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...matter how poor the skater, paying the bills is easy compared with following the training regimen. Roughly four hours on the ice, five or six days a week (a slight reduction from the old days). And corner cutters might as well not bother. Says coach Carlo Fassi, who trained Peggy Fleming, among others: "If you stop for two or three weeks, it's grueling to get into shape again." Then comes weight training to strengthen the upper body. Finally, there are ballet or jazz classes. Scott Davis, 21, rebelled against these extra lessons until his Colorado Springs-based coach, Kathy...
...jump." Casey says she always keeps in mind that her talented charges have given up some social life: "Late nights, club trotting, little of that." But not even persistence guarantees success. Particularly in girls, the body changes in adolescence with the growth of hips and breasts, and a skater may gain too much weight. When Tonya Harding added 8 lb. after her 1991 national title, she put herself out of the running. The psyche may also fluctuate: fear of competing, as Fassi notes, is paralyzing. Kerrigan and her coaches, who have lived through her tendency to omit jumps in performance...
...long ago, skating meets had some of the intimate charm of horse trials or country fairs. Even today, no skater -- except one in the throes of a postdefeat pout -- is too big to sign autographs, accept a stuffed teddy bear or stop and chat with a thigh-high champion of tomorrow. Most practice sessions are like high school afternoon scrimmages: come along and stay behind afterward to hear from the source what it feels like to sail along the wind in a grand spread eagle. The end of all that may have begun last week...
...Skater Attacked...
...unidentified man attacked U.S. figure skater Nancy Kerrigan -- a contender for an Olympic gold medal -- as she practiced for the U.S. championships in Detroit. The assailant struck Kerrigan in the knee with a club and fled. The attack was reminiscent of the stabbing of tennis star Monica Seles in Germany last year. Kerrigan has withdrawn from the nationals but may yet compete in the Olympic Games next month, if the U.S. Figure Skating Association decides to offer her a place on the team...