BRIEFLY : ELDREDGE HURT IN FALL, THEN SKATES TO TITLE.Todd Eldredge Todd James Eldredge (born August 28, 1971 in Chatham, Massachusetts) is an American figure skater. He is a six-time national champion (1990, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2002) and won a world title in 1996. shook off a nasty spill in warmups that hurt his shoulder and won Skate America For the 2007 competition, see . Skate America is an international, senior-level invitation-only figure skating competition organized by the USFSA. It is the first ISU Grand Prix event to be held, usually in mid to late October. The location changes yearly. on Saturday in Detroit. The four-time U.S. champion crashed to the ice near the sideboards side·board n. 1. A piece of dining room furniture having drawers and shelves for linens and tableware. 2. A board that forms a side or part of a side: the sideboards of a skating rink. during warmups before the free skate. After breaking his fall with his right arm, he lay flat on the ice while coach Richard Callaghan For the Irish football (soccer) player, see . Richard Callaghan is an American figure skating coach. He is best known as the long-time coach of Todd Eldredge, 6-time U.S. Champion and 1996 World Champion. He also coached Nicole Bobek to her national title, and Tara Lipinski to U. and several officials tended to him. After nearly four minutes, he slowly got up and left the ice under his own power. As world junior champion Evgeni Plushenko Evgeni Viktorovich Plushenko, or Yevgeny Viktorovich Plyushchenko (Russian: Евге́ний Ви́кторович finished his routine - he finished second - Scott Davis, who was next after Eldredge in the skating order, waited to go on the ice. But Eldredge, who trains nearby and was skating before a hometown audience, suddenly burst through the curtains leading under the stands and moved past Davis. He shook his right arm continually as he warmed up while Plushenko's marks were being announced. Then, to a huge ovation, the 1996 world champion hit five triple jumps in a somewhat conservative program. Still, that was plenty good - the Canadian judge was so impressed that she gave him a perfect 6.0 for artistry - to win his fifth Skate America and fourth in a row. The injury was preliminarily diagnosed as a partially dislocated shoulder. Eldredge was taken to Henry Ford Hospital Henry Ford Hospital is a hospital located in Detroit, Michigan a few blocks from Wayne State University and the New Center area, near the Fisher Building and Cadillac Place. The hospital was founded in 1915 by Henry Ford as a philanthropic project. for further examination. Michelle Kwan easily won her first matchup with Tara Lipinski, sweeping the judges' panel with a flawless free skate. Lipinski fell on a triple lutz, and her program didn't have the overall artistry to match Kwan, who got all 5.8s for technical merit and 5.9s for artistic impression. MOTOR SPORTS: With the world drivers' championship at stake, tempers flared as Michael Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve battled for, and won, front-row positions for the European Grand Prix This article is about Formula One race. For other uses, see European Grand Prix (disambiguation). The European Grand Prix is a separate Formula One event that was reintroduced during the mid-1980s and was held regularly from 1993 to 2006. in Jerez, Spain. Because Villenueve was the first to turn his lap in 122.156 mph, he got the pole position for today's race, with Schumacher alongside on the front row. As the Formula One drivers practiced for the qualifying run, Schumacher's Ferrari teammate, Eddie Irvine, blocked Villenueve, as he has threatened to do during the race. BASEBALL: Hours after making bail on similar charges, former major-league pitcher John ``The Count'' Montefusco allegedly violated a restraining order restraining order: see injunction. and assaulted his ex-wife. The 1975 National League Rookie of the Year Rookie of the Year may refer to:
About 4-1/2 hours after posting $60,000 bail Friday, Montefusco showed up at the house again, according to a police statement. ``He caused criminal mischief to the residence, burglarized the residence, assaulted Mrs. Montefusco, then fled the area,'' the statement said. |
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