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...more information on alternatives to PVC in toys, go to the web site of Joel Tickner, a researcher at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell...
Reigning Men's World Champion Vladimir Kovalev of the Soviet Union dropped out of the singles figure-skating competition, supposedly disabled by flu. The best American hope, Charlie Tickner, 26, is normally a stylish and energetic skater, but all week he seemed curiously flat. In the free-skating competition, he suffered some awkward technical problems with a triple jump, but his main difficulty seemed to involve something spiritual: he rarely displayed any of the fire and joy he has given his skating in recent years...
...Tickner did take the bronze, but the men's gold went to Britain's Robin Cousins, 22, who brought to Placid the elegant and fluid style that had won him his first European championship several weeks earlier. But even he did not skate with his usual relaxed confidence. He faltered on one of the triple jumps in his undemanding program; his gold medal was a triumph of style over substance...
After the compulsory figures round of the men's figures skating event, U.S. champion Charles Tickner sits comfortably in second place, behind East Germany's Jan Hoffman. American David Santee is third in the competition...
Thursday, Feb. 21, 8-11 p.m.: Men's figure skating reaches balletic heights in the free-skating competition. America's Charlie Tickner, 26, a former world champion and a stylish and explosive performer, takes on Britain's Robin Cousins, Europe's titleholder; East Germany's Jan Hoffmann and the Soviets' Vladimir Kovalev, the current world champion. Says Cousins of the showdown: "It depends upon who makes the mistakes under pressure." Eric Heiden skates in the 1,500 meters...