Figure Skating

Shizuka Arakawa, Japan's first Olympic champion in figure skating, was among the latest group elected to the sport's Hall of Fame, nominating chair Lawrence Mondschein said Tuesday. Arakawa, who won the women's singles title at the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics, is the third Japanese to ...

"I have to say, he is the greatest of all time. That's for sure." The words of Brian Orser resonate more than ever after Yuzuru Hanyu became the first man in 66 years to win the Olympic gold medal twice in a row. Some might expect ...

Canada's greatest figure skater Patrick Chan announced his retirement on Monday with the 27-year-old hailed as "a champion on and off the ice." Chan hangs up his skates two months after winning team gold at the Pyeongchang Olympics to add to his double silver at ...

Yuzuru Hanyu on Friday skated in Japan for the first time since winning a second successive gold medal at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in February, making a surprise performance at his self-produced ice show. Hanyu missed last month's world championships in Milan, Italy, because of ...

Olympic bronze medalist ice dancers Maia and Alex Shibutani will skip the next figure skating season but aren't retiring. The announcement Thursday by the "Shib Sibs" was not surprising. They said they have not ruled out future competition. "Our experience at the Olympic Games was the ...

With the epic Olympic season now concluded, Ice Time has come up with a top 10 list of the best performances by Japanese skaters. The list places a priority on results in major competitions like the Pyeongchang Olympics and world championships, while taking into account ...

A thought crossed my mind recently. With Yuzuru Hanyu undecided on his athletic future at this point, could he be a part of a new skating endeavor that would be successful? What do I have in mind? A new professional skating tour, primarily centered in Asia, that ...

"Man looks in the abyss, there's nothing staring back at him. At that moment, man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss." Wakaba Higuchi could likely relate to the line by actor Hal Holbrook in Oliver Stone's 1987 classic ...

American quad-jumping prodigy Nathan Chen claimed men's gold in the World Figure Skating Championships on Saturday. The 18-year-old from Salt Lake City took his first world title ahead of Shoma Uno, who snatched silver despite falling three times in the free skate. Chen, the leader after ...

Canada's Kaetlyn Osmond snatched gold as Olympic champion Alina Zagitova crashed to fifth in a drama-filled women's free skate at the world championships on Friday night. Osmond — the Olympic bronze medalist — pulled out a flawless free skate to "Black Swan" to surge from ...

American quad-jumping sensation Nathan Chen surged to the lead after the men's short program as Shoma Uno struggled in fifth at the world championships on Thursday. Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu of has skipped the post-games worlds with an ankle injury, along with former two-time winner ...

Satoko Miyahara overcame an early mistake to sit in third place in after the women's short program at the World Figure Skating Championships on Wednesday. Miyahara, who placed fourth at last month's Pyeongchang Olympics, scored 74.36 points. She trails Italy's Carolina Kostner, who leads with ...