31.   A Playboy spokeswoman said the skater was the first athlete to pose for the magazine.

32.   After year of dominating the pairs and ice dance in the former Soviet Union days, the individual skaters now are now in the forefront.

33.   Both skaters are on hot streaks early in this figure skating season.

34.   But his main job, he said, is to make sure skaters are concerned only about racing.

35.   But there is another skater who may eventually challenge Lipinski later in the season.

36.   Four U.S. skaters were withdrawn from a competition in Austria this week because of the military action in Afghanistan.

37.   It has provided to date all of the significant events all these skaters are in.

38.   Other skaters are, too.

39.   Other skaters have been victims of lack of foresight.

40.   The chairman of the Russian Figure Skating Federation, Valentin Piseyev, defended Yagudin, saying the skater was sorry for his behavior and promised not to repeat it.