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Malinin earns Olympic redemption with world gold - Taipei Times
3+ hour, 7+ min ago (416+ words) American Ilia Malinin on Saturday returned to the pinnacle of his sport as he skated to a third world title and shrugged off the shock of an eighth-place finish at last month's Olympics. Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron of…...
Shaidorov wins gold as Malinin wilts
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (616+ words) Ilia Malinin's hopes of double Olympic figure skating gold crumbled on Friday as he suffered a nightmare on the ice while Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych lost his appeal against his ban from the Milan-Cortina Games. Expected to romp to…...
Olympic Games in northern Italy have German twist
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (576+ words) Biathlon fans brush up your Italian, but also your German, as some events in the Winter Olympics are to be held in South Tyrol in Italy, an autonomous province bordering Austria and Switzerland. The valley of Anterselva, with its snow-capped…...
Petrokina comes back from surgery to win gold
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (759+ words) Estonia's Niina Petrokina on Friday capped a remarkable comeback by claiming her second consecutive European women's figure skating title just weeks after returning to the ice following Achilles surgery. The 21-year-old delivered a composed, confident skate to Hans Zimmer's Dune,…...
Glenn sets record at US Figure Skating Championships
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (418+ words) Two-time defending champion Amber Glenn on Wednesday night set the record for a women's short program at the US Figure Skating Championships, giving her a narrow lead over world champion Alysa Liu heading into the free skate. Liu had broken…...
Aymoz wins ice skating men’s gold as Tomono falters - Taipei Times
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (631+ words) France's Kevin Aymoz snatched the men's title at Skate America on Saturday, winning his first grand prix title with a battling free skate, while short program leader Kazuki Tomono faltered. It was an emotional triumph for Aymoz, who made his…...