Answers to the
crossword puzzle and word find appear on page 64
Puzzles by Joel Kaplow
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1 Of the 15 World Synchronized Championships that have been held, teams from this country have grabbed the gold at eight of them. (Hint: Its capital is Helsinki.)
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6 Pairs couples perform athletic ma- neuvers including overhead lifts and throw jumps. However, these elements are not allowed in the dis- cipline of ___. (2 wds)
7 So far, the U.S. hasn’t stood atop the World Synchros podium. Ohio’s Mi- ami University gave it a good try in 2007 with a ___-medal finish.
9 The reigning U.S. junior ice dance champs are Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc ___.
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11 The 2014 U.S. junior pairs gold med- alists are Madeline Aaron and ___ Settlage. (Hint: Madeline’s brother, the 2013 U.S. men’s champ, has the same first name.)
12 ___ Chen grabbed the U.S. junior men’s gold in Boston last January.
13 The only singles skater ever to win three Olympic gold medals is Sonja Henie of ___. She persevered in 1928, ‘32 and ‘36. (Hint: Its capital is Oslo.)
14 The ___ jump is quite different from the others, as the skater takes off while moving forward instead of backward. So a double, for example, would actually involve two and a half rotations in the air.
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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!
DEATH SPIRAL HAYDENETTES JOHNNY WEIR JOSHUA FARRIS MIAMI UNIVERSITY
48 JUNE/JULY 2014
MIRAI NAGASU STARLIGHTS SYNCHRONIZED TARA LIPINSKI TOE LOOP
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1 Coincidentally, Gracie Gold, Jeremy Abbott, and Madison Chock and Evan Bates all landed in ___ place in their re- spective disciplines at Worlds in March.
2 The current U.S. junior ladies cham- pion is ___ Glenn.
3 Sonja Henie also grabbed 10 consec- utive World ladies golds. In her long span of competitions, was the most complicated of all her jumps a quad, triple, double or single?
4 What country has grabbed six
World Synchros golds? (Hint: Its capital is Stockholm)
5 Meryl and Charlie have been ice dancing together since 1997. But on “Dancing with the Stars,” they were ballroom dancing against each oth- er, both vying for the ___ trophy with different partners. (2 wds)
7 What jump takes off from a back in- side edge and lands on the back out- side edge of the opposite foot?
8 Other than 1-Across and 4-Down, there is one other country with a World Synchros gold. What northern nation nabbed it in 2009?
10 Only one woman has ever landed a quad jump at an ISU competition. Miki Ando did it in 2002 at the Junior Grand Prix Final. She retired this year and is now a coach. What country is she from? (Hint: Its capital is Tokyo.)
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