Archive for March, 2008

Kimmie’s Travel Troubles

Monday, March 17th, 2008

From AP article:

The U.S. team is off to a rough start, and the world figure skating championships haven’t even begun.

Kimmie Meissner arrived just in time for her practice Monday, thanks to delayed flight. At least she got there.

Oh my! I’m glad she got in safely, though. I’m not too worried about the delays affecting her. Kimmie has a couple of days of practice and then the Short program on Wednesday.

Kimmie’s Pre-Worlds Teleconference

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

Listen to it below!

Exhibition may be Meissner’s last at UD

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

The skating exhibition didn’t count, so Kimmie Meissner didn’t have to worry about turning in another mistake-filled program.

But it had to be unnerving for the 2006 world champion after the World Figure Skating Send-Off Exhibition at the University of Delaware’s Rust Ice Arena on Saturday, with the World Figure Skating Championships fewer than three weeks away.

Meissner fell once on a triple jump, then pulled out of another during her exhibition skate, which was done to the music of John Lennon’s “Imagine.”

Meissner fell on another triple at the end of the exhibition, when each skater came out for a final round of applause
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