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'New Joubert' emerging ahead of Olympics

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French former world champion Brian Joubert, famed for his daring quadruple jumps, has warned his rivals that he is evolving into an all-round performer in his quest for a first Olympic medal. "In my free programme, I want to show that I don't want to be just a jumper but I want to be a figure skater," the 25-year-old said after winning his first Grand Prix title of the season at the NHK Trophy here on Saturday. The three-time European champion said he would still try to nail three quadruple jumps in the free programme, a highly demanding feat he achieved in 2006 as ... Read Full Story

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US duo win second figure-skating Grand Prix

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Four Continents champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White won their second Grand Prix ice dance title of the season at the NHK Trophy Sunday, booking a place in the elite final of the series. The US duo danced to the music of "The Phantom of the Opera" without making mistakes to earn 100.79 points in the free dance, the final section of the three-part ice dance competition. They finished with a total score of 201.97 points, bettering their previous personal best of 201.10 they marked in winning the season's second Grand Prix, the Rostelecom Cup in Moscow, two weeks ago. British siblings Sinead and ... Read Full Story

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Ando, Joubert claim gold at NHK Trophy

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Former world champions Miki Ando and Brian Joubert claimed gold in the women's and men's events respectively at the NHK Trophy figure skating Grand Prix here on Saturday. Japan's 2007 world champion Ando earned a spot in the Grand Prix final in Tokyo in early December after she claimed her second Grand Prix victory of the season after the Cup of Russia last month. Ando finished second in both the short and free programmes but it was enough to secure victory ahead of Russia's 18-year-old world junior champion Alena Leonova. Leonova topped the women's free programme with 108.51 points and finished second overall at ... Read Full Story

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Joubert bags skating trophy with Olympic warning

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Former world champion Brian Joubert grabbed the Grand Prix NHK Trophy on Saturday with a warning he will try to prevail with his trademark quadruple jumps on his way to the Vancouver Olympics. With a 2.35-point lead from the short programme, he nailed an opening quadruple toeloop but downgraded two more four-revolution jumps in free skating to assure himself of his first Grand Prix title of the season. The Frenchman swept all before him to collect 147.35 points in the free programme for a total of 232.70, followed by American Johnny Weir at 217.70 and 19-year-old Czech Michal Brezina at 217.48. Skating to "Ancient ... Read Full Story

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NHK Free Skate Flash

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*Looks like Sarah Meier just withdrew? Becky Bereswill (USA) - Rough go for her here in Japan but some beautiful moments. I loved the spiral into the triple loop and also the fight she had on the second lutz. Shoko Ishikawa (Japan) - Like Bereswill, some nice moments but overall a rough go. She seemed nervous, understandably competing at home in her biggest competition ever. *What injury does Sarah Meier have? Cynthia Phaneuf (Canada) - No luck with the lutz but she completed everything else she tried. Like the straight line footwork sequence...very much in character. Yan Liu (China) - It's like 4 minutes ... Read Full Story

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Joubert captures men's NHK Trophy

Second place winner Johnny Weir of the USA, winner Brian Joubert of France and third place winner Michal Brezina of the Czech Republic pose after competing in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating NHK Trophy on Saturday in Nagano, Japan. (Junko Kimura ...

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US duo win second figure-skating Grand Prix

CBC.caUS duo win second figure-skating Grand PrixAFPNAGANO, Japan — Four Continents champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White won their second Grand Prix ice dance title of the season at the NHK Trophy Sunday, ...Original dance another walk in the park for Davis and White at NHKExaminer.comAmericans Davis, White win ice dancing title at NHK TrophyUSA TodayISU GRAND PRIX OF FIGURE SKATING: NHK TROPHYSFCPressPoint (press release)CBC.ca -Detroit...

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LEAD: Figure skating: Ando wins NHK Trophy+

Japan's Miki Ando came from behind to win the NHK Trophy and claim her second straight Grand Prix title on Saturday. Ando, winner of the Rostelecom Cup two weeks ago, collected 162.55 points to top the fourth event of the Grand Prix series and earned ...

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In Pictures: 'Japan Figure Skating ISU Grand Prix'

Annette Dytrt of Germany performs her women's singles short program at the ISU Grand Prix NHK Trophy 2009 in Nagano, central Japan, 06 November 2009. EPA/KIMIMASA MAYAMA Sarah Meier of Switzerland performs her women's singles short program at the ISU ...

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Figure skating: Mura pulls out of Skate America+

TOKYO, Nov. 6 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Japan's Takahito Mura will sit out Skate America, the fifth event of the Grand Prix series, due to hernia of the intervertebral disk, senior Japan Skating Federation official Nobuhiko Yoshioka said Friday. Mura, who ...

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Canton skaters lead in Japan; Abbott second

Jeremy Abbott of the Detroit Skating Club was edged by Brian Joubert of France in the men's short program, while Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the Arctic FSC in Canton took the lead in ice dance today at the NHK Trophy in Nagano, Japan. The event ...

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