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Team USA shows off its silver medal at 2012 World Team Trophy in Tokyo. The U.S. is expected to contend for an Olympic team medal.
U.S. excited for debut of Olympic team event Team USA will have a golden opportunity in Sochi as the fi gure skating team event
makes its debut. The three-day team event begins with men and pairs competing the day before the
Opening Ceremonies, promising a huge piece of the spotlight to kick off the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. The top 10 fi gure skating nations will enter teams consisting of one skater or couple in
each discipline. Athletes will perform a short program or short dance, with the top fi ve teams moving on to free skates or free dances. With consistency in all four disciplines, three nations emerge as medal contenders. “It is a great opportunity for the U.S. to win a medal,” U.S. Figure Skating Executive Direc-
tor David Raith said. “We expect the gold to be between the U.S., Canada and Russia — and we expect to win.” Raith based his projections on Team USA’s success at ISU World Team Trophy events, held
in 2009 and 2012. Team USA earned gold in 2009 and silver in 2012. Enthusiasm among skaters has grown since more details have been developed, Raith
said. Plus, after watching U.S. gymnastics’ “Fierce Five” earn the team gold medal at the 2012 Olympics, the team event has even more appeal. But before anyone starts working on a Fierce Five-style moniker for the fi gure skating
team, beware: each team could have as few as six or as many as 10 athletes. That’s where strat- egy comes in. The team event will allow substitution of another Olympian competing in Sochi to be
made in two programs (e.g., “Skater A” may compete in the ladies short program, while “Skater B” competes in the free skate). The decisions behind each team’s strategy will provide fans and analysts plenty to debate.
Pairs skaters Brubaker, Berton to wed Two-time U.S. pairs champion Rockne Brubaker
got engaged and found a new pairs partner in February. Brubaker and Italian pairs skater Stefania Berton
started dating after the 2012 World Championships, af- ter being friends for several years. Brubaker planned a big party on Feb. 2 to set the
stage for a proposal, although he told Berton that it was a birthday celebration for his brother and sister. “Rockne had told me that he wanted to give a small
speech and asked me to help him with it,” Berton said. “When we got up in front of everyone, he gave me a kiss, wished Collin and Shauna a happy birthday, and then got down on one knee. I barely heard what he said to me before I heard the words, ‘Stefy, will you marry me?’ I could barely breathe and my heart was beating so fast.” “Neither of us have ever been happier than we are now,” Brubaker said. The couple have not yet set a wedding date. Two weeks after the engagement, Brubaker found an on-ice partner: Lindsay Davis. “It was the best tryout I ever had,” Davis, 20, said. “After the fi rst stroking pat-
tern, it felt so good. Basically after the fi rst day, we were like, ‘Let’s make this offi cial.’” Davis and Brubaker will train in Canton, Mich., with Marina Zoueva and Johnny Johns. — Sarah S. Brannen
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