Champions on Ice Adds U.S. Medalists to Tour

(2/3/04) – The Champions on Ice tour, which features some of the world's most talented and recognized figure skaters, has added newly crowned U.S. men's champion Johnny Weir and ice dancing champions Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto to its lineup. U.S. bronze medalist Jennifer Kirk has also been added. This will her first full tour with Champions on Ice.

Weir left the crowd in Atlanta spellbound by his performance at the 2004 State Farm U.S. Championships last month. He effortlessly landed eight triple jumps to win his first U.S. medal on the senior level. Belbin and Agosto won their first U.S. title and dazzled the fans with their creative rendition to a medley of songs from "West Side Story" in their free dance.

The additions of such high talents as Weir and Belbin and Agosto increase the star studded power to an already electrifying cast. The tour also features Michelle Kwan, who captured her eighth U.S. title in Atlanta, as well as Sasha Cohen, a three-time U.S. silver medalist and one of the top stars in the international circuit this season. Kwan and Cohen are projected to be two of the top stars at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino, Italy.

Also skating in the tour are 2003 World champion Evgeny Plushenko, Olympic bronze medalist and 2003 World silver medalist Timothy Goebel, World silver medalists Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin, as well as other champions from Olympic and World competitions including Victor Petrenko, Rudy Galindo and Philippe Candeloro. Other stars from the 2004 World Championships, which take place in Dortmund, Germany, in March, also will take to the ice with fresh new routines.

The Champions on Ice 2004 tour will visit cities from coast to coast and from border to border. And in true Champions on Ice tradition, all of the skaters will perform to original music and choreography of their choice. Selections help match famous names and faces with personality and style.

For tickets and more information, go to www.championsonice.com.

Champions on Ice is a presentation of Tom Collins Enterprises, which has celebrated a tradition of providing the finest in skating entertainment for more than a quarter of a century.