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Sasha Cohen and the Vancouver Games -- no decision yet

By Helene Elliott
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Orange County-raised figure skater Sasha Cohen, one of the stars of Friday’s McDonald’s Family Tribute on Ice show at USC’s Galen Center, is leaving her options open when it comes to competing in the 2010 Vancouver Games.

Cohen, who turns 24 later this month, finished fourth at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games and won the silver medal in Turin in 2006. She hasn’t competed the last two seasons but has stayed busy appearing in shows.

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Friday’s show, which will air on NBC on Nov. 16, promotes World Children’s Day on Nov. 20, and is raising money for children’s causes.

Cohen, who lives in Newport Beach, said she’s ‘definitely’ thinking about Vancouver but hasn’t made a decision yet.

‘I’m training really hard right now, and I will keep reassessing,’ she said.

‘My only timeline would be signing up to qualify the year before.’

-- Helene Elliott

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Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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