Meissner, Lysacek defend US crowns

0 Comments | AFP, January, 2008

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (AFP) — Reigning US champions Evan Lysacek and Kimmie Meissner will defend their crowns this week at the US Figure Skating Championships with Johnny Weir and a host of teen girls set to challenge them.

Top level competition begins Wednesday with compulsory dance and pairs short routines while the women's short program and original dance are Thursday with the men's short on Friday.

Pairs, dance and women's finals are Saturday with the men's final Sunday.

Lysacek and three-time US champion Johnny Weir are the men's favorites with each planning the quad, a four-revolution jump, in their free skate finals. Lysacek, 22, dethroned Weir, 23, last year to capture his first US crown.

Lysacek, twice a bronze medalist at worlds, was fourth...

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