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Like Sarah Hughes of the U.S., Slutskaya is a natural and powerful jumper. At last year's world championships, she strung together - and successfully landed - three jumps in a row. But her approach to Utah wasn't always a smooth glide. Just two years ago the two-time European champion failed to qualify for the Russian world team and seriously considered retiring: "I ask myself, What do I want to do? Go back to school? Never. I love figure skating. I can't live without it." If she keeps her jumps in control, Slutskaya may well become the first Russian...
...Kuusisto] is playing great,” Ruddock said. “We have of a whole lot of games strung together. The pressure’s on so we have a lot of work to do. I mean everyone’s confident in her so we’re ready...
...teammates Cliff Nguyen and Brian Wan in the semifinals, Chu and Choo met Brown’s talented tandem of Nick Goldberg and Adil Shamasdin. Despite falling behind 6-7, Chu and Choo—who stunned the 34th-ranked doubles team in the country in October—strung together nine consecutive points en route to the surprise comeback...
...defeated by reality. What was left of Nazi ideology with Hitler buried in the rubble of Berlin? What was left of Bonapartism with Napoleon rotting in St. Helena? What was left of Fascism, an idea that swept Europe and entranced a generation, with Mussolini's body hanging upside down, strung up by partisans...
After all, here was an undefeated Crimson team that had just come off the most exhilarating comeback in its history, finally healthy after the returns of quarterback Neil Rose and tailback Josh Staph. And here was a perennial doormat that had finally strung two wins together—only to (in all likelihood) have them stricken from the record after the discovery of an academically ineligible player...