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	Johnny Weir: The Road to Russia
		Weir is slated to compete at NHK Trophy, Trophee Lalique, and Cup of Russia for the 2004-2005 season.
		Weir got two thirds of his goal, being assigned Cup of Russia, Trophee Lalique and the NHK in Japan in early November.
		Weir won the rematch at Worlds in Germany, however, as he finished two spots off the podium while Chiper had to settle for seventeenth.
	www.goldenskate.com /articles/2003/062104.shtml (1814 words)

	Johnny Weir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John G. "Johnny" Weir (born July 2, 1984 in Coatesville, Pennsylvania) is the current figure skating champion of the United States.
		Weir declined to answer, stating that who he sleeps with has nothing to do with what he does on the ice.
		Weir is known for his outstanding style and unique outfits, on and off the ice.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Johnny_Weir (576 words)

	Olympics: Johnny Weir Has Had It Up To Here With Your "Rules" - Deadspin
		We mean during his interviews, in which Weir preened and vowed that he is not a diva, while wearing Southeast Jerome sunglasses and wearing a CCCP sweatshirt.
		We also enjoyed Weir's heart-sprinkled sweater with Matt Lauer this morning, though something bewildered us: Weir said that the Olympics were the first time his father and brother had ever seen him skate in international competition.
		Johnny Weir being gay is pretty much so obvious as to be fact; thus, not intelligent or astute or funny at all.
	www.deadspin.com /sports/olympics/johnny-weir-has-had-it-up-to-here-with-your-rules-154935.php (2902 words)

	Johnny Weir: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		John G. "Johnny" Weir (born July 2, EHandler: no quick summary.
		American, when used as an adjective, can mean "of the united states of america" or "of or relating to the americas"; when used as a noun, "united states citizen",...
		Weir won the U.S. national men's title in January 2004 and placed fifth at the World Championships[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject] the following March.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/jo/johnny_weir.htm (139 words)

	Johnny Weir looks to defend his title in Portland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Weir is at the top of his field as he prepares to defend his title at this week's nationals.
		Weir was a surprise winner last year, landing eight triples and earning a 6.0 for presentation from one judge.
		Weir was second after the short program that year, but 23 seconds into his free skate he clipped the edge of the boards and went tumbling.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2005/01/12/sports1818EST0386.DTL (738 words)

	Weir to have a say - The Boston Globe
		Weir may be the top US hope in the men's figure skating competition that begins tonight at the Palavela, but he's not going to play the All-American boy for anyone.
		That knocked Weir off the radar screen until he had the skate of his life in Atlanta a year later, winning the US title and going on to finish fifth at the world championships in Germany.
		Weir managed to win a third straight US title (the first man to do it since Brian Boitano in 1988) and easily made the Olympic team, but when he got home from St. Louis he junked his long program and went back to the old one.
	www.boston.com /sports/articles/2006/02/14/weir_to_have_a_say (1168 words)

	New York Daily News - Home - Weir's over, but not out (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Johnny Weir, fresh off a lousy skate that ruined his chances at the Olympics, was forced last night in the crowded media mixed zone to respond to Chicago Tribune articles and that newspaper's own poll yesterday that discussed his sexual orientation.
		Weir has never discussed the issue of whether he is gay, though at nationals he said he had been through a tumultuous personal relationship recently that had had a negative impact on his skating.
		Weir has called himself "princess-y," during a press conference, and also talked about how he is not a jock, but an athlete dressed in rhinestones and sequins.
	www.nydailynews.com /front/story/392287p-332662c.html (423 words)

	U.S. Figure Skating Bosses Unhappy Johnny Weir is #1
		Johnny Weir was captured in this pose on April 15 in Washington, D.C., by the News-Press on the same day that the New York Daily News reported on leaks from inside the U.S. skating establishment of an effort to âpush him aside.â (News-Press photo by Nicholas F. Benton)
		This is despite the fact that Weir has won thousands of new fans with his fresh âpop starâ-like image, as well as the quality of his skating, and could have something to do with political pressures, as well, especially given Weirâs âthe establishment canât handle meâ remarks at the Olympics.
		Weir has complained of the new system, saying such things as, âIt gives you points for being able to chew on your shoes,â and it hurt him in Turino, because concern for artistic expression became so subordinated to a preoccupation with racking up points.
	www.fcnp.com /608/weir.htm (768 words)

	News
		Johnny will be using the month of May to catch up on his life and prepare to move to Simsbury, CT for the summer, to once again train with Tatiana Tarasova.
		Weir, 19, whose glaring weakness is his lack of a reliable quadruple jump, hit all his required elements in the short program, including four triples.
		Weir, who finished sixth at the 2002 Olympic trials, was one of the favorites of the crowd at American Airlines Center, which gave him one of its louder ovations of the afternoon.
	www.kataniye.com /johnny_weir/news.htm (3831 words)

