Monday, September 6, 2010

“Olympic figure skating champ Kim Yu-na leaving Toronto to train in Los Angeles - Toronto Star” plus 1 more


Olympic figure skating champ Kim Yu-na leaving Toronto to train in Los Angeles - Toronto Star

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 07:30 AM PDT

Associated Press

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA—Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu-na is moving her training base from Toronto to California.

Kim's management agency AT Sports says that the 20-year-old South Korean is training at the East West Ice Palace in Artesia on the outskirts of Los Angeles.

The agency says that Kim, who parted ways with Brian Orser last month, doesn't have a new coach yet.

Kim had been training with Orser, a former world champion and two-time Olympic silver medalist, at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club since 2006. She won South Korea's first Olympic medal in figure skating in this year's Vancouver Games under his tutelage.

The two split last month in a public spat for reasons that remain unclear.

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Figure skating returns to Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City in December - Atlantic City Press

Posted: 06 Sep 2010 11:00 PM PDT

American Evan Lysacek, who won the Olympic gold medal in men's figure skating at the Vancouver Games in February, highlights a December skating event at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.

The Caesars Tribute: A Salute to the Golden Age of American Skating, sponsored by Harrah's Entertainment, Caesars Atlantic City and StarGames, will take place Dec. 11 at 7:30 p.m.

In addition to Lysacek, three-time world champion Sasha Cohen, two-time Olympic medalist Nancy Kerrigan, 1988 gold medalist Brian Boitano, 1984 gold medalist Scott Hamilton and 1968 gold medalist Peggy Fleming are scheduled to appear.

The exhibition also will feature some legendary doubles champions, including Jenni Meno and Todd Sands, JoJo Starbuck and Kenneth Shelley, and Naomi Lang and Peter Tcherneshev.

In addition, special appearances and presentations will be made to other skating icons such as 1948 and 1952 Olympic gold medalist Dick Button and 1992 Olympic gold medal winner Kristi Yamaguchi.

The event will air nationally on NBC from 4-6 p.m. on Christmas Day.

Individual tickets are available for $149.50, $92.50, $62.50, $42.50 and $29.50. Tickets go on sale at noon Sept. 20 at Boardwalk Hall.

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