{shortcode-4147a953774dbd7befc5c7ad42021c6da30b0c22}he 48th Annual Evening with Champions took place Sept. 14 and 15 at the Bright-Landry Hockey Center in Allston. The student-run annual fundraiser brings together figure skaters from around the world to raise money for The Jimmy Fund, the fundraising arm of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Thus far, the organization has raised $2.9 million.
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This year An Evening with Champions welcomed their first Special Olympics skater, Sharita Taylor. Taylor is a 2017 Special Olympics World Winter Games Bronze Medalist and a 2017 Honorary ESPY Award Recipient.
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Tiffany Y. Lau '19, a six-time Hong Kong National Medalist and co-chair of the organization, skates during her solo performance.
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Kelvin Li '21, a two-time US National Competitor, flies through the air on Friday.
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Selena Zhao ’20, a Canadian Junior National Champion, skates effortlessly across the ice in her classical solo piece.
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Oleg A. Protopopov, a 1964 and 1968 Olympic Champion, four-time World Champion and four-time European Champion, pauses on the ice after skating a tribute to his late wife Ludmila Y. Belousova — and to all women. The performance, which received a standing ovation, marked his first appearance without Ludmila, who recently died of cancer.
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Melanie and Fred Palascak, instructors and former competitive skaters, perform gravity-defying stunts, causing some seated in the audience to gasp in shock and awe.
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Elladj Balde, a 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy Champion and former Canadian Junior National Champion, spins during his upbeat performance. Later, he performed backflips on the ice.
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Kailani Craine, 2018 Olympian, 2017 Nebelhorn Trophy Champion, and four-time Australian National Champion, appears to be dancing in air during her singles piece.
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The Haydenettes — five-time World Championships Bronze Medalists and 26-time US National Champions — skate in seemingly perfect union around the rink.
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Molly Malone, a former Dana Farber Cancer Institute patient, returns to the ice to deliver a powerful performance for the second year in a row since beating cancer.
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Ross Miner, a four-time US National Medalist, seems to levitate as he leaps during his performance.
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Cast members including co-master of ceremonies Paul S. Wylie '91 — a 1992 Olympic Silver Medalist and 2008 US Figure Skating Hall of Fame Inductee — and Angela Wang, the 2017 Bavarian Open Champion, perform in an ensemble finale.
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The cast of An Evening with Champions 2018 waves to the audience after taking their final bows, marking the end of their first show.
