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 ...
Team USA plays Canada in hockey – Credit: USA TODAY Sports Each and every day of the 2022 Winter Games, NBCOlympics.com will keep you updated overnight with the biggest stories from across the competition landscape. This article will be refreshed ...
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 ...
Abby Roque tries to score past Ann-Renee Desbiens – Credit: Getty Images Each day of the 2022 Winter Games, NBC Olympics will run down every sport in action, highlighting the biggest athletes and marquee events. Every single event streams live ...
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 ...
Natalie Geisenberger celebrates – Credit: Getty Images The queen of luge is a nickname her own coach gave her, but it’s fitting for Germany’s Natalie Geisenberg. On Tuesday when she won the women’s singles event, she became the first female ...
Kamila Valieva skates during the figure skating women singles short program – Credit: Getty Images At a few minutes before 9 a.m. ET Tuesday, 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva whispered onto the ice at the Capital Indoor Stadium (where ...
Valieva looks up toward the sky – Credit: Getty Images How do you watch with any pleasure an Olympic event in which the International Olympic Committee has all but called one of the competitors a pariah? Not just any competitor, ...