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Los Angeles magazine guessed right about which American skater to feature this month. It helps that Evan Lysacek trains locally at the Toyota Sports Center in El Segundo, home base for the Lakers and Kings. He took the gold medal tonight in Vancover over Russian Evgeni Plushenko, and can now be called an Olympic champion. TSC's Evan Lysacek wins gold
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Lysacek wins the gold
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