41. Ronald's Skating Page alexei urmanov skated to I Put a Spell on You in a waytoo-big narrowly avoidingthe bottle of vodka he had placed on the ice. nice, soft, romantic skating. http://rnarciso.tripod.com/coi1999.html

var cm_role = "live" var cm_host = "tripod.lycos.com" var cm_taxid = "/memberembedded" 1999 Champions on Ice - Chicago, IL Here's my review of the 1999 Champions on Ice show which took place on May 1, 1999 at Chicago's United Center. The Cast: First half Second half Elizabeth Manley Laurent Tobel Timothy Goebel Todd Eldredge Nicole Bobek Michael Weiss Elvis Stojko Oksana Baiul Alexei Urmanov Victor Petrenko Surya Bonaly Philippe Candeloro Rudy Galindo Michelle Kwan Brian Boitano I was happy to have gotten much better seats for this show than I did the last two times I attended. I got my ticket two weeks ago and got second row seats, halfway between center ice and one of the "non-lutz" corners, towards the skaters' entrance area. Last year, I was about six or seven rows from the top of the United Center :) so my viewing experience was much different this time around! Last year, it was neat to be able to see the ice coverage patterns of the skaters; this year, I was able to notice facial expressions, hand movements, and other details. It was also a bit scary watching a skater set up for a jump right in front of me. :)

42. Ronald's Skating Page attractive couple and have nice flow across the ice. skating to I Will Survive / NaturalWoman / Respect alexei urmanov did a routine that used his gloves as http://rnarciso.tripod.com/coi1998.html

var cm_role = "live" var cm_host = "tripod.lycos.com" var cm_taxid = "/memberembedded" Champions On Ice 1998 Here's my review of the 1998 Champions on Ice show which took place on July 18, 1998 at Chicago's United Center. Skaters: First half Second half Tonia Kwiatkowski Tim Goebel Michael Weiss Laurent Tobel Lu Chen Nicole Bobek Todd Eldredge Alexei Urmanov Victor Petrenko Rudy Galindo Surya Bonaly Michelle Kwan Philippe Candeloro Ilya Kulik Tara Lipinski Note: photos courtesy of my friend Krista, who somehow took some great pictures despite sitting with me just a few rows down from the very top of the United Center. :) You can click on each photo to view a larger version. I've scanned in some additional photos from this event.

43. Maria Petrova & Alexei Tikhonov:  Official Web Site Viktor Petrenko, Kurt Browning, Brian Boitano and alexei urmanov When you alexeiI don’t really know t imagine my life without skating, without that ice rink http://www.kataniye.com/petrova-tikhonov/pt-interview-fall2000.htm

Interviews - Interview Navigation 1998-1999 Season 1999-2000 Season Impressions - Fall 2000 Spring 2001 ... Spring 2002 How have your lives changed since winning gold at the 2000 World Championships? MASHA: "Actually life didn’t change. We came home and realized that we have to work now even harder. When you want to remain on the top, you can’t rest, but you have to develop further. It is one thing to win and another thing to remain on top." ALEXEI: "It is very nice to call yourself World Champion! But it also means more responsibility, because you need to keep your level." Impressions - Questions from fans and the webmasters that cover a wide range of topics. The interview was conducted by Tatiana Flade in fall 2000. How many hours per day (and days per week) do you train? Six days a week, 2 hours to 2,5 hours on ice plus 1,5 hours on the floor/choreography, gymnastics. We are training more in summer. You train abroad in the summer months, which countries have you trained in?

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45. Figure Skating - InformationBlast figure skating and concentrates on the aesthetics of dancing on ice. Notable figureskaters. Karl Schafer; Elvis Stojko; alexei urmanov; Paul Wylie; alexei Yagudin. http://www.informationblast.com/Figure_skating.html

