2023 U.S. women's national figure skating champion Isabeau Levito. Getty Images Expect Olympic-level competition at the 2024 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, with 180 qualifiers stepping on the ice over the six-day event. Eighteen women will vie for the women's singles U.S. championship...
World champion Sakamoto had been out of form in the short program but recovered with a strong free skate to the musical “Chicago” for bronze on 201.13. Skating to a jazz medley, Chock and Bates took the ice dance gold for the second year running with a 219.85 total to win by n...
Jason Brown jumps during his performance, skating to songs from the musical Hamilton. 4 Nathan Chen Getty Images 2017 Men's Champion Nathan Chen performs a spin during the his short program. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below 5 Karen Chen 2017 Women's Champion Karen Chen performs a spiral...
Olympic figure skating champion Brian Boitano came out on Thursday, two days after he was named to the U.S. delegation for Sochi along with openly gay athletes Billie Jean King and Caitlin Cahow. The 1988 gold medalist had always kept his personal life private, saying in a statement that "...
Dedicated to Olympic medalist and US Champion figure skater Sasha Cohen 123456 Sasha Cohen is one of the most accomplished skaters of her time. High on her list of accolades are winning the 2006 U.S. Championship in St. Louis and a silver medal at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Torino,...
The 1996 US National figure skating champion Rudy Galindo has made a welcome return to the ice at New York’s Rockefeller Center after have both of his hips replaced. Galindo was diagnosed with avascular necrosis (AVN), a degenerative disease that affects the hips. The diagnosis came two years...
One of the biggest names in the sport and a clear gold-medal contender, Chen is a three-time World champion (2018, 2019 and 2021) and comes into the Olympics winning his sixth straight national figure skating championship. Beijing marks his second Olympics; at the 2018 PyeongChang Games, he...
(and medaled twice), won three World titles, five European Championships, and was six-times the Dutch Champion. But now she’s a quiet grandmother, long removed from the past glory days and not as much involved in a lot of skating events. So at the very last minute a contact of mine...
The Men's event looks to be the most hotly congested event with a retooled Johnny Weir and current champion Evan Lysacek the main focus. Pairs is another wide open event with no clear favorite for the gold. Much to people's surprise Rena Inoue & John Baldwin are back. Meanwhile, Themi...
Also on Tuesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Valieva remains an Olympic champion to Russia. “We do not agree with these decisions – neither with the decision of the court, nor with the decision of the [skating] federation. We do not accept them,” Peskov told rep...