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…
Figure skater Debi Thomas built career through conviction, hard work
Magical. It’s how Debi Thomas described figure skating. “My mother introduced me to many different things, and figure skating was one of them,” Thomas said. “I just thought that it…
Star Skater Joannie Rochette Has a New Profession
Skater Joannie Rochette has swapped her glamorous sequined costumes and skates for scrubs and comfortable shoes. The long hours she once trained on the ice, she now spends in an…
Quadruple Lutz jump landed by young Russian skateQuadruple Lutz jump
MOSCOW: Russian figure skater Aleksandra Trusova, this year's world junior champion, made history at the weekend by executing a quadruple Lutz jump for the first time in women's skating. The…
Who Is Skater Adam Rippon?
Before Adam Rippon hits the ice, he steps away from his competitors. He plugs into his favorite music, Martin Garrix radio, pulls his skates onto his feet, takes a few…
5 Traits of Successful Ice Dancers and Skating Pairs
Source: Working together so intensely for such long periods and for such high stakes, many pairs skaters and ice dancers — whether romantically involved, or siblings, or just friends —…
World Junior Figure Skating Champ Vincent Zhou set for China debut
Oriental Sports Center World junior figure skating champion Vincent Zhou makes his senior Grand Prix debut in four weeks in Beijing, where he starts making his case for a Winter…
Pinoy Figure Skaters to Defy Great Odds
Michael Martinez MANILA, Philippines - Michael Martinez, the first Southeast Asian figure skater to qualify for the Winter Olympics and a five-time international winner, will try to charm the Malaysian…
Meet 6yo Skating Champ Arielle Pascual
All those jumps, flips, spins, loops, and other figure skating moves may appear difficult, but not to six-year-old Arielle Pascual, the reigning national champion in her age group. Such scintillating…
Kazakhstan’s Elizabet Tursynbayeva Reaches Top 10 of 2017 World Figure Skating Championships
- Finland's Helsinki hosted the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2017 from March 29 to April 2. The event determined the number of entries for each country at the…
