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Olympic figure skating star Alysa Liu issues plea for privacy after being chased
7+ hour, 10+ min ago (351+ words) Liu took home two gold medals at this year's Winter Olympics, ending a 20-year medal drought for Americans in the women's event Team USA gold medalist Alysa Liu has issued a warning to fans about her privacy after a scary…...
Arrivederci Milan Cortina. Italian organizers contemplating Rome bid for 2040 Summer Olympics
1+ week, 4+ day ago (455+ words) Goodbye Milan Cortina. See you in Rome in 2040? Now that the just-concluded Winter Olympics have been hailed for setting "a new, very high standard" by IOC President Kirsty Coventry, Italian organizers are contemplating a bid for the 2040 Summer Games. "I…...
Alysa Liu’s father admits to making ‘mistake’ with her training before Olympic win
1+ week, 6+ day ago (526+ words) After taking home sixth place in 2022, the Team USA figure skater came back and won the gold medal While Team USA star Alysa Liu was able to break the country's 20-year drought in the women's individual figure skating competition at…...
Former Olympian pulls back curtain on figure skating’s harsh realities
2+ week, 4+ hour ago (396+ words) Cohen took home the silver medal in women's figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics Retired Team USA figure skater Sasha Cohen has opened up about her experience competing in the Winter Olympics after watching Alysa Liu and Amber Glenn at…...
Alysa Liu wins women’s figure skating gold to cap glittering comeback story
2+ week, 22+ hour ago (1146+ words) The 20-year-old American capped a glorious comeback to figure skating with a free-spirited performance to win gold, on a day which emphasised the importance of approaching the sport on her own terms On a day which many expected to be…...
What Ilia Malinin told figure skater Amber Glenn after her emotional short program
2+ week, 1+ day ago (457+ words) Both figure skaters are taking home gold medals after winning the figure skating team event American figure skater Ilia Malinin has opened up about a conversation he had with his fellow Team USA teammate, Amber Glenn, after her costly mistake…...
Milan and Cortina are a few hours apart like New York and Lake Placid. Some see an Olympic blueprint
2+ week, 1+ day ago (453+ words) Imagine: A sprawling world-class city and a small mountain village with a rich Olympic history, separated by about five or six hours, collaborate and play host to a truly dual-host Winter Games. Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo pulled it off. And…...
Meet the first camera operator to skate on ice at Winter Olympics
2+ week, 2+ day ago (611+ words) Former US ice dancer Jordan Cowan now skates on the Olympic rink as a camera operator, giving viewers for the first time a close look at figure skaters" emotions Jordan Cowan, clad in an ice-white tuxedo, glides across the Olympic…...
Japanese teen Ami Nakai overshadows US in women’s figure skating at Winter Olympics
2+ week, 2+ day ago (484+ words) Ami Nakai, 17, and Japanese teammate Kaori Sakamoto upstaged Alysa Liu and the rest of the "Blade Angels" from the US on Tuesday night, taking the lead after the short program in the women's figure skating competition at the Milan Cortina…...
‘Quad God’ Malinin beaten for first time in two years in stunning men’s skating final
2+ week, 6+ day ago (717+ words) Malinin has not been beaten in two and a half years but crumbled under the pressure of the Olympic final When you call yourself the "Quad God, you had better not miss. Ilia Malinin arrived as the hottest favourite of…...