Yuna Kim helps PyeongChang City win 2018 Winter Olympics

• IRS goes after Johnny Weir's agent Tara Modlin on bogus 9/11 skating benefit. [NY Post] But Tara fights back with a vengeance! [Stars Stripes and Skates]

• Canadian pairs skater Bryce Davison skates into retirement and coaching. [Toronto Sun]

• Madison Chock and Evan Bates are a new dance team. I loved Emily Samuelson and Evan Bates -- what happened!?! [Universal Sports]

• Streaker interrupts Sun Valley ice show. Witnesses could not describe his face. [Idaho Mountain Express]

• Tonya and Nancy: The Rock Opera now playing in Cambridge, Massachusettes. [icenetwork]

• USA Roller Sports National Championships underway in Fort Wayne, Indiana. [Chicago Tribune]

• Yuna Kim helps PyeongChang City win 2018 Olympic Winter Games bid. [USA Today]

• Evan Lysacek eyeing a return to competition by requesting Grand Prix assignments. [Chicago Tribune]

• Emily Hughes' take on Evan's comeback. [DailyHouse]

• Reigning world champion Miki Ando from Japan decides to skip Grand Prix this season. [Japan Times]

• Complete results from 2011 Liberty Summer Competition. [Liberty Skating]

Miki Ando wins 2011 World Figure Skating Championships, Yuna Kim second

Top 10 results for the ladies at the 2011 ISU World Figure Skating Championships from Moscow, Russia are below.

SP=Short Program, FS=Free Skate

FPL	Name	Country	SP	FS	Points
1	Miki ANDO	JPN	2	1	195.79
2	Yuna KIM	KOR	1	2	194.50
3	Carolina KOSTNER	ITA	6	3	184.68
4	Alena LEONOVA	RUS	5	4	183.92
5	Alissa CZISNY	USA	4	5	182.25
6	Mao ASADA	JPN	7	6	172.79
7	Ksenia MAKAROVA	RUS	3	9	167.22
8	Kanako MURAKAMI	JPN	10	7	167.10
9	Kiira KORPI	FIN	9	8	164.80
10	Elene GEDEVANISHVILI	GEO	15	10	156.24

Note: The US's Rachael Flatt finished 12th overall.

Yu-Na Kim leads after short program at 2011 World Figure Skating Championships

Top 10 results for the ladies after the short program at the 2011 ISU World Figure Skating Championships from Moscow, Russia are below.

SP=Short Program, FS=Free Skate

FPL	Name	Country	SP	FS	Points
1	Yuna KIM	KOR	1		65.91
2	Miki ANDO	JPN	2		65.58
3	Ksenia MAKAROVA	RUS	3		61.62
4	Alissa CZISNY	USA	4		61.47
5	Alena LEONOVA	RUS	5		59.75
6	Carolina KOSTNER	ITA	6		59.75
7	Mao ASADA	JPN	7		58.66
8	Rachael FLATT	USA	8		57.22
9	Kiira KORPI	FIN	9		55.09
10	Kanako MURAKAMI	JPN	10		54.86

2011 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships results

The top 10 results for mens, ladies, pairs and ice dancing at the 2011 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships are below.

FOR THE MEN:

FPl	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Daisuke TAKAHASHI	JPN	244.00	1	1
2	Yuzuru HANYU	JPN	228.01	3	3
3	Jeremy ABBOTT	USA	225.71	2	4
4	Takahiko KOZUKA	JPN	223.52	6	2
5	Adam RIPPON	USA	210.01	4	5
6	Jinlin GUAN	CHN	201.98	9	6
7	Armin MAHBANOOZADEH	USA	200.67	5	9
8	Jialiang WU	CHN	199.78	10	7
9	Nan SONG	CHN	195.13	12	8
10	Shawn SAWYER	CAN	192.94	7	10

FOR THE LADIES:

FPl	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Miki ANDO	JPN	201.34	1	1
2	Mao ASADA	JPN	196.30	2	2
3	Mirai NAGASU	USA	189.46	4	3
4	Rachael FLATT	USA	180.31	3	4
5	Alissa CZISNY	USA	168.81	5	5
6	Cynthia PHANEUF	CAN	163.14	7	6
7	Akiko SUZUKI	JPN	162.59	6	7
8	Min-Jeong KWAK	KOR	147.15	8	8
9	Amelie LACOSTE	CAN	137.48	9	9
10	Cheltzie LEE	AUS	127.90	10	10

FOR PAIRS:

FPl	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Qing PANG / Jian TONG	CHN	199.45	1	1
2	Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD	CAN	181.79	3	2
3	Paige LAWRENCE / Rudi SWIEGERS	CAN	171.73	2	4
4	Caitlin YANKOWSKAS / John COUGHLIN	USA	166.97	4	5
5	Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Dylan MOSCOVITCH	CAN	166.22	5	3
6	Amanda EVORA / Mark LADWIG	USA	157.30	6	6
7	Narumi TAKAHASHI / Mervin TRAN	JPN	152.63	8	7
8	Mary Beth MARLEY / Rockne BRUBAKER	USA	144.46	10	8
9	Yue ZHANG / Lei WANG	CHN	138.93	7	10
10	Huibo DONG / Yiming WU	CHN	135.10	9	9

FOR ICE DANCING:

FPl	Name	Nation	Points	SD	FD
1	Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE	USA	172.03	2	1
2	Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI	USA	155.38	4	2
3	Vanessa CRONE / Paul POIRIER	CAN	151.83	5	3
4	Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE	CAN	151.14	3	4
5	Madison CHOCK / Greg ZUERLEIN	USA	142.44	6	5
6	Xintong HUANG / Xun ZHENG	CHN	130.29	7	6
7	Xiaoyang YU / Chen WANG	CHN	125.75	8	7
8	Xueting GUAN / Meng WANG	CHN	106.26	9	8
9	Danielle OBRIEN / Gregory MERRIMAN	AUS	104.69	10	9
10	Corenne BRUHNS / Benjamin WESTENBERGER	MEX	88.55	11	10

NOTE: Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir were leading after the short dance. In the middle of their free dance, the team withdrew due to Tessa's injury. Read story here.

Takahiko Kozuka and Miki Ando win Japanese Nationals

• Japan Nationals just concluded, and it's (1) Takahiko Kozuko, (2) Nobunari Oda (3) Daisuke Takahashi for the men, and (1) Miki Ando, (2) Mao Asada and (3) Kanako Murakami for the ladies. They're going to Worlds in March as well. [SkatingJapan]

• JoJo Starbuck shares love of skating with Newark student and enlists help of and fellow skaters David Lipowitz, Andrew Naylor and Elise Nelson. [MadisonPatch]

• How did Brian Boitano celebrate Christmas? [PopWatch]

• Brian Boitano waiting to kick Ian Garten's ass. [WSJ]

• Extended video interview with Toller Cranston, one of my favorites. [CalgarySun]

• Holiday greetings also from one of my favorites, Oksana Baiul (see right). Wish she was wearing skates though.

• Listen to Johnny Weir's new single "Dirty Love." [JohnnyWeir]

• Sarah Hughes gives advice on staying fit over the holidays. [icenetwork]

• Irina Rodnina, Alexander Zaitsev, Lyudmila Pakhomova and Alexander Gorshkov honored on Russian coins. [Voice of Russia]

• Samantha Cesario ready to take center stage at the 2011 US Nationals in January. [Newsday]

• When hockey moms join in the fun. [NYT]

• Japan TV station secretly tapes Yu-Na Kim in practice and her management company is not happy. [Mainichi Daily News]