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Alysa Liu ends long U.S. drought at women’s figure skating world championships
By The Associated Press BOSTON — Alysa Liu skated around the ice in disbelief, her golden dress shimmering in the lights of TD Garden, and the appreciative roar from a sellout crowd reminded her why she had returned to the sport following a nearly two-year retirement. When her score was finally read, the 19-year-old from…
US and Russian figure skaters were on board crashed plane
A number of figure skaters – including six people associated with the Figure Skating Club of Boston – were among the passengers on board an aeroplane that hit a helicopter above Washington DC on Wednesday evening. The group from Boston include two former Russian world champions who are now coaches – Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim…