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spt_oly_weir_profile.sPubDate = "3/14/2006 12:34:17 AM GMT";
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spt_oly_weir_profile.sTitle = "Turin spotlight: Johnny Weir";
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spt_oly_weir_profile[i-1].body = "Johnny Weir captured his third consecutive U.S. title on Jan. 14. He could be the United States&#146; best chance to capture a gold medal in men&#146;s figure skating since Brian Boitano accomplished the feat at the 1988 Games in Calgary. ";

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spt_oly_weir_profile[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Weir was born on July 2, 1984 in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. He first put on skates at age 12, which is considered an unusually late start for the sport. Weir had several good finishes prior to his senior debut in 2001. In 1999, he finished fourth at the U.S. junior championships in Salt Lake City. He also took home first in the short program at the 2000 U.S. championships. Weir capped off his junior-level career by winning the world junior championships in 2001.";

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spt_oly_weir_profile[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>2001 &#151; Weir finishes sixth at the U.S. championships.<p><br>";

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spt_oly_weir_profile[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Weir finished fourth in the short program and 5th overall 2002 U.S. championships in Los Angeles, improving his placement from the previous year. That year, he was named as an alternate to the U.S. Olympic team and he also narrowly missed the podium at the Continents Championships. <p>The 2002-2003 season proved to be difficult for Weir. He had to withdraw from both his Grand Prix events because of illness and had to also pull out of the U.S. championships because of a knee injury after finishing second in the short program.<p><br>";

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spt_oly_weir_profile[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>2004 &#151; Weir finishes first at the U.S. championships.";

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spt_oly_weir_profile[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Weir, who has never finished better than fourth place at the world championships, will not have an easy go of it in Turin. Not only does he face tough competition from other countries, but he also has Evan Lysacek nipping at his heels on the home front. <p>Weir, however, is known for his surprises. He quit in the middle of the 2003 U.S. championships when he suffered a strained knee from a fall, and it looked as if he would be a non-factor in the years to come. But just when everyone began to write him off, he came back and won the U.S. championships in 2004. And, most recently, Weir won his third consecutive U.S. title. So who knows, maybe the Olympics will be Weir's coming out party on the world stage.<p><p><br>";

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spt_oly_weir_profile[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><li>Favorite television show is 'The Simple Life'<br><li>Favorite male singing artist is Justin Timberlake<p><br>";

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spt_oly_weir_profile[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Weir on the new scoring system: \"I realize that I wouldn't have had last season's success without the new system, but at the same time it's frustrating to retrain your thought process and figure out how to handle this system.\"<p>";

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spt_oly_weir_profile[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Notable accomplishments</b><br><li>Three-time U.S. champion (2004- 2006)<br><li>Fourth-place finish at 2005 world championships";

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