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  19 Mar 2010 12:07 PM

  Figure Skating: Plushenko to miss world championships

  Olympic silver medallist Yevgeny Plushenko has been ruled out of the upcoming world figure skating championships on medical grounds, it was reported by RIA Novosti news agency Friday.
  
  

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  18 Mar 2010 1:52 PM

  Figure Skating: Plushenko to bid for fourth world title in Turin

  Evgeni Plushenko will bid for a fourth world title at the world figure skating championships in Turin next week, the Russian skating federation confirmed on Thursday.

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  18 Mar 2010 1:43 PM

  Figure Skating: Czech Verner pulls out of worlds

  Czech champion Tomas Verner will skip next week's world figure skating championships in Turin, the CTK news agency reported on Thursday.

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  17 Mar 2010 1:21 PM

  Figure Skating: Rochette cleared to skate tribute to mom in TV event

  Canadian figure skater Joannie Rochette, who won a bronze medal at last month's Winter Olympics four days after her mother died, will be allowed to skate a tribute to her mother in a made-for-TV event.

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  17 Mar 2010 1:11 PM

  Figure Skating: Joubert seeks to bury Olympic heartache at worlds

  Former world champion Brian Joubert will be looking to put his Olympic misery behind him when he leads the French team to the world figure skating championships in Turin next week.

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  15 Mar 2010 9:37 PM

  Figure Skating: Rochette withdraws from world championships

  Joannie Rochette, the Canadian figure skater who captured bronze at the Vancouver Olympics less than a week after the death of her mother has withdrawn from next week's world championships.

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  11 Mar 2010 1:24 PM

  Figure Skating: Chipeur out of world championships with foot injury

  A torn foot ligament has forced Canada's Vaughn Chipeur to withdraw from the world figure skating championships.The Edmonton skater had been coping with the nagging injury for most of the season.

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  02 Mar 2010 11:57 AM

  Figure Skating: Canadian Heroes - Virtue & Moir

  Tessa Virtue was 7, Scott Moir 9, when they were first paired together. They barely spoke to each other at first. But 13 years later, they are the first North Americans to win Olympic gold in ice dancing.
  

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  02 Mar 2010 11:07 AM

  Figure Skating: Canadian Heroes - Joannie Rochette

  Joannie Rochette had two different preparations to get herself to the podium. There were the years of training with her mother and coach. The second major hurdle was to skate shortly after the death of her mother.
  

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  28 Feb 2010 9:42 PM

  Figure Skating: 2014: A look ahead | Comments: 1

  While figure skaters often compete young, retire young, Canada's team in 2014 is bound to include some familiar faces.
  

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  28 Feb 2010 7:06 PM

  Figure Skating: Memories: Figure skating | Comments: 1

  Canadian champion Joannie Rochette's mother died two days before she was to begin competing at the Vancouver Olympics. Almost immediately she declared her desire to compete.