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...amateur skating, since Americans had captured both the men's and women's singles titles at the annual World Figure Skating Championships. In Geneva last week neither of the defending favorites was from the U.S., but when the ice cleared, the best in the world were two Californians, Brian Boitano, 22, and Debi Thomas, 18. (He is from Sunnyvale, she from San Jose.) In the freestyle final, Boitano zoomed from fourth place to first on the strength of a bravura jitterbugging performance to Gershwin and the blues. Thomas "just got inspired" after watching Boitano, and the next night, instead...
Skaters slated to perform in the November 1-3 exhibition include U.S. men's champion and world bronze medalist Brian Boitano, U.S. pairs champions Peter Oppegard and Jill Watson, and world pairs bronze medalists Judy Blumberg and Michael Seibert...
...Brian Boitano of Sunnyvale, Calif., skated a very strong final program and finished fifth overall...
...unusual for these Olympic athletes to see the actual people they are benefiting, said second-ranked U.S. skater Brian Boitano. In particular, he added, one 10-year-old liver cancer patient who used to skate, impressed him, with his bravery...