Articles filed under Figure Skating
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Canadian figure skating pioneer David Dore dies at 75Apr 09, 2016 7:00 am - OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) - David Dore, the Canadian figure skating pioneer who headed the national program, has died. He was 75. Skate Canada said Dore died Friday. It did n...
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Canada's Duhamel, Radford defend pairs world titleApr 02, 2016 7:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - The crowd was screaming - and so was Meagan Duhamel. With dozens of Canadian flags waving in the stands, Duhamel soared high above the ice, held aloft by p...
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Flawless Fernandez defends world title as Hanyu faltersApr 02, 2016 7:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - Javier Fernandez couldn't practice, couldn't squeeze his foot into his skate, and all he needed was "the best program of my life." With some padding in his...
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Exhilarating performances for US men, but still no medalsApr 02, 2016 7:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - Max Aaron rushed into the kiss-and-cry area to embrace Adam Rippon. Rippon had just skated a rousing long program at the world championships Friday, moment...
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Medvedeva, 16, wins world title with record free skate scoreApr 02, 2016 7:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - Sixteen-year-old Evgenia Medvedeva started giggling when she learned her free skate score at the world championships had set a record. Then she summed it u...
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China's Sui, Han lead after pairs short program at worldsApr 01, 2016 7:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - China's Sui Wenjing and Han Cong were asked about their chemistry after taking the lead in pairs at the world championships with a lively short program. Su...
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Gold in position to win 1st US women's world title in decadeApr 01, 2016 7:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - Gracie Gold uttered the words "possible world champion," then winced a bit. "I feel uncomfortable saying it," she acknowledged with a laugh. In three previ...
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American Gracie Gold leads after short program at worldsMar 31, 2016 7:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - A long program yet to come, Gracie Gold feels confident enough to declare that perhaps it's time for the first world title by an American woman in a decade...
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France's Papadakis, Cizeron repeat as ice dance world champsMar 31, 2016 7:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - Asked about the six stitches she needed for her knee a couple of weeks ago for a gash from partner Guillaume Cizeron's skate, Gabriella Papadakis cheerfull...
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Japan's Hanyu leads after flawless short program at worldsMar 30, 2016 7:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - Yuzuru Hanyu, the Japanese skating star who often trains in Toronto, started to answer a question in English about the pressure he faces and then had to st...