Topic: Rachael Flatt
US women see figure skating medal streak end but get promising performances from youngstersMirai Nagasu's face lit up when she saw her ranking after the women's free skate.Fourth place. No medal. Usually a catalyst for tears at the Olympics. But to the ...
Underdog Americans Flatt, Nagasu in position after short program to sneak in a medalMirai Nagasu feared she had no chance for a medal after skating half her Olympic women's short program with a bloody nose.Then the last 19 skaters went out and ...
World champion Kim of South Korea, Japan's Asada and Ando favored for women's goldAsian women dominated the last three women's world championships. Now comes the really big show.South Korea's Kim Yu-na of South Korea, and Japan's Mao Asada and Miki Ando e
With expectations low, teenagers Flatt and Nagasu have nothing to lose in VancouverRachael Flatt wants to kick some butt and Mirai Nagasu is threatening to bust out a quad. Not even the presence of the "Queen" scares them.The Americans know nobody's picki
Critics complain judging system sacrifices artistry, but some keep balance in figure skatingRachael Flatt's free skate would have the best athletes in any sport gasping for air, their leg muscles spasming in pain. Seven times she launches herself into the
'Bring it on' _ Flatt, Nagasu ready to challenge world and all those critics of US skatingThey're young, don't have much experience and no one's giving them any chance of winning a medal in Vancouver. As for those NBC commercials that will ...
Rachael Flatt won the ladies' title at the US Figure Skating Championships, surging to victory with a solid free skate as Sasha Cohen's comeback hit the skids.Flatt, who was lying third after the short programme behind Mirai Nagasu and 2006 Olympic silver
Flatt and Nagasu appear headed for Vancouver while Cohen appears headed back for homeHer Olympic dreams over, Sasha Cohen stuck around to watch Mirai Nagasu and Rachael Flatt."They're great," Cohen said. "They're cute, they're excited."That they most defi
SPOKANE, Washington (Reuters) - Rachael Flatt secured a ticket to next month's Vancouver Games when she captured the U.S. women's title on Saturday, while Sasha Cohen's Olympic dream came to a shuddering halt.Cohen won silver at the Turin Olympics and had
With no American woman in spotlight, figure skating will have a different look in VancouverMost Olympic years, you'd know more about America's top female figure skater than you do some family members.She'd have better air time on NBC than Jay Leno; OK, ...