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Russian Skaters Practice at West Orange Codey Arena

Cynthia Cumming

Tuesday, March 5, 2013 • 10:40pm

WEST ORANGE, NJ - The Russian Pairs Skating Team of Volosozhar and Trankov are preparing for the 2013 World Championships and are practicing at the Codey arena in West Orange.

Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. was on hand to cheer on Pairs Figure Skating World Champions Tania Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov from Russia on Monday, March 4.

The World Championships will be held in London, Ontario from March 11 to 17. The figure skating pair won the Gold Medal at the 2013 ISU European Figure Skating Championship in Croatia in January and Silver Medals at the 2012 and 2011 World Championships. 

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