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After 'Olympic curse' hits Ilia Malinin in his free skate, the 'Quad god' sets his sights on future
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (844+ words) MILAN " Ilia Malinin need only to have looked into the stands on Friday night, where Nathan Chen watched as the American figure skating sensation known as the "Quad god" fell apart in his Olympic free skate, for inspiration about what…...
Malinin rebounds from Olympics at the worlds with a personal-best short program
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (477+ words) PRAGUE " Ilia Malinin bounced back from misfiring at the Milan Cortina Olympics by leading after the short program at the figure skating world championships on Thursday. With a new haircut, Malinin showcased all that the spectators expected from the defending…...
Olympic champion Alysa Liu withdraws from world figure skating championships
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (372+ words) Olympic figure skating champion Alysa Liu has withdrawn from the world championships later this month, an unsurprising move for the defending champ after she won the first Winter Games gold medal by an American woman in more than two decades....
Figure skaters with disabilities seek a place in the Paralympic spotlight
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (935+ words) 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 gap on the program…...
US skating star Ilia Malinin leads after near-perfect short program at the Milan Cortina Olympics
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (927+ 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 following a team gold medal and a near-perfect short program to…...
Kam and O'Shea deliver career-best free skate to keep US ahead in Olympic team figure skating
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (345+ words) MILAN " Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea delivered the best free skate of their pairs career when the U. S. needed it most Sunday night, keeping the reigning champion Americans ahead of Japan with two events left in team figure skating at the…...
Italy braces for Winter Olympics with high security and decree targeting violent protesters
3+ mon, 19+ hour ago (817+ words) Giada Zampano And Niccol" Lupone MILAN " Italy has ramped up security ahead of the opening ceremony of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics Friday, with thousands of agents protecting athletes, spectators and global leaders at locations spanning from Milan to the…...
Italy's Ladin minority will be sidelined at the Winter Olympics held in their mountain home
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (841+ words) MILAN " Italy's Ladin minority settled a millennium ago in the Dolomite mountain hamlet of Anpezo " now the two-time Olympic host city of Cortina d'Ampezzo. But members of this ancient ethnolinguistic group are disappointed that the Winter Games will not spotlight…...
Winter Olympics 2026 guide: All you need to know about the Milan Cortina Games
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (422+ words) The countdown is on for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. The torch relay is already underway and some of the top athletes are already making headlines. There are 16 sports in all, including some never seen before, and 116 gold medals are…...
World champ Ilia Malinin leads one of the strongest US Figure Skating teams ever into inter Olympics
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (772+ words) ST. LOUIS " World champions Ilia Malinin and the ice dance duo of Madison Chock and Evan Bates will anchor one of the strongest U. S. Figure Skating teams in history when they head to Italy for the Milan Cortina Olympics in less…...