Irina Slutskaya News

Figure skater. Born July 7, 1980 in Torrance, California. The daughter of Hong Kong immigrants, Kwan watched her older brother play ice hockey as a youngster.

Kim Yu-Na knows pressure. She sees it everywhere she looks: in her reflection in a thousand camera lenses, in the corner of every South Korean flag she autographs, in the expanding knot of frenetic Korean reporters and photographers drawn to her so millions more at home might know her every word and thought.

NFL All-Pro offensive lineman Harris Barton and Russian world figure skating champion Irina Slutskaya are among nine athletes and sport figures elected to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame for 2009.

There are days Mirai Nagasu doesn't want to get up at 5 a.m., doesn't see eye-to-eye with her coaches and doesn't feel like doing her homework.

GOYANG, South KoreaIt was a tough start for Patrick Chan of Toronto and Joannie Rochette of Ile-Dupas, Que., at a Grand Prix figure skating event in Korea, as both placed sixth in their short programs.

South Korean starlet Kim Yu-Na carries the weight of the nation this week as she aims to become only the second female skater to win three straight ISU Grand Prix finals.