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5 After years of trying, Italian ___ Kostner finally grabbed the Grand Prix Final ladies gold last December.
6 Canadians ___ Virtue and Scott Moir settled for the ice dancing silver on home soil in Quebec City at the GP Final.
7 For the third straight year, Meryl and Charlie danced their way to the ___ medal at the Grand Prix Final.
9 It’s easy to tell when a skater performs an Axel, as it’s the only jump that takes off while the skater is traveling ___ in- stead of backward.
11 Junior ___ skaters Britney Simpson and Matthew Black- mer of the U.S. boasted bronze in Quebec City.
13 Joshua Farris took this medal at the Junior Grand Prix Final and brought it back to the U.S.
14 Russia accomplished a 12- Down of the medals podium when the singles ___ grabbed all three spots at the Junior GP Final.
15 Charles Schulz, creator of the comic strip “___” was a real fan of figure skating. ABC aired his special “She’s a Good Skate, Charlie Brown” last December.
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1 Since Charlie White looks so natural in his free dance cos- tume, coach Marina Zoueva jokes that he must’ve been born in a ___. (Hint: It’s a formal men’s jacket with “tails.”)
2 2011 World champ Patrick Chan of ___ won nothing but men’s gold at his three Grand Prix competitions, two of which were on home soil.
3 When skaters open up in the air during a jump and don’t complete the planned number of revolutions, they have ___ the jump.
4 In “She’s a Good Skate, Char- lie Brown,” who was Pepper- mint Patty’s four-legged coach?
8 Three Russian ice ___ couples had another 12-Down of the medals podium at the Junior Grand Prix Final.
10 2011 U.S. men’s bronze med- alist Ross Miner says he loves this sport almost as much as figure skating. What is it? (Hint: There’s a racket involved.)
12 What’s the term used when one country wins the gold, silver and bronze in one event in in- ternational competition? (Hint: There’s no broom involved!)
13 Jason ___ of the U.S. grabbed the men’s gold at the Junior Grand Prix Final in December.
skatescramble
Unscramble the letters in the nonsense phrases on the left and fill in the blanks to discover six countries that have hosted past Winter Olympics. Their host cities and Olympic years will help you “figure” them out.
ANY ROW ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ (Oslo, 1952; Lillehammer, 1994) GRAY MEN ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ (Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 1936) ITS AURA ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ (Innsbruck, 1964 & 1976) RINSED WALTZ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ (St. Moritz, 1928 & 1948) A CAN AD ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ (Calgary, 1988; Vancouver, 2010) OILY GUAVAS ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ (Sarajevo, 1984)
SKATING 41 kid
BRANDON MROZ QUADRUPLE LUTZ LASSO LIFT KURT BROWNING ELIZAVETA TUKTAMISHEVA CHOCTAW FOOTWORK MICHAEL WEISS
Answers to the Crossword Puzzle, Word Find and Skate Scramble appear on page 56.
Puzzles by Joel Kaplow
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WORDS ON ICE – Hi skaters! Try to find and circle the words listed below hidden in the “rink” full of letters. The words will appear in a straight line in any direction (up, down, forward, backward or diag- onally) and some words may over- lap and share letters. Find them all and you’ll be on top of the medals podium!
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