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3 2010 pairs champ ___ Yankows- kas is now hooked up with 2011 junior pairs champ Josh Rea- gan.
6 The 2013 U.S. Figure Skating Championships will happen this January in Omaha, ___.
7 Watch for a new figure skating event — team skating — at the 2014 Winter ___.
11 The 2012 World Team Trophy took place last April in ___, Ja- pan, with six countries partici- pating.
12 The U.S. took home this medal from the World Team Trophy.
13 The four-time U.S. men’s, two- time World and ‘88 Olympics gold medalist has glided from the rink to the kitchen to shoot “What Would Brian Boitano Make?” on the ___ Channel.
14 Which medal did Canada take home from the 2012 World Team Trophy?
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1 In team skating, selected singles men and women, pairs and ice dancers are chosen from each participating team, and are awarded ___ by judges based their performances, which are added together for each team to determine the medalists.
2 The ___ spin is a variation of a sit spin, with the free leg and torso bent over the skating leg, and the skater’s body ideally looking as flat as the breakfast item it’s named for.
4 The 2012 ISU Grand Prix ___ will take place in December, in the same city as the 2014 Olympic Games; Sochi, Russia.
5 In June, two-time U.S. ladies gold medalist Alissa Czisny un- derwent hip surgery. Hopefully, she will recover in time to skate at the NHK ___ in November.
8 2012 U.S. junior ladies cham- pion Gracie Gold skated for the first time as a ___ at the World Team Trophy in April.
9 2012 U.S. junior pairs gold med- alist ___ Denney is carrying on a family tradition — she is Caydee Denney’s little sister.
10 In senior synchronized skating, block formations must consist of at least ___ rows of skaters, and no more than five.
11 The World Team Trophy is scheduled to take place bien- nially, which means every ___ years. It was supposed to hap- pen in 2011, but the March earthquake and tsunami in Ja- pan caused a one-year delay.
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!
DOUBLE SALCHOW EVAN BATES FREE SKATE ICE DANCING JOANNIE ROCHETTE
MADISON CHOCK SHORT PROGRAM TRIPLE LUTZ
WORLD TEAM TROPHY
Answers to the Crossword Puzzle, Word Find and
Match Mania appear on page 72.
Puzzles by Joel Kaplow
MATCH MANIA — Draw a line from the U.S. Figure Skating Olympians on the left across the rink to their correct total Olympic medals haul on the right. Their winning year(s) will help you “figure” them out.
Nancy Kerrigan •
Tanith Belbin & Ben Agosto • Tenley Albright • Tara Lipinski • Dick Button • David Jenkins •
• 2 Golds (‘48, ‘52)
• 1 Bronze, 1 Silver (‘92, ‘94) • 1 Bronze, 1 Gold (‘56, ‘60) • 1 Silver, 1 Gold (‘52, ‘56) • 1 Silver (2006) • 1 Gold (1998)
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