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Even so, getting to the podium won't be a slap shot for Hughes. Cohen, a gifted performer, is as much a master of the mental game as she is of the triple Lutz. At last month's nationals she clipped Kwan twice during the warm-up before their final...
Hughes' story is remarkable for the way in which she has refused to surrender a normal upbringing for skating. At a time when families think nothing of packing up their skating prodigy and relocating near an elite coach (as did the Yamaguchis and Lipinskis), Hughes and her parents have always...
That time became critically important in 1997, when Hughes turned 12. That was the year her mother Amy, formerly an accountant, was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was also, says her father John, an attorney, the year that his daughter "took ownership of her own skating." Hughes became extremely protective...
Hughes began improving dramatically in 1998, when Wagner, initially her choreographer, became her full-time coach, not to mention surrogate mother, mentor and confidant. Says Hughes: "She was always asking me whether I liked something. When you're 10, you always want to be the boss, and when someone asks...
Once at the Ice House, the Long Islander shares the rink with Olympics-bound pairs champions from the U.S. and Russia, and it's all business. Training with pairs, who generate more speed than singles skaters, pushes Hughes to mimic that power. After soliciting feedback from judges last season, Wagner...