The 'stars' from Stars on Ice
| Source: |
Bakersfield Californian |
| Date: |
January 8, 2004 |
Produced by Scott Hamilton and directed by Christopher Dean, Stars
On Ice promises top-tier skaters backed by a Broadway-caliber show.
Along with Olympic winner Oksana Baiul look out for these skaters
gliding by at the Garden tonight:
Kurt Browning
World champ Kurt Browning is in the Guinness Book of World Records
for being the first athlete ever to successfully compete a quadruple
jump in a world competition back in 1988.
One of Canada's most prolific skaters, Browning has earned four
World Figure Skating Championships and four Canadian Championships
titles.
Alexei Yagudin
2002 Olympic gold medalist; Born in Russia and now living in the
U.S., Yagudin is a four-time world champion and three-time European
champion.
He made Olympic history when he was the first male skater to ever
receive scores of all 5.9s and four perfect 6s for artistry. No other
man in Olympic history has ever earned more than one perfect mark.
Jamie Sale and David Pelletier
2002 Olympic pair champions; They're known for their fun, lively
brand of skating, but they will also be known as the pair of skaters
caught up in a controversial judging scandal at the 2002 Olympics in
Salt Lake City. In the end, the pair got to keep their medal despite
some less-than-ethical behavior by a judge.
Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze
2002 Olympic pair champions; These two graceful Russian skaters
were thrust into spotlight as well during the voting controversy at
the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City.
Todd Eldredge
World champion and six-time U.S. national champion, Eldredge also
captured the World Championships title in 1996. But it was the year
prior that Eldredge achieved notoriety by becoming the only skater to
return to the U.S. Championships and win after a three-year absence
from the podium.
Yuka Sato
World champion; daughter of a pair of Olympic skaters, Sato came in
first place at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1994. Shortly
after she went pro and has been skating in competitions and shows ever
since.
Jenni Meno and Todd Sand
World silver medalists and three-time U.S. national pair champions;
This husband-and-wife team is the most decorated American skating pair
in recent history.
Kyoko Ina and John Zimmerman
World bronze medalists and three-time U.S. national pair champions,
these two were the first U.S. pair to win a World Figure Skating
Championships medal since 1998.
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