Figure skating
‘I want to push the limits’: ‘quad god’ Ilia Malinin on his mission to save figure skating – and do a quintuple
At 19, Malinin is the only person in history to land a quadruple axel – a four-and-a-half-revolution jump – in competition, and he thinks he can go further. Will his incredible athleticism revive a tarnished sport?
Bryan Armen Graham
02, May, 2024 @4:00 AM
Quad god: Ilia Malinin sparkles on ice and takes figure skating to next level
American teenager’s record-breaking routine set to the Succession theme has reverberated through a sport in need of a boost
Bryan Armen Graham in Montreal
29, Mar, 2024 @3:00 PM
US prodigy Ilia Malinin drills six quads to win first world figure skating title
Ilia Malinin, the Virginia prodigy and self-proclaimed ‘quadg0d’, won his first world championship on Saturday night with a history-making free skate
Bryan Armen Graham in Montreal
24, Mar, 2024 @2:58 AM
US figure skaters to receive 2022 Olympic team gold after Valieva disqualified
Members of the US Olympic figure skating team learned late Monday they will receive gold medals following Kamila Valieva disqualification
Guardian sport and agencies
30, Jan, 2024 @1:02 PM
Ava Ziegler caps historic US figure skating breakthrough with shock NHK Trophy win
Ava Marie Ziegler performed a near-flawless free skate on Saturday to win the NHK Trophy and lead a US one-two finish on the podium
Guardian sport and agencies
25, Nov, 2023 @12:47 PM
American teenager Lindsay Thorngren roars to surprise lead at NHK Trophy
Lindsay Thorngren, a 17-year-old from New Jersey, was the surprise leader after the women’s short program at the NHK Trophy in Osaka
Guardian sport and agencies
24, Nov, 2023 @4:11 PM
Olympic figure skater Alexandra Paul killed in crash at age of 31
The former Olympic figure skater Alexandra Paul has died at the age of 31 in a car crash, Skate Canada has confirmed
Guardian sport
27, Aug, 2023 @1:20 PM
Figure skating isn’t seen as extreme, but learning in my 40s I found ice extremely hard | Andrew Herrick
To put middle age on ice, Andrew Herrick found a hobby that is social, physical and fabulous for balance. So what if he was the only adult in the class?
Andrew Herrick
30, Mar, 2023 @2:00 PM
Kamila Valieva’s Olympic gold hopes vanish amid ROC anger, tears and joy | Sean Ingle
A tearful Valieva slipped to fourth, Anna Shcherbakova quietly won gold and runner-up Alexandra Trusova wept in a chaotic, cruel figure skating finale
Sean Ingle at the Capital Indoor Stadium
17, Feb, 2022 @2:05 PM
‘The difference is I’m black’: Richardson sees double standard over Valieva reprieve
US sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson has questioned why Kamila Valieva has been allowed to compete at the Olympics while she was banned for a similar offence
Guardian sport
14, Feb, 2022 @5:09 PM
ROC skater Kamila Valieva tested positive for banned substance, ITA confirms
The 15-year-old Russian skater Kamila Valieva tested positive for the banned heart medication trimetazidine in a sample that was collected on Christmas Day
Sean Ingle in Beijing
11, Feb, 2022 @3:26 PM
Kamila Valieva and Zhu Yi are victims in Winter Olympics’ puppet theatre of pain | Barney Ronay
Zhu Yi’s haunting yet disastrous skate was the most heartbreaking story of the Beijing Games until Kamila Valieva’s failed drugs test
Barney Ronay
11, Feb, 2022 @2:55 PM
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