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• World Arena skater Zawadzki has lead after ladies short program

  January 27, 2012 3:41 AM

  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Agnes Zawadzki sure knows how to steal the show, beating out three former national champions to win the short program Thursday night at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Zawadzki, who won the U.S. junior title in 2010 and has medals from the last two junior... more »

• Rachael Flatt selects three California coaches

  August 19, 2011 8:51 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Rachael Flatt says she'll train with three coaches at three different rinks while she's going to school at Stanford. The 2010 U.S. champion said Friday she'd work with Justin Dillon, Lynn Smith and Olympic champion ice dancer Sergei Ponomarenko at rinks in San Jose, Oakland... more »

• Flatt to light Rocky Mountain State Games flame

  July 27, 2011 6:01 PM

  Colorado Springs - Figure skater Rachael Flatt, a 2010 U.S. Olympian and U.S. National Champion, will light the official flame to open the 10th Rocky Mountain State Games Friday night at the Colorado Springs World Arena. Flatt lived and trained in Colorado Springs for years, graduating from Cheyenne Mountain... more »

• Flatt reprimanded by U.S. Figure Skating

  June 15, 2011 8:45 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - U.S. Figure Skating has reprimanded and fined Rachael Flatt for not disclosing the stress fracture that hampered her performance at the world championships. The 2010 U.S. champion announced after finishing 12th at worlds that she'd been diagnosed a week earlier with a stress fracture in... more »

• Rachael Flatt wins Celebrity Sports Apprentice

  May 24, 2011 2:12 AM

  The votes are in and Rachael Flatt is the winner of the first ever News First 5 "Celebrity Sports Apprentice." Hundreds of News First 5 viewers voted and the results were very close but the 2010 U.S. Figure Skating champ is the winner followed closely by Air Force hockey coach... more »

• Our first Celebrity Sports Apprentice: Rachael Flatt

  May 17, 2011 5:49 PM

  Our first Celebrity Sports Apprentice is in house at the News First 5 studios. 2010 U.S. Figure Skating Champ and Olympian Rachael Flatt arrived this afternoon with her mom, Jody. She will try out the sports anchor desk at 5 and 6 p.m. tonight. Let the Celebrity Sports... more »

• Flatt takes 12th, Miki Ando of Japan wins gold at world championship

  April 30, 2011 10:06 PM

  MOSCOW (AP) - Miki Ando of Japan has won the gold at the figure skating world championships in Moscow, her second world title. Olympic champion Kim Yu-na had gone into Saturday's free skate with a lead of less than half a point over Ando. Both put on elegant free skates... more »

• Figure skaters on ice for world championships

  March 15, 2011 12:42 AM

  The International Skating Union is working on a backup plan for the World Figure Skating Championships. The event was supposed to start in Japan next week, but the ISU postponed it, because of the crisis in that country. The ISU will try to figure out a new date, and possibly... more »

• Czisny, Yankowskas-Coughlin win US titles; Flatt takes 2nd

  January 29, 2011 11:32 PM

  GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Alissa Czisny has won her second title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, skating the performance of a lifetime Saturday night to upstage fellow previous champions Rachael Flatt and Mirai Nagasu. The title is redemption for Czisny, who knocked herself out of the running for Vancouver... more »

• Rachael Flatt sharpens skills to repeat title

  January 25, 2011 8:08 AM

  Reigning Ladies National Figure Skating Champion Rachael Flatt is defending her crown in North Carolina this week. The Colorado Springs resident trains at The Broadmoor Skating Club. Next year, the Cheyenne Mountain High School graduate will attend Stanford University. more »

• Rachael Flatt at Monte Vista Potato Festival Saturday

  September 8, 2010 9:30 AM

  Fans of Colorado Springs' Rachael Flatt have the opportunity to talk one-on-one with the Olympic figure skater this Saturday. She'll appear at the annual Monte Vista Potato Harvest Festival in the San Luis Valley. "I'm looking forward to being part of this year's celebration." Said Flatt; "I've had the... more »

• Meet Olympian Rachael Flatt Wednesday

  July 28, 2010 1:09 PM

  In an event designed for kids, Colorado Springs Olympian Rachael Flatt will appear at the World Figure Skating Museum Wednesday, July 28. Flatt is a spokesperson for Reading is Fundamental, the oldest and largest nonprofit reading organization in the US. Visitors will learn about the steps and training... more »

• USOC celebrates "Appreciation Day"

  June 26, 2010 5:23 PM

  More than 1,000 people crowded the Olympic Training Center on Saturday in celebration of "Appreciation Day." The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) hosted the free community event to pay tribute to the city of Colorado Springs and also to Olympic Day, which commemorates the birth of the modern Olympic... more »

• Rachael Flatt to skate for medal tonight

  February 25, 2010 12:17 PM

  USA Medal Count Gold: 7 Silver: 9 Bronze: 12 Colorado Springs' Rachael Flatt will skate in the medal round in Women's Figure Skating at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver tonight. After skating a personal best on Tuesday night, she's in 5th place entering the long program. South Korean... more »

• Olympic Musings: Rachael's All The Rage!

  January 27, 2010 2:41 PM

  Mike Moran worked for the USOC aschief communications officer for nearly 25 years. He's now with The Sports Corp. As we approach the Vancouver Olympics, here's his latest musing: Good morning, Colorado Springs.......now you have something really special to talk about. Did you see the kid from... more »

• Flatt returns to Colorado Springs

  January 25, 2010 10:37 PM

  Rachael Flatt is back in Colorado Springs after winning the U.S. Figure Skating Championship over the weekend. The 17-year-old figure skater arrived tonight at the Colorado Springs airport to a crowd of supporters, many of them from the Broadmoor Skating Club, where she has skated most of her life. ... more »

• Colorado Springs' Rachael Flatt wins U.S. Figure Skating Title

  January 24, 2010 12:10 AM

  SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Rachael Flatt of Colorado Springs has won her first national title and is likely on her way to the Vancouver Olympics. For Sasha Cohen, it's probably back to the shows. Flatt's jam-packed program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships overpowered the rest of the field Saturday... more »

• Cohen steals the show - Flatt third after ladies short program

  January 22, 2010 3:14 AM

  SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Sasha Cohen can still put on a show like nobody else. And bring the house down. Skating for the first time since the 2006 world championships, the Olympic silver medalist hasn't lost her touch. She's currently in second place in the short program with eight skaters... more »

• Vonn and Flatt join "compete clean" campaign

  January 21, 2010 2:19 AM

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Lindsey Vonn is one of seven American winter athletes signed on to "I Compete Clean," a U.S. Anti Doping Agency initiative to promote drug-free sports. Vonn, expected to be one of the stars of the upcoming Winter Olympics, is joined by Tim Burke (biathlon), Julie... more »