Figure skating Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals and mixed couples compete to try to perform the most spectacular and accurately-performed elements while skating to music. Figure skaters use skates which differ slightly from hockey skates, to perform spins, jumps, and other "moves" on the ice, often to music. There are international competitions for figure skating, such as the World Championships and figure skating is also an official event in the Winter Olympics There are six major jumps in figure skating. All six are landed on a right back outside edge by righthanded skaters, but have different takeoffs, by which they may be distinguished. The two categories of jumps are toe jumps and edge jumps. Toe jumps are launched by tapping the toe pick of one skate into the ice, and include (in order of difficulty from easiest to hardest): Toe loops, which take off from the back outside edge of the right foot and are launched by the left toe pick (toe walleys are similar, but take off from the back inside edge of the right foot); Flips, which take off from the back inside edge of the left foot and are launched by the right toe pick;

46. News - Sophistication On Ice fall on NBC, both being produced by Disson skating. ticket information for Soul andIce is to competition are expected to include alexei urmanov, Nicole Bobek http://www.theskateblade.com/caryn/news.htm

News Congratulations to Caryn on a successful fall season of appearances in shows across the country! Caryn performed in a number of shows, including Brian Boitano's Skating Spectacular in Las Vegas, NV (performing two new numbers - In These Shoes and Now We Are Free An Evening With Champions in Cambridge, MA (performing The Prayer Burt Bacharach's Tribute on Ice in San Jose, CA, and Holiday Celebration on Ice in Columbia, SC. Be on the look-out for the addition of photos from some of these events to this site soon! Caryn will be participating in this year's An Evening With Champions The new issue of International Figure Skating includes a brief update on Caryn. The update reports that Caryn tore her anterior cruciate ligament after a fall from her bicycle in July 2002. She is looking forward to returning to the ice this fall in several shows, including Burt Bacharach's Tribute on Ice in September and the Brian Boitano Skating Spectacular in December. For more information on these shows, visit Schedules Merry Christmas! Please update your bookmarks for Sophistication on Ice to point to our new URL

47. HighBeam Research: ELibrary Search: Results credentials and the great alexei urmanov, and 1998 World professionalice skating tours, the the local skating rink are excited http://www.highbeam.com/library/search.asp?FN=AO&refid=ency_refd&search_thesauru

48. Sports Skating Ice Skating Skaters Urmanov, Alexei Geschenkidee Translate this page Geschenkidee,Hochzeit,Geburtstag,Hochzeitsgeschenk,Geburtstagsgeschenk http://www.wie-gemalt.de/suche/index.php/Sports/Skating/Ice_Skating/Skaters/Urma

Home Die Internet-Suche von www.wie-gemalt.de Interessante Artikel Suche im gesamten Verzeichnis Suche nur in dieser Kategorie Top : Sports Skating Ice_Skating Skaters Urmanov,_Alexei Alexei Urmanov Fan Page - a rather nice unofficial page with cartoon of Urmanov The Story of Alexei - Official page for 1994 Olympic Champion Alexei Urmanov and contains a biography, pictures, news, related links and statistics. Yahoo Groups: Alexei Urmanov - Subscription information for the mailing list. Suchergebnisse der deutschsprachigen ODP-Seiten. Die Nadel im Heuhaufen gefunden! Helfen Sie beim größten menschlich geschaffenen Web-Verzeichnis mit URL anmelden Open Directory Project Werden Sie Editor The content of this directory is based on the Open Directory and may have been modified by DWodp Powered by DWodp live Dominion Web Suchen in: Alle Bücher US-Bücher Pop-Musik Klassik Song-Titel DVD Video Software Suchbegriffe: Besuchen Sie unsere Partnerseiten: Individuelle Einladungskarten Webdesign Einkaufen im Internet Abnehmen ohne zu hungern ... Counter

49. Competitive Figure Skating FAQ: Skating People And Events Stojko; Viktor Petrenko; Michael Weiss; Elvis Stojko; alexei urmanov 1993 Scott heis still active as a skating choreographer and producer of ice shows. http://www.faqs.org/faqs/sports/skating/ice/figure/people/

