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PHOTO BY DON GERDA


U.S. Olympic champions (back row, l-r) Evan Lysacek, Scott Hamilton, David Jenkins, Hayes Jenkins, Dick Button and Brian Boitano; (front row, l-r) Carol Heiss Jenkins, Tara Lipinski, Dorothy Hamill, Sarah Hughes, Peggy Fleming, Tenley Albright and Kristi Yamaguchi


All 13 Olympic champions attend Hamilton’s benefi t show BY AMY ROSEWATER


‘Cool friends’ Scott Hamilton said he and his wife, Tracie, joke that he has lived the life of Forrest Gump.


Who would think a kid from Bowling Green would grow up to accomplish the things that Ham- ilton has?


“I am Forrest Gump,” Hamilton said, referring the movie character played by Tom Hanks. “I


am just so fortunate that I have had so many people in my corner.” He felt that way even more when he was in Cleveland Nov. 3 for his 13th Annual An Eve-


ning with Scott Hamilton & Friends show which benefi ts Taussig Cancer Institute at Cleveland Clinic. In addition to having a talented show cast featuring U.S. champions Ashley Wagner and Jeremy Abbott, Hamilton managed to bring all 13 U.S. Olympic gold medalists — from Dick Button to Evan Lysacek — together for only the second time in history. It took a lot of eff ort for Hamilton to navigate through all of the skaters’ schedules and


obligations for a date for the show, and that was before Hurricane Sandy decided to plow through the Northeast. But not a single one of the champions was prevented from making it to the event. “If anyone could do it, he could,” said Kristi Yamaguchi of Hamilton. Hamilton, the 1984 Olympic champion, skating commentator and show producer, re- mains just as passionate about skating today as he always has. And the joy from Hamilton, who has battled testicular cancer and a brain tumor, was ever


apparent in Cleveland. “I’ve got some pretty cool friends, huh?” Hamilton said. The Olympic champions were honored midway through the show, and many of them


shared personal stories with the audience at the Quicken Loans Arena of why they came to the event. Some, such as 1976 champion Dorothy Hamill and 1968 champion Peggy Fleming, mentioned their own battles with cancer. Sarah Hughes, the 2002 champion, noted her moth- er’s battle with breast cancer. Carol Heiss Jenkins, the 1960 gold medalist, lost her mother to cancer. Others, such as 1960 Olympic gold medalist David Jenkins, a doctor who makes his home


in Oklahoma, talked about how cancer once meant “despair” and now it can mean “hope.” Tenley Albright, the 1956 champion, who also is a doctor, told of her own hospital visits


with Hamilton. But the evening was one of celebration. Country star Wynonna Judd used her steely,


strong voice and wry sense of humor to get the crowd (and the skaters) going and even had fun teasing Brian Boitano after a fall. She ordered him to redo his triple Salchow, and he did. Boitano and Hamill were the only Olympic gold medalists to perform in the show. Entering the 13th show, the event has raised more than $14 million toward cancer re-


search. As Hamilton told the crowd, “We may have won the medals, but tonight you all are the


champions.” SKATING 5


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