SAN JOSE, Calif.—Madison Chock and Evan Bates have conceptualized their free dance this season as fire and air—the first cannot survive without the second. And, it’s fitting because the duo has fueled U.S. ice dancing over the past decade. Chock and Bates defended their ice dancing title Saturday at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, scoring…
Uno Wins Grand Prix Final Gold, Americans Rally for Medals
Shoma Uno finally has the medal the Japanese figure skater has long coveted from the Grand Prix Final. The reigning world champion, who had twice finished second and third at the finale of the Grand Prix season, held off countryman Sota Yamamoto on Saturday to capture gold. Uno followed his winning short program with the…
Many High-Level Athletes Struggle With ‘Unravelling of Identity’ in Retirement
Kaetlyn Osmond has been like a boat adrift at sea. Four years after retiring from competition, the world figure skating champion says she’s just now starting to find her feet as a former athlete. “Definitely more difficult than expected,” Osmond said. “Mentally, retirement is difficult because you lose a large part of your identity you’ve…
Twirling on Ice
Oona Brown, 17, and her brother Gage Brown, 19, are on Team USA for U.S. Figure Skating. Although their lifetimes are short thus far, those lifetimes have been spent mostly on the ice. Their story begins in 2008, when Oona was 4 and Gage was 6. Gage and his older siblings were being homeschooled by…
Japan’s Shoma Uno Wins Figure Skating Worlds, America’s Vincent Zhou Takes Bronze
MONTPELLIER, France—Japan’s Shoma Uno claimed his first major title when he secured the gold medal in the men’s singles event at the world championships on Saturday, making the most of the absence of two of the favorites. Later on Saturday, French duo Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron, the only Beijing Olympic gold medalists present in…
Japan’s Sakamoto Wins Women’s Figure Skating Title at Depleted World Championships
MONTPELLIER, France—Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto claimed her maiden figure skating world title when she prevailed in the women’s singles event in a depleted competition at which Russia’s invasion of Ukraine still loomed large on Friday. Sakamoto, a bronze medallist at the Beijing Olympics, finished ahead of Belgium’s Loena Hendrickx and American Alysa Liu, who were second…
Russian Teen Skater Valieva Cleared to Compete at Olympics, but Medals Will Be Withheld
BEIJING—Sport’s highest court on Monday cleared 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva to continue competing in the Beijing Winter Olympics. However, no Olympic medals will be awarded at the women’s singles event on Thursday if Valieva finishes in the top three, with Games chiefs saying they would only present the prizes once her doping case…
Russian Figure Skater Valieva Cleared to Compete at Olympics
BEIJING—Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva will be allowed to compete in the women’s single in figure skating at the Beijing Olympics after a decision by sport’s top court CAS on Monday. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said it had upheld the Russian Anti-Doping Agency’s decision to lift a ban on the 15-year-old, who…
Russian Skater Valieva Failed Drug Test, Olympics Fate to Be Decided by Urgent Hearing
February 11, 2022
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BEIJING—Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s right to compete in the women’s event at the Beijing Olympics will be decided at an urgent hearing at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The International Testing Agency (ITA)—on behalf of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)—said Friday it would fight a decision by Russia’s anti-doping agency to allow…
Russian Star Valieva Practices Despite Report of Positive Drug Test
BEIJING—Kamila Valieva, the 15-year-old Russian superstar who was expected to deliver her nation its third straight Olympic gold medal in women’s figure skating, practiced as usual Thursday, hours after reports that she tested positive for a banned substance. Valieva tested positive for a banned heart medication before the Beijing Games, the Russian newspaper RBC reported….
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