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Ice skating glides from Milan Olympics success to reelecting its president Kim - my Mother Lode. com
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (792+ words) Published Jun 12, 2026 5: 15 am: Updated Jun 12, 2026 9: 56 am Jae Youl Kim was reelected by acclamation of International Skating Union members for a second four-year term. It comes just months after he also was elevated to the International Olympic Committee's executive board representing…...
Ice skating glides from Milan Olympics success to reelecting its president Kim
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (771+ words) ISU President Kim Figure Skating Jae Youl Kim was reelected by acclamation of International Skating Union members for a second four-year term. It comes just months after he also was elevated to the International Olympic Committee's executive board representing winter…...
Kaori Sakamoto takes the lead as she chases a fourth and last figure skating world title - my Mother Lode. com
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (258+ words) Published Mar 25, 2026 9: 11 am Sakamoto's short-program music, "Time to Say Goodbye," was charged with emotion as she targets a fourth world title before retirement. Sakamoto shouted with joy and clapped as she learned her score of 79. 31, a season-best which put her…...
Figure skaters with disabilities seek a place in the Paralympic spotlight
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (954+ words) OLY Paralympics Skating Pioneers As a long jumper, Stef Reid never thought she'd need to learn how to land on ice. Now she's part of a movement hoping to get figure skating into the Paralympics. Skating sports are a big…...
Japan's Ami Nakai surges into Olympic lead after short program as US struggles at the Winter Games
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (868+ words) Milan Cortina Olympics Figure Skating Nakai rode her opening triple axel to a career-best 78. 71 points in her short program at the Milan Cortina Olympics, while three-time world champion Sakamoto " the reigning Winter Games bronze medalist " was right behind with 77. 23 as…...
Madonna sends good luck message to American figure skater Amber Glenn before Olympic short program
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (524+ words) Milan Cortina Olympics Figure Skating More like a wish and a dream. Just before Glenn performed her short program at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Tuesday night, which is set to Madonna's song "Like a Prayer," she received a video…...
Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara win Japan's first Olympic pairs gold with a world-record free skate - my Mother Lode. com
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (702+ words) Turns out they were just making it more dramatic. The two-time defending world champions rebounded Monday night with a world-record free skate under the current scoring system, lifting them from fifth place all the way to the top step of…...
US speedskater Jordan Stolz set to race in the 1, 000 meters at the Milan Cortina Olympics
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (461+ words) Stolz, a 21-year-old from Wisconsin, entered the race as the holder of the world record and a two-time world champion at the distance. He also went 5-for-5 on the World Cup circuit this season in the 1, 000, confirming his status as…...
US skating star Ilia Malinin leads after near-perfect short program at the Milan Cortina Olympics
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (893+ words) Milan Cortina Olympics Figure Skating The American wunderkind didn't exactly deliver a knockout blow to the rest of the field. He came close, though. The self-styled "Quad God" landed a pair of quadruple jumps, another jaw-dropping backflip and his signature…...
Russian skater Petr Gumennik becomes latest Olympian to change music due to copyright issues
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (509+ words) Milan Cortina Olympics Figure Skating Gumennik, who is participating as a neutral athlete at the Winter Games, had been working all season to music from "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer," a psychological thriller film. But the 23-year-old Russian national…...