Michelle Kwan Wins Ninth U.S. Skating Title, Tying Record
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Sasha Cohen finished second and 15-year-old Kimmie Meissner took third place after hitting the first triple axel by any U.S. woman since 1991.
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Kimmie Meissner wins the Four Continents women's title on Saturday in Colorado Springs, rallying from sixth place in the free skate.
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Five-times world champion Michelle   Kwan has decided to skip the 2006-2007 figure skating season to   attend university as a full-time student.
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Shawn Johnson, a 15-year-old girl from Iowa, won the all-around title at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, and set herself up as the woman to beat next year at the Beijing Olympics. Johnson scored 61.875 points to defeat Steliana Nistor of Romania by 1.25.
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STUTTGART, Germany  - China's Yang Wei retained his all-round title at the world gymnastics championships on Friday and 15-year-old American Shawn Johnson charmed the judges to win the women's event.
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Olympic champion Ales Valenta set a world record with a combined points score of 262.76 for his two jumps Sunday in the second round of the freestyle aerial skiing World Cup.
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OTSU (Japan): World number-one Annika Sorenstam shot into the history books with a solid nine-stroke victory in the Mizuno Classic yesterday, becoming only the second player to win an LPGA event four years in a row.
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The defending U.S. women's figure skating champion is beaten to the medal stand Saturday night by a 14-year-old, a California teen and an 11th-grader from West Potomac High.
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Diana Taurasi had 28 points and Tina Thompson added 15 to lead the U.S. to a 99-59 win over host Brazil on Saturday to capture the bronze medal at the women's world championships.
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The Lexington-based Haydenettes are preparing to represent the United States at the World Synchronized Skating Championships in London, Ontario, this month after recently winning their unprecedented 16th national title in Colorado Springs. "This was an incredible win for the team," said coach Saga Krantz , a Belmont resident.
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ATHENS : Natasa Janics of Hungary captured the women&#39;s K1 500m kayak gold medal, then teamed up with Katalin Kovacs to win the K2 500m and deny Birgit Fischer a record-equalling ninth career Olympic gold.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado  - World champion Kimmie Meissner bounced back from one of her worst performances of the season to capture her maiden Four Continents title with a dazzling free skate on Saturday.
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PALM DESERT, Calif. -- While playing partners Annika Sorenstam and Michelle Wie grabbed most of the attention, Grace Park made history Thursday at the Samsung World Championship.
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Russia&#39;s Tatiana Totmianina, right, crashes to the ice from a lift by her partner Maxim Marinin during the pairs free skate competition of Skate America in Pittsburgh on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2004.
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New Zealander Sarah Ulmer broke the world record in winning the women&#39;s 3000-meter individual pursuit gold medal at the Athens Olympics on Sunday.
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World champion pairs skater Tatiana Totmianina sustained a concussion but no broken bones in a fall during the free skating program at Skate America, the ITAR-Tass news agency quoted the head of Russia&#39;s figure skating federation as saying
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STUTTGART, Germany  - American Shawn Johnson charmed the judges with a dynamic floor routine to win the women's all-round title at the world gymnastics championships on Friday.