Usenet FAQs Search Web FAQs Documents ... RFC Index Competitive Figure Skating FAQ: Skating People and Events There are reader questions on this topic! Help others by sharing your knowledge Sender: sandra@dartfrog.localdomain Newsgroups: rec.sport.skating.ice.figure Subject: Competitive Figure Skating FAQ: Skating People and Events Reply-To: sandra@frogsonice.com http://www.frogsonice.com/skateweb/ http://www.jacksonskates.com/html/jumphist.html http://www.portland2005.com/ ; and for 2006, go to http://www.stlouis2006.com/ . For information about other US Figure Skating-sponsored events, look at the US Figure Skating web page at http://www.usfigureskating.org/ . Tickets for events outside the US more typically go on sale about a year in advance. For information about Canadian Nationals and other Skate Canada events, visit their web site at http://www.skatecanada.ca/ . Ticket information for 2004 Worlds is available at http://www.worlds2004.de/ http://heatherw.com/mk/sch.htm http://www.isufs.org/bios/index.htm There are some databases of music used by skaters going back several seasons available on the web. The URLs are: http://www.skatemusiclist.com/

50. Top Skaters Hot On Ice Figure skating Champion alexei urmanov, the talented young couple Rita and Povilaswho have been partners since they were teenagers, and the ice acrobat and http://app1.chinadaily.com.cn/star/2004/0318/wh28-1.html

Top skaters hot on ice Shanghai Star. 2004-03-18 AN international "Dream Team" of some of the world's best figure-skaters will line up next week on a giant ice rink specially built inside Shanghai's Grand Stage theatre. The skating troupe consists of more than 20 skaters from the US, Russia, France and the Czech Republic with seven of them former world champions and the remainder former national champions. The best-known individuals include Olympic Figure Skating Champion Alexei Urmanov, the talented young couple Rita and Povilas who have been partners since they were teenagers, and the ice acrobat and comedian Akop Manoukian whose antics have amused many thousands of viewers around the world. Experts from China and overseas are working this week to set up the giant ice rink in the Grand Stage on which the skaters will perform their show. The overall floor area of the ice stage is more than 800 square metres, the largest in the country. In addition, technicians will create high-tech special effects to make ice and fire co-exist harmoniously. Another innovation in the performance is that all the skaters will dance to a live show put on by acclaimed French pop star Rodriguez Maxieme.

51. SLAM! Skating: 1997 World Championships Gallery 20K; Todd Elderedge of the US performs his short program. 19K; alexei urmanov ofRussia peforms his short program. 25K; Stojko picking ice from his skate. http://www.canoe.ca/WorldFigureSkatingChampionships97/skating.html

SLAM! Sports SLAM! Skating SLAM! Stojko COLUMNS Homepage REVIEW World Championships '99 Skate Canada '99 Cdn. Champ. '98 Cdn. Champ. ... '98 Winter Olympics INTERACTIVE LIVE! Scoreboard Photo Gallery Sports Talks ALSO ON SLAM! Sport Index Baseball Cdn. Baseball Basketball Boxing CIS Sports Cricket Curling Cycling Figure Skating CFL Football NFL Football Golf Hockey Junior Hockey Horse Racing Lacrosse Motorsports Olympics Rodeo Rowing Rugby Skiing Soccer Swimming Tennis Track Volleyball Winter sports Wrestling Other Sports Collectibles Big Events Sunday, August 17, 1997 1997 World Championships Gallery MARCH 23 Tara Lipinski performs during the Parade of Champions Alexei Yagudin performs his free program World champion Elvis Stojko skates in the Parade of Champions Oksana Grishuk and Evgeny Platov perform their free programme MARCH 22 Tara Lipinski is presented with her gold medal. Lipinski gives her coach Richard Callaghan a hug. Nicole Bobek kneels on the ice after her free program. Lipinski performs her free program. ... The winners are presented with their medals. MARCH 21 A group shot of the Ice Dancing medalists.

