Russian star Kamila Valieva burst into tears Thursday as she missed out on a medal in the women’s figure skating after a performance filled with mistakes and haunted by the doping saga that has come to dominate the Winter Olympics. The 15-year-old prodigy and gold medal favorite made several errors in her routine, momentarily hitting … Read more
Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva will take to the ice Tuesday in search of her second gold medal a day after sport’s top court ruled she could continue to compete at the Beijing Olympics despite having tested positive for a banned substance before the Games. Before the positive test was reported last week, Valieva, 15, … Read more
Russian figure skating phenom Kamila Valieva can continue to compete at the Beijing Winter Olympics, an international body ruled Monday, after it was reported that she had tested positive for a banned substance before the Games. The ruling from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), a global sports arbiter, came one day before the … Read more
Russian figure skating prodigy Kamila Valieva was back on the ice in Beijing Thursday after reports that she tested positive for a banned substance prior to the Winter Olympics. The medal ceremony for the team figure skating, in which the 15-year-old superstar helped the Russian athletes win gold, was delayed earlier this week because of … Read more
US star Nathan Chen skated his way into a long-awaited gold medal Thursday at the 2022 Beijing Games. Looking confident and composed, Chen, 22, scored a high 218.63 in the free skate, building on a record-breaking short program earlier this week. Skating to the music of Elton John, Chen put on a masterful performance that … Read more
BEIJING — They said he should play soccer. They said figure skating was for girls. They said winter sports made no sense in temperate Guadalajara. But none of those naysayers deterred Mexican figure skater Donovan Carrillo, the rare Latin American athlete at the Winter Games, who has now become an even more rare Beijing Olympics … Read more
The medal ceremony for the team figure skating competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics was delayed because of what the International Olympic Committee called Wednesday a legal issue that could affect medalists. The committee did not explain the nature of the legal issue. The competition concluded Monday after several days of intense skating during which … Read more
BEIJING – Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s pristine performance in her Olympic debut at the Beijing Games on Sunday drew pure awe from rivals and teammates who praised her prodigious athletic talent and maturity as the gold medal favourite. Still only 15, Valieva holds the world records for the short program, free skate and total … Read more
Bone-chilling ice figures in the shape of the Grim Reaper appeared outside a Canadian man’s lakefront home earlier this month. The story grew more unsettling when Ben Tucci, 65, of Dunnville, Ontario showed pictures of the ghastly ice formations to his daughter, the Mirror reports. She told her dad they look like two spirits who … Read more