Figure skating champion Evgenia Medvedeva opens up on unhealthy thoughts
“Honestly, mental health is a huge part of my life. I often doubt myself. I don’t want to talk publicly about it, but I have some sort of problems,” skater…
Skating champ Evan Lysacek Reflects on his changed life since Vancouver Olympics
Lysacek rarely skates these days. He last did something that could be called a public performance when Ice Theatre of New York honored him in October 2016. With an ankle…
Why are Russians so good at ice skating?
After a dip in mass participation in sports and disintegration of much of the system of athletic training following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Putin government, laudably, renewed…
A Documentary about Synchronized Skating
“Life in Synchro,” partly filmed at the MedStar Capitals IcePlex in Ballston, will be screened locally at the DC Independent Film Festival on Saturday, March 7. Rosslyn resident Nicole Davies produced the film…
Alysa Liu vs. Kamila Valieva in World Junior Figure Skating Championships
From REUTERS : The two immensely talented skaters are set to make their debut at the Junior Worlds which will run from March 2 to 8 in Tallinn. Rising Russian…
Lake Placid Show honors 1980 Olympic figure skating team
Lake Placid's 40th anniversary celebration of the 1980 Olympic Winter Games The stories told were many, from those of triumph to those of disappointment, but they all seemed to include…
What is Ice Skating Queen Kim Yuna up to these days?
She is utter perfection in a photoshoot for New Balance Retired figure skater Kim Yuna showed that she's still got her Olympic level physique. She participated in a photoshoot for New Balance that was…
Former Olympians teach ice skating to kids of families that faced prison
American figure skating champion JoJo Starbuck takes Serenity King, 7, of Detroit around the ice rink at Campus Martius Park in downtown Detroit on Saturday. Starbuck and children of incarcerated…
For Kimmie Meissner on her induction into United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame
As she coped with the unwelcome end to her career as an Olympic figure skater, Kimmie Meissner wanted nothing to do with the sport that made her famous. A half-decade…
Kimmie Meissner, Davis & White to be inducted into U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame in January
Olympic ice dance champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White, former world champion Kimmie Meissner and Olympic coach Kathy Casey will be inducted into the Figure Skating Hall of Fame in…