52. NodeWorks - Skating: Ice Skating: Skaters: Urmanov, Alexei in entire NodeWorks Directory. http://dir.nodeworks.com/Sports/Skating/Ice_Skating/Skaters/Urmanov,_Alexei/

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53. »»Reviews For Ice Skating«« offers useful information on skating, ice rinks, companies alexei Yagudin, EvgenyPlushenko, alexei urmanov and Lu issues surrounding the skating world during http://www.booksunderreview.com/Sports/Skating/Ice_Skating/Ice_Skating_10.html

Ice Skating Reviews Related Subjects: Skating Skaters Speed More Pages: Ice Skating Page 1 Book reviews for "Ice Skating" sorted by average review score: In the Spotlight Published in Library Binding by Gareth Stevens (July, 2001) Author: Melissa Lowell Amazon base price: Used price: Average review score: A wonderfull series....!!!!! Although this is not my favorite silverblades book and Danielle Panati is not my favourite silverblades mamber I have to say this book had its moments.At some points it drifted away from scating.... but on a whole it is a very pleasant read ... i cant wait to read the rest of the series... I would safely recommend it for anyone who loves scating :-) Excellent! This book is really wonderful. Danielle is dealing with a weight problem-something that occurs to lots of skaters. She comes through strongly and gives a great performance. A good read for people who have athletic problems. Roller Hockey Published in Hardcover by Sterling (April, 1999) Authors: Cam Millar and Bruce Curtis Amazon base price: Used price: Collectible price: Buy one from zShops for: Average review score: Another good book Another good book by Millar. Lots of pictures for the novice player to show techniques. Covers shooting, skating, stick handling, passing etc. A good intro book for all you players to read; makes my job easier. From an experienced ice hockey coach...

54. Ice Skating International: Online Still to be heard from is alexei urmanov, who had an disaster for him with so manystrong skaters waiting in a great exhibition number, but is it ice Dancing? http://www.iceskatingintnl.com/archive/results/sk8can97.htm

Skate Canada 1997 Halifax, NS Ladies Results Men's Results Pairs Results Dance Results Overview International competition returned to Halifax, NS with 1997 Skate Canada. Halifax was the site of the 1990 World Champions and after seven years the arena is a lot older and a lot newer. The seating area and other parts of the building are showing their age, but renovations are under way, and luxury boxes are being added. Halifax will be the site of the first Four Continents Championships in February 1999. Although clearly the front runner, it is nevertheless still to early to mail Elvis the Olympic gold medal. Still to be heard from is Alexei Urmanov, who had an excellent chance to win the gold in Lausanne until his groin injury knocked his out of the competition. It remains to be seen how his physical condition will play out this season. Then there is the fact that Stojko is not invincibly consistent. He does make his share of errors, and a significant error in either the short program or the long could well spell disaster for him with so many strong skaters waiting in line for him to fall. Kasakova and Dmitriev were the only team here this week which has a serious chance to medal at the Olympics. They would have an even better chance if Dmitiriev would lose 20 pounds. They clearly have the edge in the second mark over both Woetzel and Steuer, and Eltsova and Bushkov, but will have to bring up their technical quality a notch in order to move up (assuming of course their competition doesn't help them by falling down). Although they are not likely to challenge for a medal in Nagano, two teams that skated here that have improved considerably since the spring are the French team of Abitbol and Bernadis, and the Polish team of Zagorska and Siudek.

55. Ready For An Ice Time? Skating Stars Are Sliding Into Town 5. The world s only pro skating championship is years at the Fox Valley ice Arenain Competitors will include Olympic champion alexei urmanov, world champion http://www.northeasttimes.com/2001/1128/icetime.html

Ready for an ice time? Skating stars are sliding into town By Tom Waring Times Staff Writer Brian Boitano thinks figure-skating fans will love the lineup coming to the First Union Center. Boitano will host the 2001 Motrin American Open on Dec. 4 and 5. The world's only pro skating championship is coming to Philadelphia after two years at the Fox Valley Ice Arena in the suburban Chicago community of Geneva, Ill. Competitors will include Olympic champion Alexei Urmanov, world champion Lu Chen, former U.S. national champions Nicole Bobek and Scott Davis, and international stars like Steven Cousins of Great Britain. Boitano, speaking with reporters last week on a conference call from San Francisco, said the skaters haven't lost their edge. "They're still at the top of their professional skating careers," he said. The event will feature men's and women's singles, and pairs and ice dancing competitions. In addition, there will be an added dimension show act or "extreme skating." That form of skating includes acrobats and comedic skaters executing routines on and above the ice. "Sometimes they're juggling fire or skating with Hula-Hoops, or one guy stands on the other guy's head," Boitano said. "It's great. There are no restrictions on the ideas they can come up with."

