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...almost didn't make it to the Olympic podium. Just seconds into their routine, the pair attempted a throw quadruple Salchow, a whirlwind move so tricky that no one has ever completed it in competition. Zhang Dan landed in an ungainly split and crashed into the side of the rink. In obvious agony, the tiny 20-year-old hobbled to the side before returning a couple of minutes later. The pair went on to perform a nearly flawless routine, even though Zhang Dan was so sore she could barely complete her runner-up victory lap. "We are the offspring...
...speedskating, and looks almost certain to surpass its 2002 record. This week's action includes several sports in which China has, in a decade, transformed itself from newbie competitor to gold-medal contender, including freestyle aerial skiing, speedskating and other short-track skating events. Its success in the ice rink serves as a global warning that China has already emphatically arrived. "We have a national system, and the country has put a lot of effort into it," head skating coach Yao Bin told Time. For a start, notes Yao, "You can skate for free in China...
...willing to pay lavishly for private lessons. Even the Russian Olympic Committee stepped in, offering a $50,000 reward to gold medallists. In figure skating, at least, this commercially driven program is churning out champions. Three nights after the Russian pair claimed gold, Siberian native Evgeny Plushenko, whose childhood rink had closed for lack of funding, captured Russia's fourth consecutive gold in men's figure skating. (Compatriot Irina Slutskaya is also favored to win this week's women's event.) The 23-year-old Plushenko, whose choice of the Godfather theme for his long program was rather cheeky...
...weekend with a 6-4 win over the Raiders the following night, this weekend’s contests will not take place on the friendly ice of Harvard’s Bright Hockey Center. Instead, the Crimson traveled 300 miles west yesterday to Colgate’s unwelcoming Starr Rink, and tomorrow night it will enter Cornell’s infamously hostile Lynah Rink, which has boasted 77 consecutive sellouts. The fact that the game coincides with the Big Red’s senior night celebration will only further electrify the crowd. The game will be nationally broadcast by CSTV...
...It’s pretty disappointing,” Stone conceded. “There’s nothing you can say to the kids in the locker room. You shouldn’t have somebody take the Beanpot away from you in your own rink. It’s something that we’ve owned for seven years and we just...