THE BEST SKATERS IN THE
COUNTRY ARE GOING FOR GOLD IN
ST. PAUL AT THE PRUDENTIAL U.S.
FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS.
ONE SKATERS IT'S ALL ABOUT
THE PRESSURE, EXCITEMENT AND
THRILL OF STANDING ON TOP OF
THE PODIUM IS MERYL DAVIS.
SHE AND HER PARTNER, CHARLIE
WHITE, ARE THE REIGNING OLYMPIC
GOLD MEDALIST IN ICE DANCING.
THEY ALSO WON A VERY IMPRESSIVE
SIX U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS.
THAT IS THE MOMENT WHERE YOU
SEE THAT PICTURE, IT JUST HAS
TO TAKE YOU BACK TO THAT, MERYL.
IT CAPTURES THE FEELING OF
THAT MOMENT, FOR SURE.
JUST SHOCKED, NOT REALLY
KNOWING WHAT TO THINK.
18 YEARS IN THE MAKING, AND
WHEN IT HAPPENS, IT'S HARD TO
REALLY KNOW HOW TO MOVE FORWARD
FROM THERE.
YEAH.
AMAZING, AMAZING MOMENT.
WE ALL LOVED WATCHING YOU AT
THE OLYMPICS AND IT IS FUN
HAVING YOU HERE IN TOWN FOR
THIS.
YOU GUYS WERE SKATING IN THE
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AT XCEL
IN 2008, RIGHT?
YEAH.
I REALIZED HOW FAR ALONG MY AGE
IS PROGRESSING WHEN I THOUGHT
ABOUT THE FACT THAT I DID THIS
EIGHT YEARS AGO.
IT DOES NOT SEEM THAT LONG AGO.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL VENUE, THAT'S
WHY WE ARE BACK.
THE ENERGY OF THE VENUE IS
PERFECT FOR THIS KIND OF EVENT.
I KNOW ALL OF THE SKATERS ARE
GLAD TO BE BACK.
YOU ARE HERE BUT ARE NOT
SKATING THIS TIME.
WHAT IS YOUR ROLE WHEN YOU'RE
COMING BACK?
I THINK LIKE CHARLIE AND I
SAID TO YOUNGER SKATERS
YESTERDAY WHEN WE GAVE A
SPEECH, WE HAVE JUST SUCH A
BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE IN OUR ICE
SKATING CAREERS.
WHETHER IT'S COMPETITIONS,
SHOWS, PRACTICE, DAY IN, DAY
OUT.
AT HOME IN DETROIT, WE WANT TO
IMPART SOME OF THE THINGS WE
FEEL LIKE WE DID WELL, SOME OF
THE THINGS WE WISH WE HAD
LEARNED SOONER, ON THE KIDS, SO
THEY CAN HAVE AS BEAUTIFUL OF
EXPERIENCES AS WE HAD.
THE LADIES COMPETITION GOT
UNDERWAY LAST NIGHT.
I KNOW YOU WERE THERE WATCHING
SOME OF THE ACTION.
PAULINA EDMONDS HAD A
PERFORMANCE LAST NIGHT.
YES, PAULINA DEFINITELY HAD
THE PERFORMANCE OF THE EVENING.
STANDING OVATION.
I WAS STANDING, MOST OF THE
ARENA WAS STANDING.
SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BEAUTIFUL
SKATER BUT IT WAS A VERY MATURE
SKATE FOR HER.
I WAS VERY IMPRESSED.
SHE IS THE KID.
VERY MUCH AN ELEMENT.ELEGANT,
YOUNG WOMAN LAST NIGHT.
SO, MADISON AND EVAN HAVE
BEEN THE TOP TEAMS INTO AND
CHARLIE WON THE GOLD, WHERE DO
YOU SEE AMERICAN ICE DANCING
GOING?
AMERICAN ICE DANCE IS AN
INCREDIBLY DEEP FIELD WHICH IS
EXCITING FOR US TO WATCH.
YES, MADDY AND EVAN HAVE BEEN
INCREDIBLE FOR MANY YEARS, BUT,
WE ALSO HAVE --, MADISON
HUBBELL AND MATTHEW DONAHUE, WE
HAVE A PLETHORA OF AMAZING
TALENT.
THAT WILL LEAD US NOT ONLY IN
THIS COMING OLYMPICS BUT MANY
OLYMPICS TO COME.
I HOPE THAT AMERICAN ICE DAMS
IS RIGHT ON TOP.
OKAY, YOU CAN DANCE ON THE
ICE AND YOU CAN DANCE OFF THE
ICE.
YOU ARE INCREDIBLE!
NOT TOO LONG AGO, YOU JUST
WENT ON "DANCING WITH THE
STARS."
IS MUCH EASIER WHEN YOU HAVE
AN INCREDIBLY TALENTED DANCER
WITH YOU.
SHIRTLESS.
A SHORTLIST ANSWER.
THAT MAKES IT EASIER.
WAS A DIFFICULT MAKING THAT
TRANSITION?
OF A LOT OF PEOPLE I'M SURE
WERE LIKE, YOU ICE DAMS, THIS
SHOULD BE EASY.
IT WAS DEFTLY HARDER THAN I
EXPECTED.
THE MOVING OF SKATERS REALLY
COMES FROM THE TORSO OR NEED
DOWN, WE USE OUR ANKLES, BUT IN
THE FLOOR, THERE'S A LOT OF
THAT HIP ACTION THAT YOU SEE AT
MY BODY JUST DOES NOT DO THAT.
IT WAS CHALLENGING BUT AT THE
SAME TIME, I'M USED TO
TRAINING.
SO THAT WAS EASY.
WELL, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE
USED TO THE KIND OF EATING WE
DID LAST NIGHT.
YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED.
[ LAUGHTER ]
SHE TRAINS ALL DAY LONG.
THAT'S RIGHT.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE PICTURES
FROM LAST NIGHT.
ST. PAUL TOURISM GROUP HAD THIS
TASTE OF CHAMPIONS.
THERE WE ARE.
I WOULD LIKE TO DO IT EVERY
NIGHT.
IT WAS FUN.
BRIAN BOITANO, KRISTI
YAMAGUCHI.
THAT'S RIGHT.
BRIAN KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING
ABOUT.
HE HAS HAD HIS OWN FOOD SHOW,
COOKING SHOW.
I'M HAPPY TO TASTE THE FOOD.
IF ANYONE NEEDS MY OPINION, I
WOULD BE HAPPY TO TASTE.
YOUR OPINION ON RED WINE WAS
ALSO SPOT ON.
I AM A CABERNET FAN.
EXCELLENT.
JASON, YOU DID THIS.
THAT WAS GREAT.
HE FIT IN VERY NICELY.
YOU WILL BE BACK IN ST. PAUL
IN MAY.
WHAT'S HAPPENING THEN?
WE HAVE STARS ON ICE.
THAT'S FUN.
EXCITED TO GET YOU BACK YOUR.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO CHECK OUT
THE U.S. FIGURE SKATING
CHAMPIONSHIPS RUNNING THROUGH
SUNDAY AT XCEL.
ALL OF THE DETAILS AT
WWW.WCCO.COM.