A plane crash took his parents" lives. How a CT couple helped this skater realize his Olympic dream
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1062+ words) Vladimir and Elena Petrenko saw Max Naumov the day he was born at Hartford Hospital. Sunday, they got to watch as he was named to the U. S. Olympic figure skating team in St. Louis. The Petrenkos made it back home to…...
CT native Maxim Naumov joins one of the strongest US Figure Skating teams ever into inter Olympics
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (750+ words) Naumov, 24, fulfilled the hopes of his late parents by making the Olympic team. Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova were returning from a talent camp in Kansas when their American Airlines flight collided with a military helicopter and crashed into the…...
CT's Maxim Naumov 3rd at U. S. Figure Skating, stakes claim to Olympic berth; Ilia Malinin wins
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (681+ words) ST. LOUIS " Ilia Malinin won his fourth consecutive U. S. Figure Skating title on Saturday night, capping the last national championships before the Milan Cortina Olympics with his usual unparalleled flair but a dialed-back version of the world champion's high-flying jumps. Connecticut's…...
CT-based ice dancing team wins U. S. junior title for second consecutive year
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (566+ words) ST. LOUIS " A year ago, Connecticut-based junior ice dancers Hana Maria Aboian and Daniil Veselukhin stunned the skating world with a first-place finish at their first U. S. Figure Skating Championships together. Now, they've done it again. On Tuesday, the team defended…...