All posts tagged "2011 US Nationals"
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Figure Skating News
Entertaining as ever, Bradley finally takes U.S. title
It wasn’t the skate that twenty-seven-yea- old Ryan Bradley had in mind when he decided to return to competitive ice three months...
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Czisny dazzles; captures second U.S. title
Thursday’s ladies short program gave no real clue as to which skater was to be the 2011 US Champion. In a virtual...
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Bradley boogies to lead at U.S. Nationals
If ever there were a case study in the power of positive thinking, twenty-seven-year-old Ryan Bradley might be the poster child. The...
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Yankowskas and Coughlin win U.S. title with stirring tribute
In a moving tribute to his mother Stacy, twenty-five-year-old John Coughlin and his twenty-year-old partner Caitlin Yankowskas captured the 2011 US Pairs...
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Davis and White win third U.S. National title
Olympians Meryl Davis and Charlie White won their third US title as expected today in Greensboro, N.C. with a flawless performance that...
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Yankowskas and Coughlin lead pairs at U.S. Nationals
The year after an Olympic Games is typically a time of rebuilding for the US Figure Skating Team. Skaters who have been...
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No clear cut leader after ladies short at U.S. Nationals
It was a great night for US Figure Skating with the top four ladies skating lights out, each one fighting for a...
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Cain and Reagan accomplish rare feat at U.S. Nationals
Continuing with their strong performances at the US Championships, fifteen-year-old Ashley Cain and twenty-one-year-old Joshua Reagan made the rare jump from novice...
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Davis and White chase perfection at U.S. Nationals
In searching for their third consecutive US Championships title, Olympic silver medalists Meryl Davis and Charlie White are coming dangerously close to...
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Hicks turns heads with winning performance at U.S. Nationals
The question on everyone’s mind is this: Can Courtney Hicks be the skater that we’ve all been waiting for? No disrespect to...
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Max Aaron wins U.S. junior men’s title
Two nights ago, Madeline Aaron won the novice pairs title with her partner Max Settlage. Last night, her big brother Max won...
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Cain and Reagan take the lead in junior pairs short program
The junior pairs short program did not give a clear indication of which teams are truly in the hunt for the title,...
Did you Know?
The backward outside death spiral was invented in 1928 by Germany’s Charlotte Oelschlägel (August 14, 1898 – November 14, 1984) and Curt Neumann (although it was first performed with the skaters holding both hands and the woman not fully lowered toward the ice). They performed the first one-arm death spiral in Budapest in 1928.
Canadian pair Suzanne Morrow and Wallace Diestelmeyer are credited with being the first pair to perform the element in competition at the 1948 Olympics.
Ludmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov (USSR) are credited for creating three versions of the death spiral: Cosmic spiral (backward inside), Life spiral (forward inside), and Love spiral (forward outside).
Who does your favorite death spiral? Discuss here!