Articles filed under Figure Skating
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3-time world figure skating champ Mao Asada is retiringApr 10, 2017 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Japanese figure skater Mao Asada is retiring. The 26-year-old Asada, the three-time world champion, says she lost her motivation after underperforming last ...
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Olympic champ Yagudin tops Figure Skating Hall of Fame classApr 10, 2017 7:00 am - COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Olympic champions Alexei Yagudin and Trixi Schuba and longtime coach Alexei Mishin headlined the latest class to be elected to the Figure ...
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Japan's superfans travel far for figure skating heroesApr 02, 2017 7:00 am - HELSINKI (AP) - You could be forgiven for thinking this year's world figure skating championships took place in Japan, not Finland. The stands were full of red-and-white...
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Olympic champion Hanyu wins world figure skating titleApr 01, 2017 7:00 am - HELSINKI (AP) - Yuzuru Hanyu pulled off a remarkable comeback to win the world figure skating title on Saturday, a boost to his bid to retain his Olympic title next year...
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Ahead of Olympics, figure skating is all about the big jumpsApr 01, 2017 7:00 am - HELSINKI (AP) - At next year's Winter Olympics, it won't just be the snowboarders who are focused on getting big air. As freestyle snow events increasingly pack the prog...
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Russia's Medvedeva retains women's world figure skating goldMar 31, 2017 7:00 am - HELSINKI (AP) - With less than a year to go until the Olympics, figure skating star Evgenia Medvedeva looks unbeatable. On Friday, she didn't just secure a second consec...
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Canadian skater recovers from broken leg to win world medalMar 31, 2017 7:00 am - HELSINKI (AP) - When she broke her right leg in 2014, Canadian figure skating star Kaetlyn Osmond naturally feared her promising career was over. Fast forward 2 1/2 year...
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Flawless Fernandez leads at figure skating worldsMar 30, 2017 7:00 am - HELSINKI (AP) - Javier Fernandez led the men's event at the figure skating world championships on Thursday and eclipsed his personal best score from winning the European...
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Playing The Beatles, North Korean skaters aim for OlympicsMar 30, 2017 7:00 am - HELSINKI (AP) - North Korea's figure skaters are aiming for the Olympics - and they're using The Beatles. Ryom Tae Ok and her partner Kim Ju Sik impressed observers by f...
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Pairs competition wide open at figure skating worldsMar 29, 2017 7:00 am - The pain Alexa Scimeca Knierim felt in her abdomen was excruciating, the vomiting and sleepless nights that it produced draining, and figure skating was the farthest thi...