Archive for January, 2007

Pictures from the US Figure Skating Championships

Sunday, January 28th, 2007

Credit: Superior Pics

Kimmie to appear on “Today Show” on Wednesday

Sunday, January 28th, 2007

Be sure to set your VCR’s or TIVOs Wednesday morning for the “Today Show” as Kimmie will be stopping by the show to talk about her 1st National Championship.

The “Today Show” airs daily from 7-10 AM (ET) on NBC.

Kimmie wins first National Title

Saturday, January 27th, 2007

Kimmie Meissner has a national title to go with her crown from the world championships.

And she has Emily Hughes to thank.

Meissner was third in the free skate Saturday at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but it was enough to give her the title after fellow Olympian Emily Hughes tumbled to the ice on one of her jumps. That’s an automatic one-point deduction, and it was the difference between silver and gold.

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Meissner confident heading into long program

Saturday, January 27th, 2007

With an afternoon to kill, Kimmie Meissner figured she’d chill out. Maybe take in a movie. Practice a little, too, of course.

Nowhere on the schedule, though, was there time for panic.

The Bel Air teen may be four minutes from winning her first title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but this is the easy part.

“After the short program, it’s a lot better,” she said. “The long is kind of my area. The short makes me nervous.”

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Kimmie leads after short program

Friday, January 26th, 2007

One more night like this, and Kimmie Meissner should have a national title to go with her world championship.

Meissner skated a clean yet uninspiring short program Thursday night that was enough to give her the early lead in the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. There were still 11 skaters to go, including Bebe Liang and Alissa Czisny, but her main competition of Emily Hughes had already skated.

“I heard the crowd’s reaction, so I knew (Emily) skated good. That was good. More competition,” said Meissner, who skated immediately after her fellow Olympian. “Having Emily skate well was good for me, because it motivated me to want to do my best.”

Meissner’s score of 65.69 points gave her a comfortable lead over Hughes, who was in second place with 62.32 points.