Figure skating

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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