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| Vol. 18, No. 8 | Oct. 22, 1998 |
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| Vol. 18, No. 8 | Oct. 22, 1998 |
1994 Olympic gold medalist Oksana Baiul, current world champions Anjelika Krylova and Oleg Ovsiannikov and other internationally ranked skaters and upcoming stars of the future will perform in a special ice skating show on Sunday, Nov. 8, at the University of Delaware's Rust Ice Arena.
The show, "Stars of the Present and Future," will be presented at 1 and 5 p.m.
Tickets for the show go on sale Saturday, Oct. 17, at UD box offices in the Bob Carpenter Center and Trabant University Center, and through Ticketmaster outlets, where a convenience charge may apply. Tickets will be on sale by phone through Ticketmaster at (302) 984-2000.
Admission is $20 for adults, $10 for UD students with ID and $7 for children under the age of 12.
Baiul recently began training at the University's Ice Skating Science Development Center with coach Natalia Linitchuck, who has been called one of the top 25 most influential people in the world of figure skating.
Krylova and Ovsiannikov, who also train with Linitchuck, won the silver medal at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan, and then won the world championships this spring.
U.S. skaters featured at the show will be Jeff Merica, men's competitor; Scott Smith, 1998 Junior Men's National Champion; Johnny Weir, who took third place in Novice Men at Nationals last year; Sara Wheat, who placed fourth in Novice Ladies at Nationals; Penny Schnering and Tim Jones, 1998 Novice Dance Champions; Laura Handy and Paul Binnebose, winners of the Polish and Nebelhor Trophy and winners at the Junior World Tryout; Tiffany Scott and Philip Dulebohn, who placed eighth at Nationals; Heather Allebach and Matt Evers, 1998 Junior Pairs Champions; Shayna Syken, who took second place in 1998 South Atlantics Juvenile Girls; Jaime Hurd, 1998 Easterns Intermediate Ladies Champion; and Jere Michael, former U.S. Junior Champion and eighth-place winner in the 1997 Nationals.
Also performing will be international skaters: Galit Chait and Sergei Sakhnovski, who skated for Israel in the 1998 Olympics; Irina Lobacheva and Ilia Averbuh, who represented Russia at the 1998 Olympics; Anna Simenovich and Vladimir Federov, and Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov.
