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Yuzuru Hanyu took gold at the Four Continents on Sunday, following his record-breaking men's short program performance by topping the field in the free skate. Despite touching the ice on his ...
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Rika Kihira won the women's free skate on Saturday to capture the Four Continents title for the second consecutive year. The 17-year-old Kihira, who was in first place after the short ...
Figure Skating
Yuzuru Hanyu breaks own world record in men's short program at Four Continents
Two-time defending Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu broke new ground to an old tune on Friday when he took the lead at the Four Continents Championship with a world-record score in ...
Figure Skating Feb 7, 2020
Defending champion Rika Kihira leads at Four Continents after short program
Defending champion Rika Kihira produced a strong short program to lead the opening day of the Four Continents on Thursday at Mokdong Ice Rink. Skating to "Breakfast in Baghdad," the recent national championship-winning Kihira opened with a flawless triple axel and added a triple flip/triple ...
Figure Skating Feb 4, 2020
The head of the French skating federation has been asked to resign by the country's sports minister after she grilled him over a string of accusations of sexual abuse and rape against a coach of underage skaters. Federation head Didier Gailhaguet was not directly targeted ...
Figure Skating Feb 4, 2020
Yuzuru Hanyu's bid to recapture the world title he last won in 2017 meant turning back the clock and being himself, one of his coaches, Ghislain Briand, said Monday ahead of this week's Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. After runner-up finishes at the Grand Prix ...
Figure Skating Feb 3, 2020
The head of the French skating federation will be grilled Monday by the country's sports minister following a string of accusations of sexual abuse and rape by a coach on underage skaters. Didier Gailhaguet is not directly targeted by the claims but will be asked ...
Figure Skating Feb 2, 2020
Yuzuru Hanyu to return to Olympic gold-winning programs at Four Continents
Double Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu will go back to the short and free programs that won him the men's singles gold medal at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, a source close to the matter said Sunday. The 25-year-old Hanyu missed out on gold in major competitions ...
Figure Skating Jan 27, 2020
Nathan Chen matches Brian Boitano with fourth straight national title
Rocketman has launched — straight to a fourth national title. With stratospheric jumps and the sort of stage presence that even Elton John would appreciate, Nathan Chen won his fourth consecutive U.S. Figure Skating Championships men's gold medal Sunday. Skating to the score from John's ...
Figure Skating Jan 26, 2020
Nathan Chen soars to personal best in dominant short program at U.S. Championships
Coming off illness and spending much of his days as a full-time college student, Nathan Chen shouldn't have been capable of setting a personal best Saturday at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Then again, maybe it's wise to expect only greatness from the three-time defending ...
Figure Skating Jan 25, 2020
Russian women lead after short program at European Championships
Russia is set to sweep the women's event at the European Figure Skating Championships on Friday, after dominating the pairs. Alena Kostornaia took the women's lead with 84.92 points after the short program, with Anna Shcherbakova second on 77.95 and Alexandra Trusova third on 74.95. That ...
Figure Skating Jan 25, 2020
Alysa Liu watched Mariah Bell put out the performance of her life. Then the 14-year-old defending champion did Bell one better. Liu needed all of her technical brilliance in her impressive jumping arsenal to hold off at the U.S. Championships title Friday night. “I was very ...