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Marissa Castelli

5 Articles

As fresh and as fun as the American teams are, they could not match the experience, strength, consistency and classic style of the resurrected super power of pairs skating.  The Russians would rule, and it...

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By Alice Cook, She’s Game Sports The first team event in figure skating has made its Olympic debut, and so have New England’s own Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir.The United States finished third behind the Russians...

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  Olympic dreams do come true, although we rarely see “miracles” in the sport of figure skating. The last skater we saw come out of nowhere to win a gold medal was Sarah Hughes, back...

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  Just watching the pair teams warm up, gives me butterflies.  I remember the excitement I felt as a 19 year old skater, in second place with my partner. Bill Fauver and I were just...

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Pairs come up big in short

January 10, 2014

The spilt triple twists were sky high. The throws were huge, and the side by side jumps impressive. Pair skating is a completely different event than it was in the days of Tai and Randy.-...

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