Oct. 20, 2024 16:40 PM EDT
World champion Ilia Malinin won Skate America on Sunday for the third consecutive year, altering his free skate on the fly after an early mistake and punctuating the program with a backflip that had been banned in competition until this season.
The two-time and reigning U.S. champion...
Oct. 19, 2024 22:33 PM EDT
Wakaba Higuchi won her first Grand Prix event after more than eight years of trying Saturday night, putting together an error-free program at Skate America to edge Japanese teammate Rinka Watanabe and American star Isabeau Levito.
Higuchi finished with 196.93 points at Credit Union...
Aug. 07, 2024 17:58 PM EDT
PARIS (AP) — A touch of winter came to the Summer Games on Wednesday when the United States figure skating team finally got its gold medals as 2022 Olympic champions.
The special medal ceremony allowed the nine Americans to parade on a runway in the bright Paris sunshine, gaze at...