Alexei Yagudin

• Men's Title Appears to Be Plushenko's to Lose

TURIN, Italy -- U.S. champion Johnny Weir might be playing mind games when he says Evgeni Plushenko is a heavy favorite for gold in men's figure skating. Then again, he's probably correct. The Russian, who finished second to countryman Alexei Yagudin at the 2002 Games, deserves front-runner status heading into tonight's men's short program. Plushenko owns three world championships and, by far, the best overall package in what should be a highly competitive field -- for silver and bronze.

• The Columbian
• February 17, 2006

• Stars On Ice, Dreams That Got Them There

Smucker's Stars on Ice returns to Portland with "Double Exposure: The Many Lives of Figure Skaters" on Saturday. This year's tour theme highlights the lives of the skaters performing in the show. Each number reveals the personal goals, dreams and experiences of the skaters. Olympic silver medalist Sasha Cohen and Olympic gold medalist Ilia Kulik are the guest stars scheduled to perform at the Portland show. Other skaters performing include Olympic Pair champions Jamie Sale and David Pelletier, Olympic gold medalist Ekaterina Gordeeva, World Champion Alexei Yagudin, World Champion Yuka Sato, World bronze medalists and U.S. National Pair champions Kyoko Ina and John Zimmerman, British National Men's Champion Steve Cousins, U.S. National Pair Champion Jason Dungjen, Canadian National Ladie...

• Portland Press Herald
• April 02, 2007

• Weekend's Best Bets

Skating on thin ice It's mano-a-womano tonight in the Peoria Civic Center Arena, where the nationally touring Ice Wars: Battle of the Sexes brings armies of professional team figure skaters for some gender-specific competition at 7 p.m. In fact, this is the first time the "Ice Wars" tour, founded in 1994, has ever been divided along gender lines. Adding to the tension: It's all being taped for an upcoming CBS network special. Among the male combatants are Brian Boitano, Alexei Yagudin, Kurt Browning and Elvis Stojko; among the females, Katarina Witt, Oksana Baiul, Nicole Bobek and veteran blade warrior Nancy Kerrigan. Tickets are $36.50 to $56.50 at the PCC box office.

• The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
• November 23, 2005

• Eldredge Skates Into New Routine

After 17 years as a champion amateur figure skater, Todd Eldredge is savoring trying out new approaches without the intense pressure of pleasing a panel of judges. A six-time U.S. national champion, and once the world champion, Eldredge is in the midst of his second year with the "Stars on Ice" tour, which stops in Portland on April 10 for a 7:30 p.m. show. Joining him in the cast are solo skaters Alexei Yagudin and Yuka Sato and pairs skaters Jamie Sale and David Pelletier, Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze, Jenni Meno and Todd Sand, and Kyoka Ina and John Zimmerman, along with guest skaters Paul Wylie and Ekaterina Gordeeva.

• Bangor Daily News
• April 06, 2004

• Stars Turn . . . ; . . . And Spin and Glide in the Stars On Ice Show Coming to the Civic Center

Stars on Ice returns to the Cumberland County Civic Center with a new program themed around the infinite meanings of time. The program's headliners are 2002 Olympic gold medalist Alexei Yagudin, 2002 Olympic pair champions Jamie Sale and David Pelletier and Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze, and six-time U.S. National champion Todd Eldredge. Other skaters include Jenni Meno and Todd Sand, Yuka Sato, and Kyoko Ina and John Zimmerman.

• Portland Press Herald
• April 08, 2004

• Scott Hamilton Estará Actuado En Van Andel Arena de Grand Rapids

... Jaime Salé y David Pelletier, el belaruso Alexei Yagudin, la japonesa Yuca Sato y el seis veces cam...

• El Vocero Hispano; Grand Rapids, Mi.
• August 13, 2009

• Turin Winter Games; Figure Skating Now Just a Memory for Lipinski; '98 Champ Content As Kwan Continues Quest

Tara Lipinski misses figure skating, but not in the sort of melancholy way that hints at goals unfulfilled. In a dazzling two-year span, she won a U.S. championship, a world title and the Olympic gold medal. At 15, she was on top of the sport, having upstaged Michelle Kwan at the 1998 Winter Games.

... gold medalists of 2002, Sarah Hughes and Alexei Yagudin, won't be on the ice in Turin. The gold-me...

• The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• February 09, 2006

• Going for Gold Takes Talent,: ; Determination and Support

While the venues, elements and even the rules change, there is one constant about figure skating at the Olympics: Nothing ever surpasses standing atop the medals stand. Just ask any Olympic champion.

...Just as nothing bothered Russia's Alexei Yagudin, whose 2002 Olympic performance might have...

• Charleston Daily Mail
• February 10, 2006

• Boutique to Display a Real Gem -- 88-Carat Diamond

Weighing in at 88 carats, sporting 57 perfect edges, known by rock hounds around the globe as nature's "greatest creation," ladies and gentlemen, the heavy-weight champion of the diamond world, Korloff Noir! The gargantuan black diamond, insured for $37 million, is headed from its home in France to Salt Lake City for public display Nov. 24 from 4 to 10 p.m. at the Korloff PARIS boutique, which opened at The Gateway last February. The boutique, one of over 50 worldwide, is still the first and only of its kind in the United States.

...Word is that Russian figure skater Alexei Yagudin rubbed the gem sometime before striking go...

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• November 17, 2007

• Smucker's `Stars on Ice' show nearly flawless.

... gold medalist and four-time world champion Alexei Yagudin; world champion and six-time U.S. national...

• Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
• Nbr. 2007, March 2007