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Kimmie Finished 4th at Japan Open

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Kimmie wrapped up her competition schedule for 2007-08 yesterday at the Japan Open.

Kimmie finished 4th with 109.5 points, just ahead of US National Champion Mirai Nagasu’s 108.42. Team USA’s Evan Lysacek won the men’s free skate. Overall, Team North America took 3rd with 481.81 points.

See the full results here, courtesy of the Ice Network.

Click here to see a picture of Kimmie performing her free skating at the competition. Watch her free skate below:

Kimmie’s Next Competition: Japan Open

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Kimmie will take to the ice for competition one more time this season. On April 20, 2008 she compete at the 2008 Japan Open at the Saitama Super Arena.

The Japan Open website is online here, but it probably won’t do you any good unless you know Japanese.

Other Americans making the trip include Mirai Nagasu, Evan Lysacek, and Todd Eldredge.

Watch Ladies Short Program on ESPN Tonight

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Be sure to tune in to ESPN at 7:30 PM (ET) to catch the action from the Ladies Short Program, which took place on Wednesday.

The ladies’ short program and ice-dancing finals at the World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.

The coverage lasts 3 1/2 hours, so you’re sure to get a nice dose of figure skating tonight!

Kimmie Finishes 7th at Worlds

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Hot off the presses is news that Kimmie has finished 7th overall at the World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.

She did fall during her free skate, but performed well enough to move up 2 places from where she was after the short program. Japan’s Mao Asada took the gold from Italy’s Caroline Kostner, who settled for the silver. South Korea’s Yu-na Kim rounded out the podium with the bronze.

Bebe Liang finished 10th and Ashley Wagner 16th.

Team USA will not get the 3 spots for the 2009 World Champs in LA, that they are accustomed to. The top 2 girls’ finishes needed to add up to no more than 13 in order to maintain 3 spots. As you can see, the total was 17, so only two Americans will be on the 2009 roster.

Kimmie in 9th After Short Program

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Kimmie scored a 57.25 in her short program, at the Figure Skating World Championships in Gotenberg, and currently sits in 9th place.

Kimmie leads all Team USA skaters as Bebe Liang (52.81) and Ashley Wagner (51.49) are in 10th and 11th place right now.

Though she is 7 points out of the lead, Kimmie was very pleased with her performance. Here is a quote:

“I don’t care at all. I am just so happy. … This is something I can be proud of.”

I agree. Skating a clean program is definitely something Kimmie should be proud of!

Italy’s Carolina Kostner (64.28) holds first place followed by Mao Asada (64.10) and Yukari Nakano (61.10) of Japan.