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哭啥啦，谁说Swan就这样谢幕啦，说不定以后还会拿出来表演呢。
来自美国冰协网站的报道：http://www.usfsa.org/event_story.asp?id=36958
(12/10/06) - Olympic silver medalist Sasha Cohen used a new program and an old one to win the fans' vote Sunday at the 2006 Marshalls U.S. Figure Skating Challenge, televised live on ABC.
Cohen received 53 percent of the vote in the final round to beat out Johnny Weir, Rena Inoue & John Baldwin, and Kimmie Meissner. Cohen and Inoue/Baldwin were the top vote-getters in the initial round for West Coast skaters, while Weir and Meissner won the East Coast votes.
Fans were able to vote three times during the competition – once for their favorite West Coast skater, then their favorite East Coast skater, and once for the final round. Voting was available in-arena, via 1-900 numbers, and on U.S. Figure Skating Online.
The West Coast opened the show with Katy Taylor showing off a new short program to music from the movie “Legends of the Fall.” The music fit her well, but she fell on her first jump, a triple flip. She went on to land a double Axel and triple Lutz-double toe combination.
Inoue and Baldwin's romantic skate to “Mandy” by Barry Manilow hit a chord with the audience. They included side-by-side double Axels, a throw triple, and varied lifts. Evan Lysacek then brought out an old outfit to skate to Andrea Bocelli's “Ave Maria.” He landed two triple jumps and flowed across the ice with ease and emotion.
Cohen debuted a new exhibition number to a medley of “West Side Story” music, including “I Feel Pretty,” “Cool” and “Maria.” She landed a double Axel and a triple Salchow and two split jumps. Her spiral sequence hit just the right note with the crescendo of “Maria.” She won more than half of the votes for the West Coast, with Inoue and Baldwin just beating out Lysacek.
Hughes opened the East Coast team with an energetic version of “Proud Mary,” and Tanith Belbin & Ben Agosto followed up with their tango original dance.
Weir entranced the audience with Frank Sinatra's “My Way,” landing four triples, and his blades cut a silent edge around the ice. The expert judges – Peggy Fleming, Dick Button and Peter Carruthers – praised Weir's emotion. Although the judges gave their opinion of the skates, their votes did not count.
Kimmie Meissner tried out a new program to Avril Lavigne's “Keep Holding On” which she dedicated to her “Cool Kids.” Meissner supports children with cancer through her Cool Kids campaign. She landed two double Axels and two triples, and showed a different side to her personality with her hair down and whipping across the ice.
Weir led the votes, and Meissner just beat out Belbin and Agosto for the second spot.
Meissner opened the final round with “Unwritten” and included two double Axels, a triple Lutz, and a fall on a triple flip. Inoue and Baldwin skated their “Soul of Spain” competitive short program and even tried the crowd-pleasing throw triple Axel, although Inoue fell.
Weir used a modified version of his 2006 competitive free skate to “The Swan,” and once again floated across the ice. But even his excellence couldn't overcome the lyricism of Cohen's “God Bless America” program. She also included a double Axel and a triple Salchow, but it was her presentation and flexibility that stole the show – and the Marshalls crown.
Lysacek, Belbin and Agosto, Inoue and Baldwin and Weir head to Russia this week for the ISU Grand Prix Final. After that, they're back in the States preparing for the State Farm U.S. Championships, Jan. 21-28, in Spokane, Wash.
Cohen, meanwhile, has yet to make an announcement regarding her participation at the U | 
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