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2013 Hilton HHonors Skate America to be held in Detroit U.S. Figure Skating announced the selec-
tion of Joe Louis Arena in Detroit as the host venue for 2013 Hilton HHonors Skate America. Competition will take place Oct. 18–20. “We look forward to returning to De-
troit,” David Raith, executive director, U.S. Fig- ure Skating, said. “There is a great figure skat- ing culture in the Detroit metro area and we are confident their enthusiasm for the sport of figure skating will extend to fans and support- ers throughout Michigan and the Midwest.” Skate America, the premier annual in-
ternational figure skating competition held in the United States since 1979, comes to De- troit for the fourth time (1995, ’97, ’98). The
Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Detroit-Dearborn will be the official host hotel for the event. Hilton HHonors celebrates its third year as title sponsor of Skate America. Elizabeth Punsalan and Jerod Swallow,
five-time U.S. and two-time Skate America ice dance champions, will serve as honorary chairs for Skate America. Punsalan coaches, while Swallow is the managing director at the Detroit Skating Club in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. The complete list of athletes selected to
compete at Skate America will be announced June 1. The 2013 Skate America website, which will include event and all-event ticket package information, will be live in early May.
Injury cuts Hamill’s ‘Dancing’ days short After two performances on ABC’s hit
show “Dancing with the Stars,” 1976 World and Olympic champion Dorothy Hamill dropped out of the show, stating that a cyst on her lower back was to blame. “I’ve taken the advice of my spine sur-
geon and I need to withdraw from the com- petition,” Hamill said alongside pro partner Tristan MacManus during the live results
Dorothy Hamill performs with dance partner Tristan MacManus on “Dancing with the Stars.”
show. “I have an injury that could be irrepara- ble. I wish that I could give it my all but I can’t.” In their debut performance, a contem-
porary dance to Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer,” Hamill and MacManus received rave reviews from all three judges and were part of a three-way tie for second place on the judg- es’ leaderboard. During her second week of training, however, Hamill’s back began to act up, causing numbness in one of her feet. In obvious pain, Hamill’s second dance,
a fast-paced jive to the Big Bopper’s “Chantil- ly Lace,” received only 15 out of a possible 30 points, leaving Hamill and MacManus in the second-to-lowest slot on the judges’ leader- board going into the show’s first elimination round.
With the judges’ scores only account-
ing for half of each couple’s total score, the viewer votes had saved Hamill and MacMa- nus from elimination; however, when the live results show returned from a commercial break, Hamill was brought back to the floor to make her announcement. “It would be completely unfair for me to
stay in this and have any of these people go home,” an emotional Hamill explained. “I feel so lucky I was a part of it for a short time. It’s been a wonderful ride.”
— Mimi Whetstone SKATING 5
ABC/ADAM TAYLOR
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