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By Jo Ann Schneider Farris, About.com Guide to Figure Skating

How Did the Name of the "Kiss and Cry" Figure Skating Area Come About?

Sunday January 4, 2009
Jamie Salé and David Pelletier see their first place scores from the Kiss ancd Cry area.
The Kiss and Cry area is the place where figure skating competitors and their coaches wait for the scores to be announced and posted. There is some history surrounding how the name "Kiss and Cry" came about...read more


Canadian, World, and Olympic pair skating champions, Jamie Salé and David Pelletier, see their first place scores from the "Kiss ancd Cry" area after they performed at the 2001 World Figure Skating Championships - Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images

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