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Figure skating nationals moving to Las Vegas
The U.S. Figure Skating Championships are moving to Las Vegas, in part because of the successful bubble environment used for Skate America last month. San Jose will now get the 2023 nationals. The 2022 event is in Nashville.
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Jin first in men's short program at Cup of China
Without fans in attendance, Chinese figure skater Boyang Jin finished first in the men's short program at the Cup of China on Friday. The next round of the International Skating Union's Grand Prix series is Nov. 20-22.
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Top U.S. skaters compete in Vegas Invitational
Top American figure skaters were given an opportunity to compete again and earn prize money during the pandemic-shortened season in the new Las Vegas Invitational.
Olympic Sports
Chen, Bell win Skate America titles in Las Vegas
Nathan Chen landed five quadruple jumps over two programs en route to wining his record-tying fourth straight Skate America. In the women's event, Mariah Bell edged 2018 national champion Bradie Tennell for arguably the biggest title of her career.
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Chen leads Skate America after personal best
Nathan Chen easily won the short program at Skate America on Friday night with a personal best score of 111.17 points. Vincent Zhou, bronze medalist at the 2019 worlds, is second heading into Saturday's free skate.
Olympic Sports
Bell leads Tennell after solid short program
Mariah Bell was smooth and solid during her short program at Skate America in Las Vegas on Friday night while Bradie Tennell is second entering Saturday's free skate.
Olympic Sports
How did figure skaters prepare for Skate America during a pandemic? It wasn't easy
In the first major event in a truncated international figure skating season, skaters had to be creative -- oh, and their Screen Time increased, exponentially
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French figure skating event latest to be canceled
The Internationaux de France, part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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ISU cancels 2021 Four Continents figure skating
The Four Continents Championships in figure skating scheduled for February in Australia has been canceled by the International Skating Union because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Skate Canada called off because of coronavirus
Skate Canada, which had been scheduled for Oct. 30-31 in Ottawa, has been canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.
FigureSkating
2-time U.S. skating champ Liu changes coaches
Two-time U.S. figure skating champion Alysa Liu is changing coaches and will now work with Lee Barkell, Lori Nichol and Massimo Scali.
FigureSkating
Figure skaters unite to help health care workers
Olympic and world champions such as Scott Hamilton, Michelle Kwan, Brian Boitano, Kurt Browning, Ekaterina Gordeeva and Evgeni Plushenko have compiled videos for Blades for the Brave -- a fundraiser to help health care workers.
Olympic Sports
World Skating Championships canceled over virus
The World Figure Skating Championships set for next week in Montreal have been canceled due to public health concerns related to the spread of the coronavirus. The event was scheduled to bring nearly 200 skaters to Montreal.
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Hanyu win gives Japan sweep of Four Continents
Two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu won the men's free skate on Sunday to claim his first Four Continents figure skating title and complete a Japanese sweep of the men's and women's events.
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French skate chief resigns after abuse claims
French ice sports federation president Didier Gailhaguet resigned from his position on Saturday amid the sexual abuse scandal in figure skating.
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Chen wins 4th straight national title by 37 points
Skating to the score from Elton John's biopic "Rocketman," Nathan Chen hit four quadruple jumps and six triples in winning his fourth straight national title by more than 37 points.
FigureSkating
Russia wins all 4 events at figure skating Euros
Alena Kostornaia led a Russian podium sweep in the women's event at the European figure skating championships on Saturday as Russia finished with gold medals in all four disciplines.
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Chen sets personal best, wins U.S. short program
Despite coming off illness and spending much of his days as a full-time college student, Nathan Chen set a personal best Saturday to win the short program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
FigureSkating
Liu successfully defends U.S women's skating title
Alysa Liu hit two triple axels among eight triples overall en route to defending her title Friday night at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Mariah Bell finished second after seven triple jumps in her program.
FigureSkating
Chock and Bates take rhythm dance at nationals
Madison Chock and Evan Bates won the rhythm dance at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Friday, finishing ahead of Madison Hubbell and Zach Donohue.
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Sadovsky captures Canadian figure skating title
Roman Sadovsky landed two clean quadruple jumps and won his first Canadian figure skating title Saturday to earn Canada's lone berth in men's singles at the world championships.
Olympic Sports
Report: Figure skating coach's ban reduced
Figure skating coach Richard Callaghan's lifetime ban has been reduced to a three-year suspension that includes 15 years of probation and 100 hours of community service, ABC News reported.
FigureSkating
Shcherbakova leads Cup of China short program
Anna Shcherbakova, 15, leads the short program at the Cup of China, and Yan Han leads the men's event after returning from a season out. Satoko Miyahara was second and Amber Glenn of the United States third ahead of Saturday's free skate.
FigureSkating
Japan's Hanku, Kihira lead at Skate Canada
Americans Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue topped the ice dance short program at Skate Canada on Friday with 83.21 points. They are coming off a victory last week at Skate America in Las Vegas.
FigureSkating
Chen wins Skate America; Brown 2nd in return
Nathan Chen outdistanced U.S. teammate Jason Brown to win Skate America for the third straight time, scoring 196.38 in the free skate Saturday night.
Medal Tracker
Total Medal Leaders
- 39
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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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.
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Avinash Sable looks to push himself more after surprising half marathon success
Avinash Sable had only been treating the Delhi half marathon as an afterthought, but he ended up breaking the national record.
