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Johnny Weir among three elected to skating Hall of Fame
December 28, 2020 GMT
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) Three-time U.S. champion Johnny Weir has been elected to the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame. Also elected to the Class of 2021 are Sandy Schwomeyer Lamb and Gale Tanger.
Due to the COVD-19 pandemic, their inductions will be postponed until the 2022 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Nashville.
Weir, currently NBC’s lead analyst along with 1998 Olympic champion Tara Lipinski, is a two-time Olympian who wound up sixth in the 2010 games. He won a 2008 world championships bronze medal. His national titles came in 2004-06.
Following the conclusion of the 2021 Russian national championships, the executive committee of the Russian Figure Skating Federation met to discuss and approve the entries for the 2021 World Championships and to consider options for new competitions in the first part of the New Year.
Mikhail Kolyada, Anna Shcherbakova, Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov, Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin
With the European and World Junior Championships cancelled and the uncertainty of whether the 2021 World Championships will actually take place the International Skating Union (ISU) will meet on Jan. 28 to make a final decision the Russian federation has announced it will look into other options to keep its skaters engaged and competitive.
Johnny Weir, Sandy Schwomeyer Lamb, Gale Tanger make U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame
Also elected to the Class of 2021 are Sandy Schwomeyer Lamb and Gale Tanger.
Due to the COVD-19 pandemic, their inductions will be postponed until the 2022 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Nashville.
Weir, currently NBC s lead analyst along with 1998 Olympic champion Tara Lipinski, is a two-time Olympian who wound up sixth in the 2010 games. He won a 2008 world championships bronze medal. His national titles came in 2004-06.
Lamb was the first female president of the Professional Skaters Association. Lamb developed the Special Olympics Skating Program in 1985 and served as its longtime skating director. Before dedicating her career to coaching those with intellectual disabilities, she coached U.S. ice dancers Judi Genovesi and Kent Weigle during the first Olympic ice dance competition, held at the 1976 Innsbruck Games. Lamb, whose coaching career spanned 40 years, died in June at age 73.
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