Answers to the
crossword puzzle and word find appear on page 72
Puzzles by Joel Kaplow 1 5 6 2 3 4
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1 While commentating during the Skate Canada telecast, three-time U.S. champ Johnny Weir explained that ___ a jump is “like throwing a cat into a bathtub.” The skater’s brain just says “No!”
6 2006 was a good year for ladies skater ___ Cohen. She grabbed the U.S. gold, Olympic silver and World bronze medals.
8 ___ Zawadzki has earned three U.S. Championships podium finishes in a row, with 2 bronzes and a pewter.
9 The Haydenettes are the dominant U.S. synchronized skating team, with three World bronze medals. But let’s not forget about ___ University, which took the sil- ver at Worlds in 2007.
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10 This season, Meryl and Charlie’s short program music comes from the 1956 Broadway play and 1964 movie My Fair ___.
15 Synchronized skating teams have extra skaters in costume ready to step in if an active skater cannot perform for any reason. What are these standby skaters called?
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16 Skating routines are broken down into separate components that the judges scrutinize, such as spins, lifts, glides, foot- work, jumps, etc. What term describes all these maneuvers in general?
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2 For the first time, a figure skating com- petition will happen before the Open- ing Ceremony at the Olympics. The new team event at Sochi will involve the dis- ciplines of singles, ice dance and ___.
Y P T I I Z Q D Q N Q T D A Z J O Z E F S A B O V C I K U N V B N L O L R T M Z P O M P A O Y I Q I K T I A D L P I V H W R P M X U I Q R S D L H C C S W S O B V Q M I U F H L H K G Z K K I S S A N D C R Y A C N L C O M B I N A T I O N M I O I A Y Y J I U Z Y I A M P R D R B F U P Q Z O Q C O Z S T R Q Y G L K Q Z U W T W E C A C M A F P E R P E B Q B X A P F C L S C H W B V P M U I M V M Z O G L N L S A H G O Y P I T E N P E R C E N T B O N U S
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!
CHAMPS CAMP COMBINATION DICK BUTTON JOZEF SABOVCIK KISS AND CRY
58 DECEMBER 2013
LAYBACK SPIN MARINA ZOUEVA PATRICK CHAN QUAD FLIP TEN PERCENT BONUS
3 Because her father was in the military and they moved so many times, Ashley Wagner describes herself as an Army brat. In what country was she born? (Hint: Its capital is Berlin.)
4 The ladies can get into some skating positions that are impossible for most of the men to do. This is because most men are simply not as ___ as the women.
5 Reigning U.S. pairs champion Marissa Castelli (with partner Simon Shnapir) is from the smallest state in the U.S., Rhode ___.
7 Jeremy Abbott was born and raised in Aspen, which is found in the same state as the World Figure Skating Museum & Hall of Fame. Which state?
11 It’s been a while since the U.S. has won an Olympic medal in pairs skating. The last one was grabbed by Jill Watson and Peter Oppegard way back in 1988. Which medal did they bring home?
12 In synchronized skating competitions at the senior level, exactly how many skat- ers must be on the ice for each routine?
13 Two years before the first modern Olym- pic Games happened in 1896, the official motto was adopted by the man who spearheaded it all, Pierre de Coubertin. Citius, Altius, Fortius is Latin for ___, Higher, Stronger.
14 Only two ladies have won more than one Olympic gold medal in singles. Sonja He- nie of Norway earned three in the ’20s and ’30s, and Katarina ___ of East Ger- many won two in the ’80s.
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