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Figure skaters with disabilities seek a place in the Paralympic spotlight
3+ hour, 25+ min 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
2+ week, 20+ min 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
2+ week, 4+ hour 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 - myMotherLode.com
2+ week, 1+ 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
2+ week, 6+ day 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
2+ week, 6+ day 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
3+ week, 2+ day 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…...
Russian skater Petr Gumennik becomes latest Olympian to change music due to copyright issues - myMotherLode.com
3+ week, 2+ day ago (504+ words) 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 champion learned in the last…...
‘Now I want to be here’: Alysa Liu thrives for the US at the Olympics with a new outlook on life
3+ week, 4+ day ago (452+ words) 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 had taken over her life. A two-year break, a new outlook and a world title later, it's all…...
Vance attends Olympic skating, then meets with Italian Prime Minister Meloni
3+ week, 4+ day ago (475+ words) Milan Cortina Olympics Meloni Vance Vance is on a weeklong visit that combines sports and diplomacy, meeting with Meloni at a time when U.S. relations with Europe have become increasingly strained under President Donald Trump, who has shaken up the rules-based…...