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Glenwood Roller Rink to reopen under new ownership following structural repairs
19+ hour, 34+ min ago (558+ words) Glenwood Roller Rink, a beloved local staple that closed in April 2025 due to structural damage, is set to reopen later this year after being bought by new owners, Glenwood Mayor Toleda Hart said. The rink was formerly owned by the…...
Now I want to be here: Alysa Liu thrives for the US at the Olympics with a new outlook on life
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (475+ words) MILAN " Alysa Liu is back at the Olympics on her own terms, and she's thriving on the U. S. team. Four years ago, Liu went to the COVID-hit Beijing Olympics as a 16-year-old who despised how skating and endless hours of practice…...
Alysa Liu walked away from skating. Her fresh outlook when she returned helped her win Olympic gold.
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (971+ words) MILAN " Alysa Liu probably cared the least of all the women in figure skating at the Milan Cortina Olympics about winning the gold medal. Maybe that is why she won it. The 20-year-old with the striped hair, prominent frenulum piercing…...
Alysa Liu gives US its first women's figure skating Olympic gold medal in 24 years
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (414+ words) MILAN " Alysa Liu delivered the U. S. its first women's figure skating Olympic gold medal in 24 years, performing a near-flawless free skate Thursday night in a glittering golden dress to upstage Japanese rivals Kaori Sakamoto and Ami Nakai at the Milan Cortina…...
Can Alysa Liu end a 24-year drought for US women in Olympic figure skating? "Free range, no rules.
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (782+ words) MILAN " Alysa Liu will try to end a 24-year drought for American women in Olympic figure skating on Thursday night when the "Blade Angel" attempts to chase down Japanese rivals Ami Nakai and Kaori Sakamoto in the free skate at…...
Jordan Stolz began skating on a frozen pond in Wisconsin. He seeks a 3rd Olympic gold Thursday.
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (488+ words) MILAN " Jordan Stolz's path to multiple speedskating gold medals at the Milan Cortina Olympics began at age 5 in front of a TV at home in Wisconsin, sitting with his older sister, Hannah, to check out the 2010 Vancouver Games. "It's a…...
US figure skaters struggle in short program as Japan's Ami Nakai surges into Olympic lead
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (884+ words) MILAN " Ami Nakai and Japanese teammate Kaori Sakamoto upstaged Alysa Liu and the rest of the "Blade Angels" on Tuesday night. Nakai rode her opening triple axel to a career-best 78. 71 points in her short program at the Milan Cortina Olympics,…...
US speedskater Jordan Stolz wins gold in the 1, 000 meters in an Olympic-record time
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (794+ words) MILAN " Jordan Stolz pictured this moment most of his life, ever since he was 5 years old, learning to skate on a frozen pond in his Wisconsin backyard after falling in love with speedskating during the 2010 Winter Olympics " and hoping to…...
Ilia Malinin leads in Olympic men's figure skating after a near-perfect short program
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (929+ words) MILAN " Ilia Malinin playfully threw a couple of jabs at a TV camera while skating off the ice Tuesday night, the pressure of his first Olympics having seemingly vanished after a team gold medal and a near-perfect short program to…...
Ilia Malinin made history with his Olympic backflip, but some say the glory was owed to Surya Bonaly
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (785+ words) MILAN " Ilia Malinin, the U. S. figure skater nicknamed the "Quad God," became the first person to legally land a backflip on one skate in the Olympics " although one trailblazing woman pulled it off when the move was still forbidden. The 21-year-old…...