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Reigining world bronze medalist Aleksandra Trusova leads after the short program at Skate America, followed by compatriots Usacheva and Sinitsyna.
While Russian teams sits in first and second after the short program, Americans Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier are in fourth.
Backed by Nathan Chen, Madison Chock and Vincent Zhou, Bates was among the first Olympic athletes to speak out against China’s treatment of Uyghurs.
The figure skater lives in the Boston area and studies psychology with the goal of having a therapy practice focusing on trauma and the LGBTQ+ community.
Liu, now 16, is in the best headspace of her career and displaying a more mature style of skating just in time for the Olympic season.
After the cancellation of the 2020 World Championships, through dealing with two more COVID-19 waves, the season came to a satisfying end.
Highlighted by Nathan Chen’s brilliant free skate to win his third straight world title, learn the skating headlines as we approach the Olympic season.
With one of the greatest skates of his career, Chen became the first U.S. skater to win three consecutive world titles since Scott Hamilton in 1983.
Chen’s free skate at the World Championships was the key to getting a third women’s singles spot for her country at the upcoming Olympics.
The men’s short program in Stockholm was as packed with a variety of surprises as the women’s had been.
There were multiple storylines emerging from the first event of the world championships. There were some breathtakingly beautiful skating moments, too.
Russia could sweep the women’s podium at the world figure skating championships, led by Anna Shcherbakova and Aleksandra Trusova.
Four years after finishing a surprising fourth at worlds, Karen Chen returns in an effort to once again “save America.”
To face longtime rival Hanyu Yuzuru and defend his world title, Nathan Chen will travel more than 14 hours - his longest flight since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Elladj Baldé, who had long wondered if there was a place in the sport for a Black man, suddenly found himself on social media, filling the vacuum that occurred when COVID-19 closures left skaters and their fans in an airless environment.
A look at the statistical evidence that supports how consistently good Chen’s jumping has been during an unbeaten streak.
The trouble with being Nathan Chen is, nearly all the time, you are being judged against your past brilliance.
When a skater has been as dominant as Nathan Chen has for three seasons, it is not surprising many others look at him as untouchable. That feeling is even shared by a skater like Vincent Zhou, the reigning world bronze medalist and, like Chen, a 2018 Olympian.
“They say it’s about the journey, not the destination,” Bradie Tennell said. “But the destination feels pretty good, too.”
After Bradie Tennell burst into prominence on the U.S. figure skating scene by winning her first national title in 2018, she did not imagine she still would be looking for a second one three seasons later.
With her characteristic and often searing honesty, Gracie Gold had minced no words in evaluating her dismayingly poor performances at Skate America in October.
Chen vies for his fifth straight national title this week, which no man has achieved since Dick Button in the 1950s.
It’s easy to understand why Alysa Liu has altered her perspective for the U.S. Figure Skating Championships next week in Las Vegas.
Jason Brown’s usually boundless optimism finally hit its limits about a month ago. His intrinsic motivation to keep improving and his consummate love for figure skating had already been challenged several times