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Jutta Leerdam wins speed skating GOLD with Jake Paul in tears
3+ hour, 19+ min ago (795+ words) By RIATH AL-SAMARRAI, CHIEF SPORTS FEATURE WRITER and MICHAEL PAVITT, SPORTS REPORTER Her fianc" might be a man best known for YouTube pranks and bad boxing, but the serious sporting talents of Jutta Leerdam were highlighted magnificently with a long-track…...
Can LILAH FEAR and LEWIS GIBSON do a Torvill and Dean at the Olympics?
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (1700+ words) By CHRISTOBEL HASTINGS FOR YOU MAGAZINE Last Halloween, Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson " the British ice dance champions leading Team GB at this week's Winter Olympics " dressed up as Dame Jayne Torvill and Sir Christopher Dean." They even donned the…...
The most glamorous figure skaters on and off the ice revealed
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (1806+ words) By RUTH STAINER, TRAINEE REPORTER and JESSICA GREEN, ASSISTANT LIFESTYLE EDITOR The figure staking competition is arguable one of the most popular events in Winter Olympics - thanks to the breath-taking choreography, incredible skill and sensational ensembles. But who are the…...
Figure-skating Minion handed reprieve as film studio bows to pressure
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (340+ words) By RIATH AL-SAMARRAI, CHIEF SPORTS FEATURE WRITER A figure-skating Minion has been handed a Winter Olympics reprieve after Universal Studios caved to public pressure to allow him to use music from the Despicable Me franchise. Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate, who performs…...
Olympics fans fume as figure skater is BANNED from using iconic song
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (618+ words) Figure skater'Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate has announced that he has been forced into a last-minute change to his program just days out from the Winter Olympics.' The Spanish skater, who will be competing at the Milan-Cortina Olympic games, has become a…...
Skaters hit Central Europe's largest frozen lake despite warnings
3+ week, 7+ hour ago (103+ words) By ALEX MASON, UK SITE VIDEO EDITOR People in Hungary have flocked to Lake Balaton after it froze deep enough in parts for skating." The ice has thickened to at least 12 centimetres along the southern shore - above the minimum safety…...
US skating star makes Olympic team year after parents' death in crash
4+ week, 7+ hour ago (559+ words) By OLIVER SALT, US ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Maxim Naumov has secured his place on USA's Olympic figure skating team one year on from the devastating plane crash that killed his parents. Vadim, 55, and Evgenia, 52, were among 67 people who lost their…...
Heartbroken US ice skating star pays tear-filled tribute to his parents a year on from their death in plane crash
1+ mon, 3+ hour ago (424+ words) By OLIVER SALT, US ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Tearful figure skater Maxim Naumov honored his late parents as he stepped up his bid to make the US Winter Olympics team on Thursday - one year after they were killed in the Washington…...
Inside toxic divorce of Olympic gold medal skater and wealthy husband... as their multi-million-dollar empire is carved up
1+ mon, 22+ hour ago (1359+ words) By LUKE KENTON, US SENIOR REPORTER Oksana Baiul once exemplified grace under pressure - a16-year-old figure skating prodigy who took Olympic gold for Ukraineat the1994 Winter Games. But decades later, her life beyond the rink has taken a dark, complicated turn. Baiul,…...
Revealed: The first look at the stadium for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (588+ words) By ROBYN WUTH FOR AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS Beijing had the Bird's Nest and Los Angeles had the Coliseum - now the world has its first sneak peek at the future home of the 2032 Brisbane Olympics. Artist impressions of the stadium that…...