1 When a skater does a spin, then changes to one or more different spins, the whole maneuver is called a ___ spin.
4 ___ Abbott took the men’s silver medal home from Trophée Eric Bompard in November.
6 The NHK Trophy took place near Sendai, ___, 20 months after the tsunami destroyed most of the city. Yuzuru Hanyu, who grew up in Sendai, triumphed by grabbing the men’s gold.
7 Ashley Wagner was the golden girl at Trophée Eric Bompard, which took place in November in Paris, ___.
8 At Moscow’s Rostelecom Cup, the ladies bronze was earned by ___ Zawadzki of the U.S.
11 The ___ and T-stop are two easy ways to halt your forward progress on the ice.
12 In December, six members of New York’s Theatre on Ice appeared in a skating scene on Fox’s hit TV show “___.”
13 The U.S. had no podium finishes at the Cup of China, but earned three ___-place finishes.
14 Gracie Gold of the U.S. won which medal at the Rostelecom Cup?
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2 There was a sweep of sorts at the NHK Trophy, as Team USA grabbed the ___ medal in all four disciplines.
3 Caydee Denney and John Coughlin earned the pairs bronze at the Ros- telecom Cup, the same medal they won at Skate ___ in October.
5 When the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating first started, it was called the Champions Series. The first la- dies Final gold went to ___ Kwan of the U.S. in 1996.
7 When Russia hosts the 2014 Olym- pic Winter Games, it will be the country’s ___ time doing so.
9 More and more ice dancers are now skating without partners. This is called ___ dance.
10 When a skater intends to do a Lutz, but “cheats” and it becomes a flip, it is then called a ___.
12 Not exactly surprising, ice dancers Meryl and Charlie grabbed their usual medal at the NHK Trophy. Which one?
Hi skaters! Try to find and circle the words listed below hid- den in the box of letters. The words will appear in a straight line in any direction (up, down, forward, backward or diag- onally), and some words may overlap and share letters. Find them all and you’ll be on top of the medal podium!
CAYDEE DENNEY GRAND PRIX FINAL JOHN COUGHLIN LASSO LIFT MAO ASADA
52 JANUARY 2013
MIRAI NAGASU QUAD SALCHOW SHOOT THE DUCK TOE PICKS YUZURU HANYU