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Dutch speedskater Rijpma-de Jong wins 1,500 for 1st Olympic gold
4+ hour, 43+ min ago (266+ words) Her time was 0.06 faster than Wiklund's. Valerie Maltais of Canada took the bronze, 0.31 behind Rijpma-de Jong. Each medalist in the 1,500 will leave the Milano Speed Skating Stadium with multiple prizes. Rijpma-de Jong already had a silver from team pursuit, Wiklund…...
Alysa Liu's unlikely Olympic gold medal caps off a roller coaster week in figure skating
14+ hour, 8+ min ago (1768+ words) MILAN -- Alysa Liu never set out to be an Olympic gold medalist. When she returned to figure skating after a two-year hiatus, she wanted to show the world what she could do, her creativity and her art, and who she…...
Liu wins rare Olympic women's figure skating gold for U.S.
23+ hour, 49+ min ago (388+ 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…...
The improbable comeback of figure skater Alysa Liu
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (1879+ words) ALYSA LIU DIDN'T GO far after receiving her scores and stepping off the "Kiss and cry" podium. During the next few moments, as Glenn did an interview for those in the arena and while her score was announced to the…...
Ilia Malinin hints at 'inevitable crash' amid Olympic pressure
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (509+ words) The clear favorite for gold in men's figure skating, American Ilia Malinin places eighth after falling twice in free skate. (0:35) MILAN -- Ilia Malinin posted a video on social media Monday juxtaposing images of his many triumphs with a black-and-white image…...
American Jordan Stolz wins 2nd speedskating gold at Olympics
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (400+ words) MILAN -- Jordan Stolz is now a two-time Olympic gold medalist in speedskating -- halfway to his goal of four at the Milan Cortina Games -- after winning the 500 meters on Saturday to go along with his victory in the 1,000. Stolz, a 21-year-old…...
Grateful Maxim Naumov finishes Olympic skating debut
1+ week, 26+ min ago (544+ words) MILAN -- The last conversation that Maxim Naumov had with his parents was about following in their footsteps to the Olympics. Now the American figure skater has done it. The 24-year-old Naumov finished his Winter Games debut with an emotional free…...
Stellato-Dudek ready for Olympic pairs skating after head injury
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (443+ words) MILAN -- U.S.-born Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Canadian pairs partner Maxime Deschamps were able to practice Friday, two days before their competition begins, for the first time since her head injury put their Olympics in question. The former world champions withdrew from…...
Ilia Malinin places 8th after falling twice in Olympic free skate
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (232+ words) American figure skating sensation Ilia Malinin fell twice in a disastrous free skate that sent him tumbling all the way off the podium at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Friday night, allowing Mikhail Shaidorov to Kazakhstan to claim a stunning…...
Madison Chock-Evan Bates in 2nd after rhythm dance at Olympics
1+ week, 3+ day ago (443+ words) MILAN -- French ice dancers Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron edged Madison Chock and Evan Bates in the rhythm dance at the Milano Cortina Olympics on Monday night, leaving the three-time world champions from the U.S. with ground to make up…...