Jeremy Abbott, Evan Lysacek and Johnny Weir take top three spots at US Olympic Figure Skating Championships in Spokane
Johnny Weir competes in the Short Program. Sue Frause photo.
For the second time in three years, Spokane has been the host city for the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. I just spent three days in Washington state’s Lilac City, attending the Senior Men’s Short Program and a portion of the Senior Pairs Free Skate.
In the end, after competing both in the Senior Men’s Short Program and Free Skate, the top three winners were Jeremy Abbott, Evan Lysacek and Johnny Weir. Click on Weir’s name to read a story by ESPN’s Jim Caple — it includes a video of Caple and Weir having pedicures together in Manhattan.
Serving as headquarters for the event is the The Davenport Hotel, where many of the skaters stayed in 2007 and again in 2010. The championships, Jan. 14-24, will determine the dozen ice skating athletes who will compete at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, BC.
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yeah Jeremy Abbott you rock this is Asia J. mom. i watched you grow up and skate. what do you think of the new lewis ice center at Aspen rec center, a lot different than where you learned to skate at the old ice garden. what a journey you have had so successful, wish you more in the future.
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