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Minions music leads to nightmare for Olympic skater while putting a spotlight on a yearslong problem
3+ hour, 26+ min ago (833+ words) Spain's Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate competes during the Men's Short Program on day two of the ISU European Figure Skating Championships in Sheffield, Thursday, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2026. (Mike Egerton/PA via AP) Of course it would take those mischievous Minions to thrust…...
Canada's Stellato-Dudek withdraws from Olympic figure skating team event due to injury
23+ hour, 45+ min ago (292+ words) Deanna Stellato-Dudek, left, and Maxime Deschamps, right, skate off the ice after their free program in the senior pairs figure skating competition at the Canadian National Skating Championships in Gatineau, Quebec, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)…...
Milan’s historical trams at night as the city gears up for the Winter Olympic Games, in photos
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (74+ words) MILAN, Italy (AP) " Milan's tram network is one of Italy's largest and oldest, with the core fleet dating back to the late 19th century, The network began with horse-drawn carriages, switching to steam in 1878, becoming fully electrified by 1901. The polished raised…...
Netflix films Chock and Bates for a docuseries as US skaters prepare for Milan Cortina Olympics
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (864+ words) Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier perform their free dance in the ice dance figure skating competition at the Canadian National Skating Championships in Gatineau, Quebec, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP) Gold medal winners France's Laurence Fournier…...
Australian base in Italy gives athletes from Down Under a home edge at the Winter Olympics
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (726+ words) Nearly 15 years ago, the Australian Institute of Sport opened the European Training Centre in Gavirate, about an hour's drive from Milan. With a fully equipped gym as well as a games room with a pool table, it offers a base…...
Olympic skaters Zingas and Kolesnik lead US ice dance sweep at Four Continents
1+ week, 4+ day ago (411+ words) Olympic ice dancers Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik tuned up for the Milan Cortina Games in the best possible way Friday. The up-and-coming duo won the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at the National Indoor Stadium in Beijing, leading the…...
Ilia Malinin: The 20-year-old American figure skater redefining the sport
1+ week, 6+ day ago (715+ words) All that Ilia Malinin must do now is deliver on the Olympic stage. The 20-year-old American phenom has waited four long years for the Milan Cortina Games, after he was controversially left off the U.S. team for the Beijing Olympics. It…...
Ice dancer Allison Reed returns to Olympics after 16 years, skating for Lithuania
2+ week, 2+ day ago (990+ words) Allison Reed and Saulius Ambrulevicius, of Lithuania, skate in the Dance free program competition of the 2025 Skate Canada International event in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. (Liam Richards/The Canadian Press via AP) Lithuania's Allison Reed and Saulius Ambrulevicius…...
Ice dance champ Papadakis says she lost Olympic commentary role for NBC over dispute with ex-partner
2+ week, 4+ day ago (464+ words) In an interview with sports daily L'quipe on Friday, the retired French skater said the decision was taken after Guillaume Cizeron publicly contested what she wrote in "So as Not to Disappear," released this week. Cizeron asked his lawyers on…...
Has figure skating reached the limits of human performance?
2+ week, 4+ day ago (968+ words) It was at a relatively minor event in upstate New York in September 2022 that Ilia Malinin, the self-anointed "Quad God" who was fast becoming the biggest name in figure skating, finally landed the jump that so many people had thought…...