Answers to the cross-


word puzzle and word find appear on page 88.


Puzzles by Joel Kaplow


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4 The first lady to land a triple Axel at a major competition was Midori Ito of ___. She wowed the crowd at the 1989 World Championships in Paris, France, on her way to the gold.


6 The last man to take four U.S. Cham- pionship gold medals was ___ Abbott of Aspen, Colorado. He triumphed in 2009–10, ’12 and ’14.


7 If you’re looking at a pair of skates and are not sure what kind they are, see if they have toe picks on the front of the blades. If they don’t, they’re ___ skates, and are not for figure skating.


9 Ashley Wagner has been on the ice for a long time. After 11 trips to the U.S. Championships at the junior and se- nior levels, she has collected a total of 10 medals of varying colors. Of these, how many are silver: zero, four, five or nine?


11 The modern Olympic Games started in 1896, as did the ___ Figure Skating Championships, holding its first competition in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire. It was for men only until 1906.


12 In addition to the 2016 U.S. men’s gold, Adam Rippon has boasting rights to one other major title: the 2010 ___ Continents Championships.


13 Gifted Gracie Gold now has a total of ___ of her namesake medals from the U.S. Championships.


14 Sonja Henie of Norway has an aston- ishing record from the 1920s and ’30s:


TO M O K I H I W A T A SH I S G AC S M T U L W D PN M S B C S QOQO W T G T H C X O QZ W Z B CE Q I H J Z J G N B J O X B X T M W Z E HRR J U K L QR OR X I D Z E Z M A A N PSE Z VB N L B L AS H E O W L V O KAB N Y C EVE G L O B I N N A I B BC E SN V O N I S R EEV Z Z I H W I PC S G ER W XC R K Z D A E M X Z F P Y RRR E T P W T N W GX H OS X F Z U K D E J W D A R J Q V W PLA V Z K I X M RE A DE RS C H O I CE O


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!


EMILY CHAN JOY WEINBERG LUTZ MAX FERNANDEZ READERS CHOICE


SNOWPLOW SAM SONJA HENIE TOE LOOP TOMOKI HIWATASHI TWIZZLES


60 AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2016


three Olympic golds, 10 World golds, six European golds and 10 Norwe- gian golds. During her competitions, what was the most difficult jump she ever landed; a quad, triple, double or single?


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1 From the last four U.S. Championships, Max ___ has amassed a “grand slam” of men’s medals: one each of gold, silver, bronze and pewter.


2 Name the jump in which a skater takes off from the inside back edge of one skate and lands, after one or more rota- tions, on the outside back edge of the opposite skate.


3 The first time figure skaters competed at an Olympics was in 1908 in London. Were these Summer or Winter Games?


5 The only two member nations of the ISU (International Skating Union) from South America are Argentina and ___. (Hint: It’s the largest S.A. country.)


6 The reigning U.S. junior pairs champi- ons are ___ Weinberg and Maximiliano Fernandez, who now live in Florida.


8 The 2016 U.S. junior ladies champ is ___ Chan, who lives in Texas.


10 The current U.S. junior men’s gold medalist is ___ Hiwatashi, from Illinois.


12 The winningest U.S. skater of all time is Michelle Kwan. In addition to her nine U.S. Championship gold medals, she also has ___ from Worlds.


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