Archive for October, 2006
Skate America Videos
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006I have located Kimmie’s Skate America videos on YouTube.
I did not cap or upload them, so I take no credit for them. Just passing along some links. I am thankful to all the kind people who do put these videos on YouTube!
Meissner jumps to silver
Sunday, October 29th, 2006One night after a sublime performance at Skate America that brought the house down and vaulted her into first place, Japanese teen figure skating sensation Mao Asada proved beatable.
Minutes after landing a triple axel in warm-ups, Asada crashed back to earth last night when it really counted, while Bel Air’s Kimmie Meissner rose to the occasion.
As a result, Meissner, the reigning world champion, took the silver medal at the first stop on the Grand Prix circuit, finishing almost 15 points behind winner Miki Ando of Japan. Asada, who seemed to lose focus after botching the triple axel in the early moments of her long program, finished third.
Meissner third after short program
Saturday, October 28th, 2006For the first time in seven months, Kimmie Meissner experienced the adrenaline rush of competition and renewed attention of the figure skating world.
The Bel Air teenager and reigning world champion opened her Grand Prix season last night at Skate America, with a third-place finish in the short program, the first of two performances. She earned a score of 58.82, less than two points below her personal best.
“It’s always nice to get the first one under your belt,” said Meissner, 17, moments after her performance. “It felt so great to be back in front of the crowd. I felt really calm going into it,” she said.
Teen homebody rules skating’s world
Thursday, October 26th, 2006There remains a childlike innocence about Kimmie Meissner, reflected in everything from how she wants to be known to the two-syllable giggle that punctuates many of her sentences to her reluctance over eventually having to leave home in north suburban Baltimore for college only 45 miles away.
Her given name may be Kimberly, but she still goes by Kimmie, even if she is a 17-year-old high school senior and a young woman with a Bel Aire, Md., street named after her.
She may sound perpetually giggly, but she is serious enough to have put her new celebrity to use to help young cancer patients at two Baltimore hospitals.
Meissner finds being a world champion fulfilling
Thursday, October 26th, 2006Kimmie Meissner feels fulfilled as a world champion, and not because of the renown that comes with such a title.
For Meissner, it’s the opportunity to lend her name and fame to good causes.
“I guess the biggest change in my life is I’m working with the Cool Kids and the bracelets,” she said of the Baltimore-based program that helps pediatric oncology patients. “That’s pretty cool because I probably would never have been able to do that unless I had a name, so to say.”