Samuelson, Gilles happy to join forces

http://sn102w.snt102.mail.live.com/P.mvc#!/mail/InboxLight.aspx?fid=1&fav=1&n=1295642324!fid=1&fav=1&n=1660947563 New team plans to compete at sectionals; search is on for coach Emily Samuelson believes she's found a good fit with new partner Todd Gilles. (Getty Images) By Lynn Rutherford, special to icenetwork.com (08/22/2011) - After nearly a summer's worth of tryouts with potential princes, Emily Samuelson has found her new partner: Todd Gilles. The two ice dancers, who have yet to decide on a permanent training site, are practicing in Lake Placid with an eye to competing at one of this November's sectional championships in hopes of qualifying for the 2012 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in San Jose, Calif.

Blades battle returns with a new spin

http://www.toronto.com/article/695977--blades-battle-returns-with-a-new-spin   LUCAS OLENIUK/TORONTO STAR David Pelletier and Tessa Bonhomme took to the ice for the first time as a pair as they prepared for the upcoming season of CBC's Battle of the Blades. By Bruce DeMara Entertainment Reporter Aug 22, 2011  The Battle of the Blades is back for Season 3, with a new twist. For the first time, a female hockey player, Tessa Bonhomme, a member of Canada’s gold medal-winning women’s hockey team in 2010, will compete against former NHLers such as Curtis Leschyshyn, Wade Belak and Cale Hulse. The series, which has been a ratings winner for CBC, has traditionally paired male hockey players with female figure skaters in a pairs contest. The news season debuts Sept. 18 with a look at the skaters’ boot camp, with the first live show on Sept. 25.

Kim may skip skating events for 12 months

http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2940288

August 17, 2011

Korea’s Kim Yu-na performs during the ice show “Samsung Galaxy-Hauzen All That Skate Summer 2011” at the Olympic Gymnasium in Seoul, Monday. [YONHAP] Korean figure skating icon Kim Yu-na said she has not decided whether to compete at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships next year. After finishing her ice show, Samsung Galaxy-Hauzen All That Skate Summer 2011, at the Olympic Gymnasium in southern Seoul on Monday, Kim told reporters that she has not made up her mind on whether to participate at the Worlds, which start in March in Nice, France. “Nothing is confirmed,” Kim said.

Figure skater Takahashi banks on French flair to win

http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slug=afp-fskate_oly_2014_fra_jpn_takahashi_20110813

AFP5 hours, 6 minutes ago

Japanese figure skating star Daisuke Takahashi is looking to the expertise of top French choreographer Muriel Boucher-Zazoui to help him land gold at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Takahashi, the first Japanese man to win an Olympic medal with his bronze in Vancouver and the first to win a world title in 2010, has travelled to Boucher-Zazoui's training group in Lyon for an intensive two-week programme.

Ice dance specialist Boucher-Zazoui has worked with some of the world's top skaters including former Olympic and world ice dancing champions Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat of France.

After struggling to fifth at this year's world championships the 25-year-old Takahashi hopes that her flair will help him compete with the up-and-coming generation of skaters in the coming years.

Back from injury, Ten sets sights on perfection

http://www.vancourier.com/news/Back+from+injury+sets+sights+perfection/5243240/story.html

 

Figure skater's road to recovery paved with unexpected $8,000 sponsorship from Petro Canada

 

BY KIMIYA SHOKOOHI, CONTRIBUTING WRITERAUGUST 11, 2011

 

 

 

Vancouver figure skater Jeremy Ten at a recent practice.

Photograph by: courtesy, Wendell Phillips

When Vancouver figure skater Jeremy Ten returned to the rink following a string of injuries, he was met by more than just ice—he was surprised with $8,000.

In late July, Petro Canada released $8,000 grants to 50 pairings of athletes and coaches across Canada to fuel their efforts in reaching the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

World's top three ice dance teams hard at work

http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110808&content_id=22925906&vkey=ice_news There's no time to waste in Canton World's top three ice dance teams hard at work In non-ice dance news from Canton: U.S. pair champion Caitlin Yankowskas is in Michigan trying out with Italian skater Matteo Guarise, a former world roller skating champion, but no decision has been made on whether the two will team up this season. (Klaus-Reinhold Kany) By Klaus-Reinhold Kany and Lynn Rutherford, special to icenetwork.com (08/08/2011) -  Things are humming at the Arctic Edge Ice Arena in Canton, Mich., with skaters and coaches working out the details of new programs from dawn till dusk. Some of their students took much-needed short breaks, but after winning all three ice dance medals at the 2011 World Figure Skating Championships in Moscow in late May, coaches Marina Zoueva and Igor Shpilband have hardly had a day off. The month's delay holding worlds simply didn't allow it.

The magic of figure skating on (US) TV

http://www.universalsports.com/news-blogs/article/newsid=547123.html

Updated: Aug 5, 11:03a ET
By Alexa Ainsworth, 
Universal Sports

 

UniversalSports.com interviewed author Kelli Lawrence, whose book Skating on Air takes us from the early days of figure skating on television with Sonja Henie to the present day coverage on TV and the internet.