BURBANK, Calif. (AP)—Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yu-na is set to train in Los Angeles. Although for how long and under whose tutelage still remains to be seen.

Since splitting from her longtime coach Brian Orser in a public spat last month, Kim had remained coy on her future plans.

Kim eliminated some of the mystery on Tuesday, confirming she would be moving her training base from Canada to Artesia on the outskirts of Los Angeles.

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Britain's only gold medallist at the Vancouver Olympics claims Canada "lost a bit of respect" internationally during the 2010 Games by unfairly exploiting its home-field advantage in pre-competition training.

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Olympic gold medalist Evan Lysacek is taking some time off. How much time off, he hasn’t decided.

Lysacek said Thursday he won’t compete the rest of this year, meaning he will skip the Grand Prix season. But he still wants to skate, and hasn’t ruled out the U.S. championships in mid-January.

“I miss it. I miss competing. I miss training,” Lysacek said. “Obviously I love doing all the work I’m doing with charities and sponsors. At the same time, I’m a skater and I love to skate. I’m itching to get back on the ice as much as I can. I guess I would know if I felt my career was done.

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PyeongChang's Alpensia resort would aslo stage the Opening and Closing ceremonies / PyeongChang2018

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Team USA select Sheffield

27 Aug 2010The USA diving team have signed an agreement with Sheffield to train in the city ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Diving are the first USA squad to be based in Sheffield for pre-games training and discussions will continue to take place with other USA teams to base themselves in the city. They are the second nation to choose Sheffield as a base, following the announcement in May 2008 that the Serbian Olympic team had chosen Sheffield and Leeds for their pre-games training camp base.

Steve Foley, High Performance Director for USA Diving said, “USA Diving is extremely excited to name Sheffield as their pre London 2012 training site.
Many venues within the UK and also throughout Europe were carefully considered but in the end, the outstanding facilities of Ponds Forge and the English Institute of Sport, plus excellent hotels and the superb location for easy commute to and from London were the determining factors."

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Manchester to welcome Brazil

23 Aug 2010The Brazilian Paralympic team became the latest nation to sign up  to train in Manchester ahead of the London 2012 Paralympic Games

The agreement will see the team  take part in a training camp over nine days in August 2012, with around 170 athletes and 80 staff making use of facilities at Sportcity including the athletics track, gym, national squash centre and national tennis centre.

Sheldon Phillips, Head of Regional Major Events at the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) said: “Brazil is one of the largest Paralympic teams to compete at London 2012, so to have the team training here in Manchester is very prestigious

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PyeongChang: bright future ahead for the region

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British female boxers are engaging in a series of international training camps from Crete to China ahead of their participation in amateur boxing for the first time in London 2012.
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York to host The Gambia in run up to the Games

08 Jun 2010York was celebrating yesterday after officials put the finishing touches to an agreement that will see Gambian athletes use the city as a training base for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Representatives from City of York Council and Active York (the city’s sport and leisure partnership) were joined by Lawrence Bruce, Executive Director of the National Olympic Committee for Gambia.

Together, they took a tour of the venues awarded Pre-Games Training Camp status by the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG). After enjoying lunch at York Mansion House, Bruce signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Councillor Nigel Ayre.


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