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Though figure skating will have some hot competition from Canadian favorites hockey and curling at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games, the perennial crowd-pleaser is sure to wow fans – especially ...
As men skate for Olympic gold tonight, they're being judged by a system that emphasizes athleticism over artistic impression. Johnny Weir, for one, says it has squeezed out emotion and artistry.
Don't let the pretty costumes, dancing and prancing fool you: The figuring skating competition at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics promises to be fierce. Figure skaters compete in four possible ...
In the 2009-2010 season, 47% of the music used by U.S. singles and pairs figure skaters was classical.That figure has slipped to 25% in the current season.
Dick Button, Icon of Olympic Figure Skating, Dies at 95. ... NBC expanded his duties on the spot — a relationship that carried through to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
American figure skating pioneer Dick Button, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, who went on to have an Emmy Award-winning broadcast career as a TV analyst, died Thursday.He was 95. Button is widely ...
Catch up on what’s changed in Olympic figure skating since Beijing—returning medalists, rising stars, major rule changes, and country-by-country developments.
Richard "Dick" Button was the first man to win two Olympic gold medals in figure skating. ... as a commentator on ABC Sports and later NBC Sports from 1960-2010. At the 2006 Olympics, ...
Following a long history of Olympic success, UD's Figure Skating community in mourning. ... Ludington retired in 2010 but maintained some involvement and died in 2020 at age 85.