56. International Skating Union groin injury that kept him off the ice for four months, was the only skater to attempta Weiss (USA) and 1994 Olympic champion alexei urmanov (RUS), also http://ww2.isu.org/figure/events/9899/sa98.html

International Skating Union Figure Skating Results Skate America Detroit, U.S.A. Oct. 29 - Nov. 1, 1998 First Event of the Grand Prix Series The new season's ISU Grand Prix of Skating opened in Detroit with the Thrifty Car Rental Skate America International which concluded Saturday (results and standings attached). In the men's event, world champion Alexei Yagudin (RUS), now training with Tatiana Tarasova, started the season in outstanding form. He performed a clean short program, based on a circus theme, to take the lead. Olympic silver medallist Elvis Stojko (CAN), making his comeback from the groin injury that kept him off the ice for four months, was the only skater to attempt a quadruple jump (a new option this season) in the short program. He missed but did enough to finish second ahead of Michael Weiss (USA) and 1994 Olympic champion Alexei Urmanov (RUS), also making a comeback from injury. Urmanov skated first of the top contenders in the free program. He produced eight triples and unusual spin combinations in his Tango routine to prove that he is back to world class after missing an entire season. He earned one 5.9 and thirteen 5.8s. Stojko, not yet back to top form, again attempted a quad but two-footed the landing and struggled with other elements to slip to fourth place overall. Weiss also went for the quad and came close to landing it. He then reeled off eight triples in his new free program in one of the best performances of his career to win three 5.9s for technical merit and ten 5.8s and beat Urmanov. But Yagudin, skating next, eclipsed him with a program that included two triple/triple combinations. He earned a total of ten 5.9s to win overall in a 8:1 majority verdict over Weiss. Weiss tops the overall rankings after the first of the six events as this was a non-points scoring event for Yagudin.

57. Upcoming Figure Skating Competitions Page Nov 710 Skate Canada International (Kitchener 23 Sparkassen Nations Cup on ice (Gelsenkirchen,Frg Jpn), Michael Shmerkin (Isr), alexei urmanov (Rus), Szabolcs http://www.skate.org/ucomp.html

Upcoming Figure Skating Competitions Page This is a competition + air date + participants list. The main sources to start with were Sandra's list of upcoming competitions and info posted to the skatefans-l . I have become totally confused about the time zones for the specific times listed so be sure to check your local listings! 8) Many competitions will also be broadcast. Once the event takes place, it becomes a show and the listing will be moved to the upcoming show page Plain text dates are competition dates, emphasized dates are air dates. Plain text competitions I know nothing about, the rest are pro amateur , and pro-am competitions. Junior Championship Series of Figure Skating Events Seeded skaters are bold . Skaters listed to compete in a particular event where it is known not to contribute to the final total are emphasized Aug 22-25 Grand Prix International (St. Gervais, Fra) Shelby Lyons (Usa), Diana Miro (Usa) Derrick Delmore (Usa), Timothy Goebel (Usa) Vlandis/Gusman (Usa), Stiegler/Stiegler(Usa)

58. Scoop: Ice Dance & Gymnastics Bring Flare To Nutcracker the Russian and Soviet national ice skating team as a choreographer/coach. Duringhis 10 years with the team, one of his pupils, alexei urmanov, gained a gold http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0309/S00054.htm

