Gold medalist Cha Junhwan (C) of South Korea, silver medalist Kagiyama Yuma (L) of Japan and bronze medalist Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan pose for photo at the victory ceremony for the men single skating free skating of figure skating event at the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin, nort...
The meaning of FIGURE SKATING is skating characterized by the performance of various jumps, spins, and dance movements and formerly by the tracing of prescribed figures.
one of Chen's closest friends on the American team. “When that hip-hop beat drops, he’s gotten through all the technical elements and he can just show off his personality and that changes your view of what you think skating is.” ...
Where can Malinin go from here when he already has been near the limits of his sport? Quintuple jumps? Quad-quad combinations? “I will leave it a surprise, as always” Malinin said, with an impish grin. Philip Hersh, who has covered figure skating at the last 12 Winter Olympics, is...
Skating last as the short program leader at theMK John Wilson Trophyfigure skatingevent in Sheffield, Great Britain, on Sunday (13 November), the 23-year-old turned in one of the performances of her career, registering a near-personal best score (145.20) and securing her first-ever Gran...
Figure skating is judged using a complex points-based system — a system that's not always intuitive. Take this for example: sometimes skaters earn more points for falling on a difficult jump than for landing an easier one!
Valieva is the latest in a long line of her countrywomen who have won global figure skating competitions. They’ve claimed the last three women’s singles gold medals and won five of the last six the world titles. With two near flawless performances ...
Kevin Reynolds acquitted himself well in the men’s event but got a bit of a raw deal. Stuck skating sixth out of 36 men in the short program, he was in a class by himself among the early groups. He landed two clean quads, including the most polished quad salchow-triple toe loop of...
Figures were the most important part of the original Olympic figure skating events. 【2】 For that reason, the general public was not all that excited about watching figure skating at the first Olympics. In the mid-1930s, Olympic Champion Sonja Henie, increased the popularity of figure skating...
The family died in Wednesday night’s crash on their way home from Wichita, Kansas, where they participated in events surrounding the US Figure Skating Championships. “The Livingstons were just – they were just a big personality family. They were loving, they were thoughtful. Donna and Pe...