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3 ___ Lopez, aka JLo, provided the music for the Crystallettes' free skate this season.
5 The Haydenettes took this medal home from Worlds in April. That makes it three in a row!
6 Elite singles and pairs skaters are not allowed to use ___music, but ice dancers and synchronized skaters are. What is it? (Hint: It has someone singing in the song.)
8 Judges give each element a skater performs a GOE, or ___ of execu- tion, which figures into the total score.
9 Michelle Kwan was inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame in January, then found her- self in the ___ Figure Skating Hall of Fame in March. Wow!
12 World and Olympic ladies champ ___ Yamaguchi has a new book out. It's a Big World, Little Pig fol- lows Poppy the skating pig to Paris for a competition.
13 Carolina Kostner had a super sea- son, taking the ladies gold at the Grand Prix Final, European Cham- pionships and Worlds. Where is she from? (Hint: Its capital is Rome.)
14 There was no stopping Patrick Chan of ___ this “golden" season. He capped it off at Worlds in Nice, France, with his second consecu- tive men's title.
15 The Haydenettes grabbed the gold again at the U.S. Synchro- nized Skating Championships in Worcester, Mass., in March. They've now won it ___ times!
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1 In April, Team Surprise took the World synchro gold medal in Gothenburg on home soil. What country are they from?
2 The Crystallettes earned this medal at the U.S. Synchro Championships.
4 This year, The Skating Club of ___ in Massachusetts, home to many big names in skating over the years, celebrated its 100th anni- versary.
7 Ice dancers from North ___ made a strong showing at Worlds. Tessa and Scott of Canada got the gold, Meryl and Charlie snagged the silver, and Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje of Canada finished in fourth.
8 Pairs skaters Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy took their fourth World gold home with them to ___. (Hint: Its capital is Berlin.)
10 For their free skate this season, the Haydenettes performed to a medley of ___ Gaga tunes.
11 At Junior Worlds in Minsk, Be- larus, Han Yan of ___ became the first man from his country to win the gold. Where is he from? (Hint: Its capital is Beijing.)
Answers to the Crossword Puzzle, Word Find and
Skate Scramble appear on page 56.
Puzzles by Joel Kaplow
WORDS ON ICE – Hi skaters! Try to find and circle the words listed be- low hidden in the box of letters. The words will appear in a straight line in any direction (up, down, forward, backward or diagonally), and some words may overlap and share letters. Find them all and you’ll be on top of the medals podium!
CAYDEE DENNEY CRYSTALLETTES HAYDENETTES JOHN COUGHLIN MICHELLE KWAN
OUTSIDE EDGE PATRICK CHAN SCRATCH SPIN SHORT DANCE
SKATE SCRAMBLE — Unscramble the letters in the nonsense phrases on the left and fill in the blanks to spell out the 2012 U.S. Championships senior pairs medalists. Their initials have been done for you to help you “figure” them out.
CANNED EYE DYE _C_ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ _D_ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ (Gold) LUNCH JIG OH NO _J_ ___ ___ ___ _C_ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ (Gold) MY HEARTY RAMBLE _M_ ___ ___ ___ _B_ ___ ___ ___ _M_ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ (Silver) RUBBERNECK OKRA _R_ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ _B_ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ (Silver) VANE AROMA AD _A_ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ _E_ ___ ___ ___ ___ (Bronze) DIM RAG WALK
_M_ ___ ___ ___ _L_ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ (Bronze) SKATING 45
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