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Ladies' event will be battle of unknowns

By Bonnie DeSimone
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, October 19, 2005

An intriguing two-part, home-ice, early-season showdown between figure skating rivals Michelle Kwan and Sasha Cohen fizzled when Kwan withdrew from a pair of events earlier this month with a hip injury. Cohen won the Campbell's International Figure Skating Classic in St. Paul handily in Kwan's absence. She looked poised, sharp, in tune with the sport's new scoring system and ready to shed her old reputation as a phenomenally gifted skater who couldn't quite dot the "i" in "champion.'' But no ...

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