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spt_olyprofile_cohen[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Sasha Cohen finally had her time to shine at this year's U.S. Figure Skating Championships. With injured Michelle Kwan not skating, Cohen won her first U.S. title. Cohen followed that up with a silver medal win at the Olympics.";

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spt_olyprofile_cohen[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Cohen was born on Oct. 26, 1984 in Laguna Niguel, Calif. She began skating competitively at age seven and mastered all of her jumps with the exception of the double axel at age 11.<p>Cohen made her junior debut in 1996 and began to show signs of becoming a star three years later by skating to seven consecutive top-two finishes before making her senior debut at nationals in 2000.";

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spt_olyprofile_cohen[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>2000 - Cohen finishes second at the  U.S. Championships";

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spt_olyprofile_cohen[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Even in her career's infancy, Cohen was a contender in most events she competed in. But that never translated to a first-place finish until this year's U.S. Championships.<p>The first of Cohen's four runner-up finishes to Michelle Kwan at the U.S. Championships came in 2002. That year, she also made her Olympic debut with a fourth-place finish in Salt Lake City.";

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spt_olyprofile_cohen[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>2006 - Cohen claims the silver medal at the 2006 Olympics in Turin, Italy.";

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spt_olyprofile_cohen[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><li>Cohen's mom, Galina, is a native of Ukraine and emigrated to the United States with her parents in the 1970s.";

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spt_olyprofile_cohen[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Cohen on winning her first U.S. title: \"I&#146;ve got a lot of silvers in different shoeboxes in storage units all over the place. But I think the gold one will have a special place.\"";

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spt_olyprofile_cohen[i-1].body = "<headline/><br><b>Top Olympic finishes</b><br><li>2006 - Second place in Turin<br><li>2002 - Fourth place in Salt Lake City<p><b>Other notable accomplishments</b><br><li>2006 U.S. national champion<br><li>Four-time silver medalist at U.S. Championships (2002-05)<br><li>Two-time silver medalist at the world championships (2004, '05)";

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