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Crossword Puzzle and Word Find appear on page 56.


Puzzles by Joel Kaplow 1 3 5 4 6 2


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4 At the 2013 Four Continents Cham- pionships, the ice dancing bronze was bagged by ___ Chock and Evan Bates of the U.S.


5 After some time off, Yu-Na ___ of South Korea was still on her game at the World Championships in March and went home with the ladies gold.


7 Meryl and Charlie grabbed the ice dancing gold at Four Continents for the ___ time.


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8 Skaters from the continent of ___ do not participate in the Four Conti- nents, as they have their own cham- pionships.


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10 The 2013 World Synchronized Figure Skating Championships happened last month in ___, Massachusetts.


12 Which medal did the Skyliners win at the 2013 U.S. Synchronized Figure Skating Championships?


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14 The ___ jump is toe-pick assisted, taken off from the back inside edge of one foot and landed on the back outside edge of the opposite foot.


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15 In March, the ___ took the gold at the U.S. Synchro Championships for the twenty-first time!


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1 The 2013 World Figure Skating Championships took place in Lon- don, Ontario, ___ in March.


2 The Miami University skaters snagged this medal at the U.S. Syn- chronized Championships.


3 For senior-level synchronized skat- ing, how many skaters must be on the ice during competition?


6 The U.S. brought home just one medal from Worlds; it was a gold in the discipline of ___. (2 wds.)


9 At Four Continents in Osaka, Japan, the host country’s ladies won the gold, silver and bronze for a ___ of the medal stand.


10 The 2013 U.S. Synchros ___ medal was won by the Crystallettes.


11 Check your record books; back in the late 1940s and through the ‘50s, Dick Button, Hayes Jenkins and David Jenkins put together a string of con- secutive wins at the World Champi- onships. How many years in a row did this trio win gold for the U.S.?


13 His win on home soil in London, Can- ada made it ___ World golds in a row for Patrick Chan.


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!


BIELLMANN SPIN CHRISTINA GAO COURTNEY HICKS INA BAUER GLIDE MARISSA CASTELLI


48 MAY 2013


MAX AARON ROSS MINER SIMON SHNAPIR SNOWPLOW SAM WORLDS


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