Learning to Ice Skate Is Easier Than You Think
Some people think that all Vermonters are nuts about winter sports. If you grew up here, surely you must be an expert snowboarder, cross-country skier, ice climber, curling lead and…
Ice Skating Champ Ashley Wagner. Where is She Now?
At this time four years ago, Ashley Wagner was beginning the final months of training for what she reasonably could have expected would lead to her second Olympic appearance after having won…
Champion ice skater’s 2022 Winter Olympics dream
With our sunny climate, South Africa is not really associated with winter sports like skiing, luge, bobsleigh or ice skating. The last time a South African qualified for the Winter…
Chinese Star Ice Skaters Overcoming Setbacks Without This
With the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics less than 15 months away, two-time world champion pair figure skaters Sui Wenjing and Han Cong face a race against time to compete as…
Meryl Davis on challenges, coaching changes and more in upcoming figure skating season
OC: We spoke about ice dance a bit earlier, but what are we watching for in general? What are the goals of teams this season? Davis: In ice dance, particularly a pre-Olympic…
What Being a “Fat” Figure Skater Taught Me About Being Confident in My Own Skin
I started taking figure skating lessons when I was only in kindergarten. Like every other parent with a skater that age, my mom's biggest concerns revolved around making sure that…
Katia’s law. Olympic figure skater’s death sparks new reporting system
They are already calling it "Katia’s law." The death last month of the Australian-Russian figure skater Katia Alexandrovskaya will leave a legacy for generations to come. Heeding the call for…
Men’s Figure Skating Silver Medalist Uno Shoma Discusses Trials
PyeongChang 2018 silver medallist plans to speak up via recently launched YouTube channel, and says "I don't think people know how much I love gaming". Uno Shoma will be the first…
10-year-old skater and Champion Evgeny Plushenko
Jump to the incredible complexity of the young Alain Zilina played with a special “fishing rod” Double Olympic champion and now a coach in figure skating Evgeny Plushenko showed the…
Evgenia Medvedeva Turns On Acting Skill
The two-time world champion revealed that sometimes she behaves as a professional actress, hiding her stress and anxiety from spectators and judges. “Sometimes at competitions I have to pretend that…
