Articles filed under Figure Skating
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Frazier, Knierim focus on Olympic skate amid ceremony appealFeb 19, 2022 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - American pairs skaters Brandon Frazier and Alexa Knierim said they were left alone to concentrate on their free skate Saturday night while teammates appea...
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Sui, Han earn Olympic gold at last in pairs figure skatingFeb 19, 2022 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Sui Wenjing and Han Cong exploded from their seats in the kiss-and-cry area, and a small and carefully chosen crowd of Chinese fans in the stands did the ...
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Panel denies US skaters' appeal to get Olympic silver medalsFeb 19, 2022 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Arbitrators have rejected a last-ditch request by American figure skaters to have their silver medals awarded before the end of the Olympics. The Court o...
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Figure skating age debate also exposes body image challengesFeb 19, 2022 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Some figure skaters are hoping an Olympic doping scandal that is fueling a push to raise the minimum age of competitors will also focus attention on what ...
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Lows far outweigh highs in Olympic figure skating programFeb 19, 2022 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - There was a moment during practice for figure skating's Olympic gala on Sunday when American gold medalist Nathan Chen and his good friend, Canada's Keega...
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Raising age limit for skating would end the age of the quadFeb 18, 2022 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - One by one the Russian teen figure skaters took the ice for the free skate at the Beijing Games, and one by one they attempted the four-revolution jumps t...
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Column: Olympic ideal exposed as farce on sad night in ChinaFeb 18, 2022 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - No matter how the IOC tries to spin it, the enduring symbol of the Beijing Games -- and really, the entire Olympic movement -- is a sad little girl put in...
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D'oh, Canada! Figure skating powers are shut out in OlympicsFeb 18, 2022 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - The throw element in pairs figure skating is both spectacular and terrifying: One of the skaters grabs the other by the waist and tosses them high into th...
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Valieva case boosts drive to raise age limit at OlympicsFeb 18, 2022 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - The doping case involving Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has led to many more questions than answers. Some skaters think it's time to ask another: S...
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LeDuc skates as 1st openly nonbinary US Winter OlympianFeb 18, 2022 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - U.S. pairs skater Timothy LeDuc became the country's first openly nonbinary Winter Olympian when they took the ice Friday night. 'œIt was such a joyous m...