U.S. figure skating champion Rachael Flatt skated a pretty clean free skate program at Skate America yesterday in Portland, Oregon, winning the silver medal, and her coach Tom Zakrajsek did 10 push-ups x3 (by media request to catch it on tape) - a bet/incentive Rachel proposed. [QUOTE] We had a little bet going, and that's why I did push-ups," he said. "I know with Rachael it's always great to relax and laugh; it was her idea, so I went along with it. I said I would do ten push-ups if she skated a clean long. "I ended up doing 30, because I did the first set right away. Then [NBC] wanted me to do it on camera, so I did another ten when the red light went on. But they weren't live, and Scott Hamilton asked me to do them again once they were live. So I ended up doing 30 push-ups instead of ten." [/QUOTE] Tom Zakrajsek pays off a bet to Rachael Flatt in the kiss-and-cry area after the free skate. (Tabitha Rodgers) (via icenetwork.com: News) Rachel still has pain in her right knee and calf, that she developed at NHK Trophy last month, where she also won the silver, despite treatment at the Olympic Training Center (OTC) in Colorado Springs, Colorado. [QUOTE] "It starts at the bottom of my foot and goes all the way up to my knee," she said after her winning free skate in Portland. "I knew I trained very solid programs at home, and I knew I needed to rely on my training and shut that [pain] part of my mind down, which I didn't do as well in the short program." [/QUOTE] The push-ups bet with her coach proved as a good way to get Rachel's mind off the pain. News is that it is probably a soft tissue or tendinitis injury, but x-rays and MRI to come to make sure and confirm.