Former U.S. figure skating champion Nicole Bobek was ordered to spend five years on probation for her role in a New Jersey methamphetamine ring, a sentence that she said would give her a chance to get her life back on track. “Nothing but positive things can come out of this,” Bobek said outside the Jersey [...]
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Nicole Bobek, the 1995 U.S. Figure Skating Champion, is now living in Jupiter, Florida with her mother, working in a store selling fancy soaps and trinkets to tourists. Jana, her mother, who was herself a figure skater in her native Czechoslovakia, owns the store, called Belle Maison. The store is in a strip mall in [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Kimmie Meissner, Injured, Withdraws from 2009 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
Kimmie Meissner, who won the 2006 world championship, the 2007 U.S. national championship, and the 2007 Four Continents championship has withdrawn from the AT&T U.S. Championships due to an injury. This was announced on January 18, 2009, as the U.S. Championships got under way. For more Figure Skating History and News, go to: http://www.historyguy.com/sportshistory/figure_skating.htm
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