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1956 World Figure Skating Championships - Carol Heiss USA LP 1956 World Figure Skating Championships Ladies Medal Ceremony 1 - Carol Heiss USA 2 - Tenley Albright USA 3 - Ingrid Wendl AUT Silent cinefilm footage

Johnny Weir Message Board http://johnnyweirmessageboard.yuku.com/directory

Oksana Baiul & Viktor Petrenko ~ Swing The Mood

1993 Nicole Bobek - US Nationals

Linda Fratianne - 1980 World Championships Long Program Emi Watanabe 1980 Worlds LP

Figure Skating Tribute "Dare to Dream"

Katarina Witt -- Schindler's List Paul Wylie "Schindler's List" 1994

1936 Winter Olympics Figure Skating (In memory of Cecilia Colledge)

Weir wins 2010 Readers' Choice Skater of the Year Three-time U.S. champ takes Skating Magazine's top prize By U.S. Figure Skating http://web.icenetwork.com...mp;vkey=ice_pressrelease (07/21/2010) - Colorado Springs, Colo. - U.S. Figure Skating and SKATING magazine announced Wednesday that 2010 U.S. bronze medalist Johnny Weir has won the 2010 Readers' Choice Award for Skater of the Year (Michelle Kwan Trophy). Weir also won the award in 2008. "I am honored to win the Readers' Choice Award for the second time in my career," Weir said. "I gave my all to my craft this past season, and I am so proud that my fans were entertained and inspired from watching me." Last year's Readers' Choice winner and 2010 Olympic champion Evan Lysacek came in second, followed by 2010 Olympic silver medalist ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White. Weir's 2009-10 season included a fourth-place finish at the Rostelecom Cup, a silver medal at the NHK Trophy and a bronze medal at the 2009 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final. His bronze-medal win at the 2010 AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships helped qualify him for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, where he finished sixth. "I have the most amazing fans in the world, and this award is really for them," Weir said. "I thank them for sticking with me through thick and thin, without complaint and with constant love." The three-time U.S. champion recently announced that he will not compete during the 2010-11 season, taking time off to concentrate on his skating technique and pursue other interests. "I want to thank my family, my coaches, Galina Zmievskaya, Viktor Petrenko and Nina Petrenko, my choreographer David Wilson, and my agent Tara Modlin of Fireworks Sports Marketing," Weir said. "I also want to thank all of the icons and divas who inspire me every day to walk to the beat of my own drum." The full title of the award is the "Readers' Choice Skater(s) of the Year, Michelle Kwan Trophy." The trophy is scheduled to be presented to Weir at the 2011 U.S. Championships in Greensboro, N.C. Each spring, SKATING magazine readers are asked to vote for the eligible skater in any discipline whom they believe is most deserving of the award, based on the accomplishments of the past season. The Michelle Kwan Trophy, which represents both the sport of figure skating and SKATING magazine, is a one-of-a-kind crystal sculpture designed by Crystal Signatures of Pennsylvania. The Readers' Choice Award is given annually by SKATING magazine, the official publication of U.S. Figure Skating. Voting was open to the public on www.usfigureskating.org.

1956 Olympics Figure Skating - Frances Dafoe & Norris Bowden LP

Matt Bomer (ex Ben) on Leno tonight 7/21.

Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov - The G&G magic

Johnny Weir in Dreams on Ice - My Way

Figure Skating Triple Axel History -Ladies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29SMYaEwGyM

Thought it was kind of strange 60 min. would re air the segment on GL again - after all this time and GL not on CBS anymore - maybe there is GL fan that works at 60 min.

johnny weir sparkling gold

ALISSA CZISNY ～BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER～ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_rJPgCUtLA&feature=related

Laurence Owen rotated clock wise - however her sister Little Maribel and their mother Maribel rotated counter clock wise (most figure skaters rotate CCW).

Reminder - this Sun. 60 Minutes segment on GL will re air on July 18th.

1961 Sabena Crash Feature

It would be nice if a U.S. Skater wins at world 2011 - 1961 World was cancelled after the crash killing the entire U.S. Team.

U.S. Figure Skating Announces Title, Release Date Of Film Commemorating 50th Anniversary Of 1961 World Team Tragedy Colorado Springs, Colo. – U.S. Figure Skating announced the title and release date for a film project that will celebrate American figure skating while recounting the story of the 1961 U.S. World Figure Skating Team that perished in a plane crash on its way to the World Championships. The title of the film – RISE– encapsulates the vision of the film as a celebration of the sport of figure skating as it chronicles how the fall of a team gave rise to the sport. The film is scheduled to premiere nationwide Feb. 17, 2011. Further details regarding the film's distribution and premiere will be released at a later date. The film chronicles the sports’ growth in popularity through victory and tragedy, featuring various luminaries of American figure skating and highlighting how similar their passions and ambitions were – and are – to those on the 1961 U.S. World Team.

Johnny Weir takes a year-long hiatus http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...tion=si_latest The decision this week by Johnny Weir, now 26, to pull out of the upcoming skating season might seem like a career ender, especially given his range of outside interests that run the gamut from fashion shows to reality TV to random acts of outlandishness. An Olympic or world title is likely out of his grasp and there is more money to be made performing than truly competing. But Weir is an unapologetic Russophile. He skated to his practices at U.S. nationals in a Russian warm-up jacket, trading das and nyets with his Russian coach Galina Zmievskaya, who once taught his idol, Oksana Baiul. He is like an adopted son when he travels to Moscow or St. Petersburg, and Russian astronomers recently named part of an asteroid after Weir, in case he fancies a holiday visit to part of the asteroid belt one day. It does, after all, present a fine pattern of sequins. But Weir is also a determined competitor and it would kill him to sit on the sidelines and watch the 2014 Olympics in Sochi from a broadcast booth or coaching position. Here is a bet he will jump and spin at the chance to skate on Russian ice.

Weir/Gregory/Petukhov "Fallen Angels"@ Champions on Ice 2007

World Record Figure Skating Spin - Natalia Kanounnikova set the Guinness World Record for fastest spin on ice skates at Rockefeller Center, NYC. New world record is 308 RPM(revolutions per minute)as measured with a Sport Tach.