	Bay Area Sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Johnny Weir was America's best hope for an Olympic medal in men's figure skating Thursday night, until he tried to catch a bus from the athletes' village to the Palavela.
		Johnny Weir went to Torino to represent the United States, it was not the "Johnny Weir Show" which he seemed to think.
		johnny has by far the most natural talent of any of the other male skaters, consider that he didn't start skating untill he was 11 where as most of his compitition startd at 5 or 6.
	blogs.mercurynews.com /bay_area_sports/2006/02/why_i_love_mens.html (3825 words)

	News Release: Lipper Appoints Johnny Weir Marketing Manager (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Weir's role is to develop the Lipper profile in the UK and European media as well as provide a focus for the ever-increasing media demands for Lipper information.
		Johnny is taking on the important task of enhancing our relationships with the media so we can respond rapidly to their needs."
		Weir was previously account manager at PR agency Consolidated Communications, operating in the financial services division.
	about.reuters.com /newsreleases/art_18-11-1999_id191.asp (333 words)

	Breath of Fresh Ink.com » Johnny Weir
		Johnny Weir was America’s best hope for an Olympic medal in men’s figure skating Thursday night, until he tried to catch a bus from the athletes’ village to the Palavela.
		Weir eventually jumped into a volunteer’s car for the ride to the arena, but arrived 20 minutes later than he had planned and, as he said, never “really caught up to myself.
		Weir was practicing a quadruple toe loop — a jump he’s never attempted in major competition — as part of a three-jump combination, and his attempts were impressive.
	breathoffreshink.com /archives/television/figure-skating/johnny-weir (6216 words)

	Breath of Fresh Ink.com » Blog Archive » Johnny Weir Verbally Attacked On National Television
		Johnny has continued to be one of the most talked about and popular skaters in figure skating, and is known for his devoted and visible legion of fans called "Johnny's Angels".
		Johnny's signature "The Swan" program was the first thing I'd ever seen him skate, and to date the most beautiful program from a male skater I have seen in my life.
		Weir was “attacked” bc his over-the-top dramatics and Diva behaviour is so close to the stereotype that most staight people expect from “gay skaters” that it was impossible to ignore.
	breathoffreshink.com /johnny-weir-verbally-attacked-on-national-television (2362 words)

	Masculinity and Johnny Weir -- Outsports.com
		As usual, Weir was his flamboyant self, discussing part of his long program "loosely based on Jesus Christ." That was enough for Lund to crucify him a segment later with Kerrigan and host Lou Tilley.
		Weir knows that the closet cases who still hold sway in skating could punish him if he shows more guts than they ever have.
		Johnny Weir is and has been a great and entertaining US Champion and we wish him all the best in the upcoming US Nationals.
	outsports.com /news/20070111weir.htm (1047 words)

	Figure Skater Jumps from Show Ring to Ice Rink
		Weir noted that he was very nervous for both programs, especially after drawing to skate last in the short.
		Weir has had a busy season, finishing eleventh at Skate Canada and fourth at Trophee Lalique, even though he was suffering from a stress fracture in his leg caused by too many quad attempts.
		Weir missed Easterns as a result of the injury but has resumed practicing on a limited basis, with no quad attempts.
	www.goldenskate.com /articles/2001/122401.shtml (1544 words)

	Johnny Weir Poetry Contest -- Outsports.com
		Renate Linnenkoper of the Netherlands is such a big fan of figure skater Johnny Weir that she wrote a poem for him.
		Weir is such a big fan of Linnenkoper's poetry that she won his contest, "Johnny Weir: Poetry on Ice."
		Weir said he read all 21 of the finalists and most of the foreign language entries, though attempts to read ones in Russian were thwarted because he was "on a hotel computer and could not get all of the Russian characters to show up correctly on the computer." Damn computers!
	outsports.com /olympics/2006torino/20060508weirpoetrywinner.htm (1234 words)

	NBCOlympics.com - Athletes - Johnny Weir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		American Johnny Weir is in second, Switzerland's reigning world champion Stephane Lambiel is in third, and American Evan Lysacek tumbled to 10th.
		At the 2006 U.S. Nationals, Johnny Weir began defense of his title by winning the short program, from which this photo collection was taken.
		Three-time U.S. champion Johnny Weir, who was a competitive equestrian before turning to skating, shares a collection of childhood photos.
	www.nbcolympics.com /athletes/5072358/slideshow.html (296 words)

	Blue Exile - Contemplations of a red-state refugee » Is Johnny Weir Gay? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Yes, if Weir is gay and comes out he might do a lot of good for a lot of people, but the burdens are his to bear so the decision is his make - just like it is for all of us who struggle with the coming-out process.
		In this case, sports experts have said that if Weir were to come out it would hurt his chances in the competitive world of Figure Skating, because the judging is subjective.
		I do not think that Johnny Weir is not gay because he is a figure skater and he is the best skater in the whole world.
	www.blueexile.com /index.php/is-johnny-weir-gay (553 words)

	United States Olympic Committee - American Johnny Weir wins NHK Trophy
		Weir, who captured the free skate after holding the lead in the short program, had never even won a Grand Prix medal before this event.
		Weir received 146.20 points in the free skate for a 220.25 total.
		Weir had planned a quadruple toe loop, triple toe loop combination early in his routine but did just the triple toe loop.
	www.olympic-usa.org /11506_27842.htm (526 words)

