French Olympic Champions to Make US Skating Debut in 2005 John Hancock Champions on Ice Tour in Their First U.S. Tour Since the 2002 Olympic Controversy
It has been nearly three years sincethe French ice dancing team of Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat won the Olympic Gold Medal in Salt Lake City. They are finally ready to skate in front of American audiences in the 2005 John Hancock Champions on Ice
Denver, CO (PRWEB) January 27, 2005 -- It’s been nearly three years since the
French ice dancing team of Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat won the Olympic
gold medal in Salt Lake City. But now, for the first time since those Olympics,
they are finally ready to skate in front of American audiences in the 2005 John
Hancock Champions on Ice tour.
Anissina and Peizerat, one of the world’s
most successful and beautiful ice dancing teams, have toured in France and Japan
but have never had the chance to skate in shows in the United States before.
They will perform in all 23 cities that the tour stops in beginning in Hartford,
Conn., March 26, and ending in Anaheim, Calif., May 1.
Joining Anissina
and Peizerat in the tour are nine-time U.S. champion Michelle Kwan, two-time
national champion Johnny Weir and two-time ice dancing champions Tanith Belbin
and Ben Agosto.
With the Olympics just one year away, the John Hancock
Champions on Ice tour will showcase some of the world’s best skating talent.
Among others in the star-studded cast are World Champion and Olympic Silver
Medalist Irina Slutskaya; 2004 world silver medalist Sasha Cohen, Olympic bronze
medalist Timothy Goebel and Russian world champion Evgeni Plushenko.
Kimmie Meissner, the 15-year-old sensation who became the first American
since Tonya Harding in 1991 to land a triple axel, will make appearances in
Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and East Rutherford, N.Y.
The John
Hancock Champions on Ice tour also features other entertaining acts including
the comedy of Dan Hollander, acrobatic duo of Vladimir Besedin and Oleksiy
Polishchuk and the amazing hula hoops on ice with Irina Grigorian.
In
true Champions on Ice tradition, all of the skaters will perform to original
music and choreography of their choice. Selections help match famous names and
faces with personality and style.
Tickets are now available for John
Hancock Champions on Ice at local Ticketmaster outlets, ticketmaster.com, arena
box offices and at championsonice.com. Order your tickets now and catch a
glimpse of skating’s newest stars.
Media members who would like to
arrange interviews with skaters in the John Hancock Champions on Ice tour or
have other questions about the tour should contact Lynn Plage at 303/716-9500 or
Marissa Peede at 303/437-6150. Media can also e-mail their request to e-mail
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