Lipinski, Weir provide fashion commentary at Derby After a successful run in the broadcast-
ing booth at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, U.S. champions Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir have continued to take their talents for fashion and commentary off the ice, first at the Academy Awards for Access Hollywood and most recently at the Ken- tucky Derby for NBC. In the weeks leading up to the race, the dynamic duo previewed their fashion choices
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Kriengkrairut, Giulietti-Schmitt announce retirement Ice dancers Lynn Kriengkrairut and
both on Twitter and through outlets like Peo- ple magazine and the “Today” show, giving fans a glimpse at the hats that could adorn their heads, keeping with race day tradition. Ultimately, Weir’s derby day cap re-
ceived high praise — a custom-made piece that featured a leaping, photo-finish Pegasus — inspiring headlines like
BuzzFeed.com’s “Johnny Weir’s Hat Just Won The Kentucky Derby.”
Shibutanis attend ‘Right To Play’ Ball Right To Play, a global organization that uses
sport and play programs to educate and empower children facing adversity, announced that their Big Red Ball netted $1.6 million, including on-site dona- tions on April 29 at Cipriani Wall Street in Manhattan. More than 25 Olympic athletes attended the event, including 2014 Olympians and four-time U.S. medal- ists Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani. Hosted by “Today” show and NBC correspondent
Willie Geist, the Big Red Ball is Right To Play’s signature fund-raising event that happens every Olympic year in New York City. The Ball is a seated dinner event and program highlighting the organization’s successes over the past year and convening Right To Play do- nors, partners and athlete ambassadors. Other Olympians in attendance included five-
(l-r) Maia Shibutani, Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer and Right To Play board member Summer Sanders, Alex Shibutani and Olympic gold medal- winning half-pipe snowboarder Kaitlyn Farrington at the Right To Play Big Red Ball in New York City
time Olympic speedskating champion Bonnie Blair, Olympic speedskating champions Joey Cheek and Dan Jansen, five-time Olympic gymnastics medalist Nastia Liukin and 2002 Olympic figure skating cham- pion Sarah Hughes.
Logan Giulietti-Schmitt, the 2012 U.S. pewter medalists, have announced their retirement from competitive skating af- ter eight years together. Kriengkrairut and Giulietti-Schmitt
are the 2007 U.S. junior bronze medalists and twice won the Ice Challenge in Graz, Austria. They competed four times in the Grand Prix Series and finished sixth at the 2014 Four Continents Champion- ships.
The duo trained in Ann Arbor, Mich.,
for seven years under the direction of Yasa Nechaeva and Yuri Chesnichenko before moving to nearby Novi, Mich., to work with Igor Shpilband in February 2013.
“We will always remember the
power and influence that each individu- al has had on our career, from our family and friends to our coaches and training mates to our fans and inspirations,” the team said on its official Facebook page. “With such an extraordinary network of people uniting in such a way to make something so remarkable happen, dreams became reality and impossibili- ties became possible.” Both Kriengkrairut and Giuliet-
ti-Schmitt will pursue higher education, with Kriengkrairut applying to medical school and Giulietti-Schmitt hoping to obtain a graduate degree in environ- mental remediation or urban planning.
Hawayek and Baker honored by lawmakers Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker, the U.S. junior champions, were
honored by the New York State (NYS) Senate and Assembly on April 29 with a legislative resolution. The Detroit Skating Club-based duo was announced on the floor of the
NYS Senate and Assembly before being presented with a citation and a reso- lution recognizing the win at the World Junior Championships in March. Hawayek (East Aurora, N.Y.) and Baker (Edmonds, Wash.) were present
in the NYS Senate chambers while the resolution was read in its entirety and then voted on. They then received a private tour of the capitol building.
(l-r) Senator Patrick Gallivan, Jean-Luc Baker, Kaitlin Hawayek, Assemblywoman Jane Corwin and Assemblyman David DiPietro
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