Archive for January, 2007
Video: Kimmie’s Short Program
Friday, January 26th, 2007*I am uploading Kimmie’s videos to YouTube on KMO’s own channel. So check out everything you may have missed here!
Tonight’s skating times & Standings
Thursday, January 25th, 2007
If you don’t want to know Kimmie’s scores or the standings immediately after her skate, don’t click the read more link!
U.S. Championships now underway in Spokane
Monday, January 22nd, 2007Check out http://spokane2007.usfigureskating.org/, a minisite maintained by US Figure Skating, to get an exclusive look, live results, feature stories and more!
Kimmie’s coverage will begin with the Men’s and Ladies’ short program, which will be broadcast on ESPN2 Thursday evening (9PM to midnight ET). If you can’t get to a TV or TIVO the competition, I will make them available for viewing and download here on the site.
To see the TV schedule for the competition, click here.
Meissner blazing her own way in skating
Sunday, January 21st, 2007There’s a well-worn path figure skaters take to the top of their sport. They climb the ranks in their own country, win a national title, then claim the world championship.
Kimmie Meissner is blazing her own trail.
The 17-year-old American skipped the national title and went straight for the worlds, winning her first crown last March. It’s the first time since Kristi Yamaguchi in 1991 that a woman has won the worlds before having a senior national title.
Meissner Thinking About It
Sunday, January 21st, 2007She didn’t want to repeat the mistake so many young skaters make.
Kimmie Meissner wanted to go to public schools and live at home. She wanted to shop at the mall, watch TV and talk on the phone. She wanted to sleep in her own bed and not let skating consume her life.
“I can never imagine being separated from my family while I was growing up,” Meissner said. “Those were the good old days, you know? I have so many great memories from my childhood.