Harding won the Skate America competition at Oakland in September, upsetting the reigning world champion and the one U.S. skater who can rival her in the judges eyes, the more graceful but less physically gifted Kristi Yamaguchi of Fremont, Calif. What a different that makes! Her coach for 15 years, Rawlinson quit in 1989, a perplexing development because she had contributed a considerable amount of her own time and money over the years to keep Harding in skating. Final test registration date is September 1, 2023.