Kwan, Kulik headline first pro-am skating competition
Posted: Sunday August 16, 1998 01:30 PM
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Kwan captured olmipic silver at Nagano and won her second world championship in March Rick Stewart/Allsport |
DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (AP) - World champion Michelle Kwan and
Olympic gold medalist Ilia Kulik will compete in the Nice 'n Easy
Figure Skating Classic on October 3-4.
The first major event of the 1998-99 season, the event will be
held under International Skating Union rules with both
Olympic-eligible and professional skaters invited for the
singles-only event.
Kwan, the silver medalist at the Nagano Olympics, won her second
world championship in March. She will be joined in the women's
division by 1998 U.S. Olympic Team member Nicole Bobek; three-time
world silver medalist Surya Bonaly of France; 1988 Olympic
runner-up Liz Manley of Canada; and American Angela Nikodinov, who
placed fifth at this year's national championships.
Kulik, who staged one of the most impressive men's performances
ever in winning at Nagano, faces a strong field that also includes
five-time American champ Todd Eldredge; 1996 U.S. champion Rudy
Galindo; Michael Weiss, runner-up at the last two U.S. nationals;
and Timothy Goebel, the first American to land a quadruple jump in
competition.
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