NewsAgent Features Subscribe About Us ... Health Saturday, 6 September 2003, 3:39 pm Article: Selwyn Manning - Scoop Auckland Review By Selwyn Manning (info courtesy of International Concert Attractions, photographs courtesy of Jon Green.) Athleticism With a cast of Russian ice-skating champions, plus rhythmic gymnastics Olympic 2000 Gold Medallist Ioulia Barsoukova, Nutcracker on Ice presents world championship athleticism, classic fairytale magic, and the timelessness of Tchaikovsky. Friday’s opening premiere (September 5 2003) of Nutcracker On Ice at Auckland’s majestic Civic Theatre was breathtaking from beginning to end. To the sounds of Silent Night, a packed house was soon transported to another time, Christmas Eve, Russia in the palatial home of the Romanovs. From the first-act Christmas Eve party to the spectacular finale, Nutcracker On Ice brought all ages to a single place of enjoyment. The champion ice dancers bring a flair to Nutcracker that goes beyond the possibilities of traditional dance. Choreographer , Valeri Petcherski, himself an acclaimed soloist ballet dancer, has brought humour, mystique and championship Ice Dancing technique (with Olympic standard triple throw axels and lifts) to the classic-fairytale stage. The merge is a presentation of colour, spice, exoticism and innocence. Breathtaking The tale goes like this: “We can all remember the first time as children we were transported into the magical world of the fairytale, The Nutcracker. This enchanting story follows the young and beautiful Maria as she embarks on a Christmas Eve adventure with her Nutcracker Doll. The transformation of the Doll into a handsome Prince is enough to excite and intrigue every child's imagination. Ballet and music lovers all over the world have flocked to see productions of this love story time and time again ”

59. Official Homepage Of Alexei Urmanov - News & Events 11.05.2004 alexei urmanov enjoyed Romeo and Juliet in Germany. season with the Romeoand Juliet musical on ice. I think this role suits me well , alexei said http://home.snafu.de/figureskating/urmanov/news.htm

Novosti i Sobytiya T he first page for the latest news and reports of Alexei. Alexei Urmanov to skate in St. Petersburg Alexei has been invited to skate in two galas in St. Petersburg on May 28 and 29. The shows are dedicated to the City Day (St. Petersburg celebrates it's founding on May 27) and feature other Russian top stars such as Evgeni Plushenko, Tatiana Navka/Roman Kostomarov, Tatiana Totmianina/Maxim Marinin, Elena Berezhnaia/Anton Sikharulidze and Irina Slutskaia. Alexei Urmanov enjoyed "Romeo and Juliet" in Germany Alexei enjoyed performing for the second season with the "Romeo and Juliet" musical on ice. This spring, the musical debuted in Germany (Bad Tölz, Hannover) and went to Basel, Switzerland, as well. As last year, Alexei played the role of Julia's passionate cousin Tybalt. "I think this role suits me well", Alexei said. "When they suggested this role to me, I accepted it right away." Performing in the musical is different from skating in usual shows. Alexei also took fencing lessons. "It's quite a change to skate in this costume and with the long hair wig. Playing in the musical is like in a theatre. You don't just skate your number, but you're working with an ensemble." The musical might come back to Germany this fall, and Alexei is considering to stay with it.

60. Official Homepage Of Alexei Urmanov - Story Of Alexei t fall. In spite of all hardships, alexei loves his urmanov studied at the Instituteof Physiculture, and because of practice on and off the ice, he has http://home.snafu.de/figureskating/urmanov/story.htm

The Story of Alexei. Istoriya Alexeia "If you skate for money only, it shows" W hen he reached the top, it came as a big surprise. As well to himself. He caught the whole figure skating world off guard - rivals, coaches, journalists, spectators. Alexei Urmanov never won a major title before becoming Olympic Figure Skating Champion in Hamar 1994. And even if some people preferred the Canadian Elvis Stojko, it was perfectly fair, that the Russian took the Olympic crown. Besides, there is not truth in the myth that it was a close decision between Urmanov and Stojko, even the Canadian judge had voted for the Russian. A ll this, the excitement, the journalists, the packed press conference, the cheering crowds seem so far away in the primitive surroundings of the Yubileyniy practice rink in Alexei's hometown St. Petersburg. Condense water is dripping from the ceiling, a heap of broken benches is stapled in the corner. There is no hot water at the rink, the dressing rooms are sometimes closed - no reason known - , dirt lays in the corner, and shy wild cats hide between the rubbish. T he whole facility, built in 1967 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Great October Revolution, looks neglected. The renovation which was undertaken before the 1994 Goodwill Games was superficial, the cooling system broke down even then during the competitions. Now, sometimes there is no ice at all, and the skaters have to move elsewhere. The rink was shut down in spring 1998 for repairs, and no one knew when it would reopen (It finally reopened end of 1999).

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