	Olympics: The Johnny Weir Blackball - Deadspin
		We've always had some fun with "flamboyant" and "unconventional" men's figure skater Johnny Weir around here; during the Olympics, we found him one of the few high-profile athletes with legitimate personality.
		When Weir gave his famous "the establishment can't handle me" speech, we thought he was overreaching a little bit.
		Although reigning Men's National Champion, a title he has held for the last three years, Johnny Weir is not mentioned or pictured anywhere on either entity.
	www.deadspin.com /sports/olympics/the-johnny-weir-blackball-167122.php (515 words)

	Johnny Weir ice skating photos at U.S. Nationals figure skating competition
		Johnny Weir was born July 2, 1984 in Coatesville, Pennsylvania and currently resides in Newark, Delaware.
		Johnny's colorful personality and outspokenness, as well as erratic skating performances due to both injury and his emotional temperament continually embroil him in controversy.
		Johnny Weir's coaches most recently have been Priscilla Hill, Tatiana Tarasova and Marina Anissina; his choreographers, Marina Anissina, Evgeny Platov, and Tatiana Tarasova.
	www.webwinds.com /nationals/weir.htm (419 words)

	Sports 4 - American Johnny Weir Wins NHK Trophy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Weir, who captured the free skate after holding the lead in the short program, had never even won a Grand Prix medal before this event.
		Weir received 146.20 points in the free skate for a 220.25 total.
		Weir had planned a quadruple toe loop, triple toe loop combination early in his routine but did just the triple toe loop.
	www.abcnews4.com /news/stories/1104/185825.html (477 words)

	Weir says he won't stop being 'princessy' - Figure skating - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Outlandish remarks are not unusual for Weir, who describes himself as a “wild card” for a medal but is more likely to be left in the dust next week by Russia’s Evgeni Plushenko.
		Weir, 21, got into trouble with U.S. Figure Skating officials last month when he described the tempo of a competitor’s short program as “a vodka-shot, let’s-snort-coke kind of thing.” He’s also previously described his costumes to “an icicle on coke” and “a Care Bear on acid.”
		With flamboyant costumes to match his outrageous words, Weir said he draws his inspiration for eccentricity from his mother, who encouraged him to be his own person.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/11219231 (823 words)

	delawareonline ¦ The News Journal ¦ Weir causes stir with Soviet jacket
		TURIN, Italy -- Johnny Weir, winner of three consecutive U.S. figure skating titles, was sporting a throwback warmup jacket from the old Soviet Union after his Olympic practice session Thursday.
		On the left sleeve of the jersey he wore in practice, "Johnny" was spelled out in Russian letters.
		Weir's relationship with Russian choreographer Tatiana Tarasova fueled his interest in Russian culture and its strong tradition of skating.
	www.delawareonline.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060210/SPORTS/602100341/-1/NEWS01 (398 words)

	TSN.ca - Other Sports - Canada's Sports Leader
		Weir, who won two Grand Prix events this season, was hurt during the Cup of Russia late last month when he landed awkwardly during an exhibition.
		Roger Kruse, vice-chairman of the U.S. Figure Skating sports sciences and medicine committee, examined Weir after he competed in an event last Friday and diagnosed a mild mid-foot sprain.
		Weir will be X-rayed this week to ensure there is no fracture or ligament instability.
	www.tsn.ca /other_sports/news_story.asp?ID=107194&hubName= (164 words)

	Skater Johnny Weir -- An Interesting Champ! I Can Relate!
		Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir has been out shopping every day, shopping so much that the Louis Vuitton store here, which he affectionately calls "Louie" and which he's visited six or seven times since arriving two weeks ago, paid for his cab recently when he was leaving.
		Next, Johnny makes a trip to the ATM because he fears he may be nearing the limit on his credit card.
		Johnny pulls out the sum total of what he took from the ATM: 800 euros, just enough to pay for the bag.
	journals.aol.com /amiamibeachman/WelkinLiving/entries/2006/02/21/skater-johnny-weir----an-interesting-champ-i-can-relate/1309 (1395 words)

	johnny weir online \| official website of johnny weir
		Johnny withdrew from the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in St.
		Johnny took some time last week to answer a new set of questions for the Interact page.
		Johnny Weir Online is written and produced by Johnny Weir in cooperation with the webmaster and Figure Skaters Online.
	www.figureskatersonline.com /johnnyweir (488 words)

	Regimen: Olympic Figure Skater Johnny Weir's Fitness Routine -- New York Magazine
		Johnny Weir is the best male figure skater in the United States—and the most outrageous.
		Weir stands on the spherical side of the Bosu with a body ball pressed against the wall behind him and another between his knees.
		Leone puts Weir through a full routine on this apparatus with a moving “carriage.” Weir’s favorite part is the ab-killer “the hundreds.” Lying down with arms and legs extended into a V, he contracts his abs and waves his arms downward as he inhales and exhales for five counts, ten times.
	www.newyorkmetro.com /health/features/15922/index.html (734 words)

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