Heavy Medal Archive: Figure Skating
Joannie Rochette moved by crowd's embrace as she wins figure skating bronze
The hardest part, Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette said in the aftermath of her emotional bronze-medal performance Thursday, was forcing herself onto the ice to compete Tuesday. Rochette struggled to focus on the Olympic women's short program. She couldn't stop...
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Amy Shipley
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February 26, 2010; 2:27 AM ET |
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Live Olympics chat with Paul Farhi, Monica Hesse and Tomoeh Tse
Join media reporter Paul Farhi, Style writer Monica Hesse and financial reporter Tomoeh Tse, a former competitive figure skater, during NBC's primetime coverage of the Games. Tonight, gold is on the line as ladies' figure skating wraps up with the...
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Lindsay Applebaum
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February 25, 2010; 4:39 PM ET |
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Live Olympics chat with Paul Farhi and Tomoeh Tse
Join media reporter Paul Farhi and financial reporter Tomoeh Tse, a former competitive figure skater, during NBC's primetime coverage of the Games. Tonight, ladies' figure skating begins with the short program. We'll kick things off around 8 p.m. Join the...
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Lindsay Applebaum
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February 23, 2010; 5:13 PM ET |
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Only one thing for sure: Virtue and Moir won in "skating skills"
Wondering what made the difference--at least to the judges--in the exciting duel between Canadians Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir and Americans Meryl Davis and Charlie White in the ice dance free skate Monday night? Not much technically--except for "skating skills."...
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Amy Shipley
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February 23, 2010; 3:50 PM ET |
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Mother of Canadian skater Therese Rochette dies
Therese Rochette, the mother of Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette, died at Vancouver General Hospital after suffering a heart attack late Saturday night, according to Olympic officials and news reports. She was 55. Joannie Rochette, 24, showed up at her...
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Amy Shipley
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February 21, 2010; 5:44 PM ET |
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Weir must clean up his act in order to medal
Pregame rituals are ubiquitous in sport: LeBron James throws chalk in the air, Tim Tebow inks up the eye black and Johnny Weir cleans. Yes, the eccentric American figure skater dips into the cleaning supplies to calm his nerves before...
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John Kiernan
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February 17, 2010; 7:17 PM ET |
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