Russia's Evgenia Medvedeva won the women's short program as figure skating's world championships got underway on Wednesday. The 17-year-old defending world champion earned 79.01 points, leaving Canadians Kaetlyn Osmond (75.98) and Gabrielle Daleman (72.19) in second and third heading into Friday's free skate. "I think it ...
Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu enters this week's world championships in Helsinki needing to get a big monkey off his back. It has been three years since Hanyu won his last world title (in 2014 in Saitama) and people are starting to talk. The conversation does ...
Shoma Uno posted the world's second-highest ever score to take the lead after the short program at the Coupe du Printemps on Friday. Uno nailed a quadruple flip, a quad toe loop/triple toe loop combination and a triple axel en route to collecting 104.31 points. Compatriot ...
Rika Hongo struggled in the free program Saturday and missed out on a medal in the women's figure skating competition at the Asian Winter Games, placing fourth. South Korea's Choi Da-bin held on to win the gold with a total score of 187.54 points at ...
Rika Hongo stumbled on the ice and placed second on Thursday in the women's figure skating short program at the Asian Winter Games. Hongo, the lone Japanese in the women's event, scored 60.98 points to finish behind South Korea's Choi Da-bin, who had 61.30. China's ...
Mai Mihara came from fourth place in the women's short program to win the Four Continents Championships on Saturday. The 17-year-old Mihara, making her debut in the competition, topped the free skate and claimed victory with a total of 200.85 points at Gangneung Ice Arena, ...
Mai Mihara placed fourth in the women's short program at the Four Continents Championships on Thursday. The 17-year-old Mihara scored 66.51 points in a largely error-free performance in her debut in the competition at Gangneung Ice Arena, while compatriots Rika Hongo and Wakaba Higuchi were ...
Shoma Uno said Monday before taking off for the Four Continents championships in South Korea that he is planning on opening his free program with a quadruple loop. At Chubu airport in Nagoya, the 19-year-old Uno revealed that his free program at the Feb. 14-19 ...
Satoko Miyahara will not defend her Four Continents championship or skate in this month's Asian Winter Games due to a leg injury, the Japan Skating Federation announced Tuesday. The three-time defending national champion informed the federation on Monday night of a stress fracture in her ...
Shoma Uno won his first men's national championship on Saturday, overcoming a 2.29-point deficit and a weak start in his free skate to capture the gold medal. Uno, a former world junior champion and a two-time bronze medalist at the senior Grand Prix Final, trailed ...
Kaetlyn Osmond of Canada was the leader after the ladies short program at the Cup of China on Friday, while China's Jin Boyang was tops for the men. Osmond, the Skate Canada runner-up, scored 72.20 points to take a narrow lead over Russia's Elena Radionova ...
Mai Mihara stood third after the short skate at the Cup of China on Friday, less than four points behind the leader Kaetlyn Osmond of Canada in the fifth Grand Prix series event of the season. The 17-year-old Mihara, who in her first senior season ...
