Answers to the cross-


word puzzle and word find appear on page 56.


Puzzles by Joel Kaplow


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2 At the World Figure Skating Cham- pionships, Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron ice danced their way to the gold medal for the second year in a row. What country are they from?


4 Sixteen-year-old Evgenia Medvedeva took the ladies gold in Boston, setting a new record for a free skate score in the process. What country does she represent?


6 At Worlds, ___ and Alex Shibutani of the U.S. snagged the ice dance silver medal.


7 Before the 2016 World Championships, the last U.S. ladies to stand on the podium were Kimmie Meissner with the gold and Sasha Cohen with the bronze, ___ long years ago in Calgary, Canada.


10 Javier Fernandez of Spain won the men’s gold in Boston. How many World gold medals does he now have?


12 With just 10 days to go before Worlds, Polina Edmunds decided her bruised ankle bone would prevent her from performing at her best. So she bowed out, allowing first alternate ___ Nagasu to take her place.


13 Gracie Gold was in first place after the short program in Boston, but ended up in fourth after the free skate. Unfortunately, there are no ___ medals awarded at Worlds.


14 Junior ice dancers ___ McNamara and Quinn Carpenter of the U.S. grabbed the gold at their two Junior Grand Prix assignments, the JGP Final, the U.S.


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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!


EVGENIA MEDVEDEVA GOLD


HELSINKI FINLAND JAVIER FERNANDEZ SALCHOW


40 MAY 2016


LORRAINE MCNAMARA MEDAL DROUGHT PERSONAL BEST QUINN CARPENTER SIT SPIN


Championships and Junior Worlds in Hungary last March. A true winning season for these two!


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1 At Worlds in Boston, Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford grabbed their second pairs gold medal in a row. They skate for which country?


3 The ice dance bronze went to Madison Chock and ___ Bates of the U.S. at the World Championships.


4 Out of more than 100 entrants, four young ladies were given awards for their writing in the ___ Youth Essay Con- test. (See the article if you need help.)


5 In Boston, Ashley Wagner was so overjoyed after her ___ program performance, she jumped up and down on center ice, slipped and — plop — landed on her derriere, laughing with glee!


7 Mao Asada of Japan is one of just a handful of ladies who have executed a ___ Axel in competition. She tried two at Worlds, but underrotated them.


8 Next year, the 2017 World Figure Skat- ing Championships will be held in the the capital city of Helsinki, ___.


9 Ashley Wagner was happy to finally put an end to the U.S. ladies medal drought at Worlds when the ___ medal was placed around her neck.


11 Two U.S. synchro teams, the Skyliners and Lexettes, gave it a good try at the Junior ___ Challenge Cup in Zagreb, Croatia, last March. (See the article for help.)


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