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Russia's Zagitova grabs gold in figure skating
Alina Zagitova, 15, edged friend and rival Evgenia Medvedeva after a thrilling free skate in Gangneung, South Korea on Friday, to give the Olympic Athletes of Russia team its first gold medal of these Games.
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Ice Dance: Grand Finale
Rivals, friends, record-breakers: Virtue and Moir pushed to new heights
Canadian pair Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won a record third Olympic gold medal, and they were pushed every step of the way by their training partners, Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France.
Virtue, Moir win ice dancing gold for Canada
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won the gold medal in ice dance for Canada at the Pyeongchang Olympics, becoming the most decorated figure skaters in Olympic history with their third gold and fifth medal overall.
French ice dancers shake off costume mishap
Even with her top coming unhooked, French ice dancer Gabriella Papadakis and her partner, Guillaume Cizeron, continued their routine rather than risk a five-point penalty. They scored 81.93 points, good for second place heading into Tuesday.
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A star reborn: Mirai Nagasu reclaims her Olympic story
Men's Final
Hanyu repeats as men's figure skating champ
In a historic night on the ice, Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu became the first repeat Olympic gold medalist in men's singles since Dick Button in 1952. Nathan Chen, who made his own history with six quads, finished fifth.
Chen's 6-quad showcase not enough for medal
American figure skater Nathan Chen rallied from a disastrous short program with a historic free skate at the Pyeongchang Olympics, but he couldn't reach the final podium, finishing fifth overall.
Men's Recap
Nathan Chen redeems himself with quadruple jumps
ESPN's Julie Foudy and Elaine Teng discuss the men's free-skating finals, which saw some historic moments.
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Men's Short Program
The joy -- and then disappointment -- for Ross Miner
Hours after he placed second at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships -- a highlight of his career -- Ross Miner got the news that he wasn't going to Pyeongchang. We join him at home as he watches his teammates compete in South Korea.
For Nathan Chen, this is not how it was supposed to go
After a horrible short-program performance, Chen is closer to last place in the standings than he is to a gold medal in men's figure skating.
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Behind Adam Rippon's charm is a man on a skating mission
Despite being one of the oldest U.S. debutante skaters ever, Adam Rippon enters Friday's short program with confidence, candor, a sense of humor -- and a desire to make up for lost time.
Figure Skating
U.S. teen Zhou first to land Olympic quad lutz
Vincent Zhou became the first figure skater to land a quad lutz in Olympic competition when the 17-year-old American hit the four-rotation jump leading into a triple toe loop to open his short program.
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Figure skating’s quad king Nathan Chen is ready for Olympic gold
Pairs Competition
Flawless Savchenko, Massot capture pairs gold
Aliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot scored 159.31 points in their program set to music by Armand Amar, catapulting them from fourth place into Germany's first pairs gold since 1952.
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Knierims heavy-hearted after Florida shootings
Alexa Scimeca-Knierim said she told partner Chris Knierim "he'd need to be so much stronger than me" when they took the ice to skate in pairs Thursday, shortly after learning about the Florida high school shootings.
Figure Skating
Here are a pair of North Korean figure skaters who belong
North Koreans Ryom Tae-ok and Kim Ju-sik, the only athletes from their country to qualify for these Pyeongchang Games on merit, skated the program of their lives and qualified for the free skate.
Figure Skating
Canada takes gold, U.S. bronze in team skate
Canada got some measure of revenge for their Sochi finish by taking gold in the team skate competition, followed by Russia (silver) and the United States (bronze).
Figure Skating
U.S.'s Nagasu lands triple axel to make history
California native Mirai Nagasu is the first American woman to land a triple axel in Olympic competition.
Figure Skating
Bradie Tennell didn't come from nowhere to Pyeongchang -- she came from determination
Some think Tennell burst onto the figure skating scene, but it was more like a grind back from a vertebrae injury to shine for Team USA in the team skate.
Olympic Sports
Figure skating needs uniforms!
It's time to ditch the costumes that we see every year at the Winter Olympics and get the figure skaters of the world a uniform.
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Tonya Harding in the news
Janney and Everett preview 'I, Tonya'
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Tonya Harding and the triple axel club
Tonya Harding made history in 1991 when she became the second woman to land a triple axel in international competition. She remains just one of eight to have achieved the jump -- so who joins her in this elite club? We found out.
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Changing the landscape
The Undefeated
Figure Skating in Detroit is aiming to change the color of the sport
This girls-only program uses figure skating to build self-esteem and academic achievement.
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Medal Tracker
Total Medal Leaders
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NOR - 31
GER - 29
CAN
- Gold14NORGER
14 CAN11 - Silver14NORGER
10 CAN8 - Bronze11NORCAN
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OAR9
Total Medal Leaders
- 5Bjørgen
- 4
Kalla - 4Nilsson
- Gold3Klæbo
Fourcade3 Bjørgen2 - Silver3KallaBolshunov
3 Nilsson2 - Bronze2BjørgenJohansson
2 Bescond2
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Ski jumper Eva Pinkelnig crashes, has surgery on ruptured spleen
Austrian ski jumper Eva Pinkelnig has undergone emergency surgery for a ruptured spleen following a training crash, the Austrian ski federation said Thursday.
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Khabib Nurmagomedov working to make MMA an Olympic sport
UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov said getting MMA in the Olympics will be "one of my biggest tasks for the next couple of years."
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Rafer Johnson, 1960 Olympic decathlon champion, dies at 86
Rafer Johnson, who won the decathlon at the 1960 Rome Olympics and helped subdue Robert F. Kennedy's assassin in 1968, died Wednesday at age 86.
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Mikaela Shiffrin skips World Cup speed races in Switzerland
Mikaela Shiffrin will skip World Cup races in Switzerland this weekend after missing training time in speed events during the coronavirus pandemic, the United States ski team said Tuesday.
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Parkour group urges IOC to reject its sport for 2024 Paris Olympics
Organizers of the sport of parkour urged the IOC on Tuesday to reject adding the obstacle-course-style street-running event to the 2024 Paris Olympics because of a dispute with the governing body of gymnastics.
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IOC confirms Thomas Bach only candidate for presidency
Thomas Bach will have no opponents for his reelection as president in a vote scheduled in March, the International Olympic Committee says.
