Han Cong throws Sui Wenjing – Credit: Getty Images The fifth and final figure skating medal event of the 2022 Winter Olympics gets underway Friday, Feb. 18, with the pairs short program. And the 19-team field is stacked. Two world ...
Kamila Valieva surrounded by coaches in kiss and cry – Credit: Getty Images The scenes were surreal, full of the visceral pain of two Russian teenagers and the numbness of a third, flooded with the thunderous sobbing of a Japanese ...
Kamila Valieva – Credit: NBC Olympics Kamila Valieva was cleared to skate in the women’s singles figure skating event at the 2022 Winter Olympics, despite her positive doping test from Dec. 25 that came to light in the middle of ...
Trusova and Shcherbakova stand on podium – Credit: Getty Images In a bizarre and memorable turn of events, Anna Shcherbakova won the women’s figure skating Olympic title while Kamila Valieva placed fourth. Shcherbakova is joined by silver medalist Aleksandra Trusova and Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto. The 15-year-old Valieva, ...
Liu lands a jump – Credit: Getty Images A woman had never landed a quadruple jump at the Olympics until Feb. 7, 2022. Ten days later, we could see as many as 10 quads in the women’s free skate at ...
Kamila Valieva looks on – Credit: Getty Images Many questions remain in women’s figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics, including: Will Kamila Valieva remain in first place? How many quadruple jumps will we see from Valieva and her Russian ...
Qi Guangpu at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Credit: VCG via Getty Images Seeking aerials glory at his fourth Olympics after top-10 finishes at the last three, Qi Guangpu found elusive gold Wednesday by sticking the sport’s most challenging trick under pressure, ...
Erik Valnes (L) and Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo of Team Norway celebrate winning the gold medal during the Men's Cross-Country Team Sprint Classic Final Thanks to their final tactical sprint plan, the Norwegian’s rose to the occasion and delivered a gold ...
Linn Persson (l-r), Elvira Oeberg and Hanna Oeberg from Sweden cheer for the gold medal in the Olympic relay 4 x 6 km It was a family affair for sisters Hanna and Elvira Oeberg in the women’s 4x6km relay. The ...
Zagitova on 2018 Olympic rink in red dress – Credit: Getty Images Would raising the minimum age in figure skating prevent another Kamila Valieva situation in the future? It would not directly deal with the issue of doping that is ...