Figure Skating
Kim wins women's world figure skating title
Mar 17, 2013 01:20 EDT
Reigning Olympic champion Kim Yu-na set herself up as a contender to win back-to-back Olympic gold medals with a runaway women's victory at the World Figure Skating Championships.
US ice dancers reclaim world crown
Mar 16, 2013 19:39 EDT
Americans Meryl Davis and Charlie White reclaimed the world ice dance title from Canadians Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir for the second time on Saturday at the World Figure Skating Championships.
Davis and White claim world ice dance title
Mar 16, 2013 18:09 EDT
Americans Meryl Davis and Charlie White won their second world ice dance crown in three seasons on Saturday after taking the free dance final at the World Figure Skating Championships.
Chan hangs on to claim 3rd figure skating world title
Mar 16, 2013 00:56 EDT
Canada's Patrick Chan won his third consecutive men's title at the World Figure Skating Championships, even though it was Kazakhstan's Denis Ten who captured the free skate final.
Russians capture world pairs title
Mar 15, 2013 17:02 EDT
Russians Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov, twice runners-up at the World Figure Skating Championships, added a world title to their collection by winning Friday's free skate final.
Russian duo claims world pairs title
Mar 15, 2013 15:11 EDT
Russia's Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov won the pairs title at the World Figure Skating Championships on Friday by capturing the free skate competition.
Americans grab early lead in ice dance
Mar 15, 2013 01:16 EDT
Americans Meryl Davis and Charlie White performed a near flawless routine to outscore the favoured Canadian duo in the opening short dance round at the World Figure Skating Championships.
Kim off to promising start at Worlds
Mar 14, 2013 18:20 EDT
Reigning Olympic champ Kim Yu-na gave herself high marks for her performance at the World Figure Skating Championship Thursday which signals her return to ISU competition after a two-year hiatus.
Chan leads with record-setting score
Mar 13, 2013 23:52 EDT
Patrick Chan is well on his way to defending his title after producing one of the greatest short programmes of his career at the World Figure Skating Championships in his native Canada.
Chan leads with record-setting score
Mar 13, 2013 22:55 EDT
Patrick Chan is well on his way to defending his title after producing one of the greatest short programmes of his career at the World Figure Skating Championships in his native Canada.
Russian duo seizes early pairs lead
Mar 13, 2013 17:09 EDT
Russians Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov were last out of the gate but first in the standings with an assured performance in the pairs short programme to open the ISU World Figure Skating Championships.
Soap star Ghadie out of Ice show
Feb 24, 2013 23:49 EST
Coronation Street star Samia Ghadie became the latest celebrity to be kicked off the Dancing on Ice show after failing to impress the judges with her Props Night routine.
Skater Plushenko sues TV commentator for defamation
Feb 11, 2013 05:20 EST
Figure skating icon Yevgeny Plushenko has launched legal action for defamation against a Russian commentator for Eurosport for claiming that a recent operation was only a public relations stunt, his lawyer said Monday.
Asada leads Japan sweep at Four Continents
Feb 10, 2013 14:44 EST
Former two-time world champion Mao Asada led Japan's medal sweep in the women's singles at the Four Continents championships, remaining unbeaten with five wins in the pre-Olympic season.
Canada's Reynolds wins Four Continents skating title
Feb 09, 2013 08:58 EST
Canada's Kevin Reynolds captured the men's title at the Four Continents figure skating championships Saturday for his first major international victory.
Virtue, Moir lead Four Continents ice dance
Feb 08, 2013 03:54 EST
Olympic and world ice dance champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada edged their US archrivals Meryl Davis and Charlie White in the short dance at the Four Continents championships Friday.
Japan figure skaters set to dominate Four Continents
Feb 07, 2013 21:33 EST
Former world champions Mao Asada and Daisuke Takahashi will lead Japan's medal hunt at the Four Continents figure skating championships on home ice this week in the absence of their arch-rivals.
Big hopes for Russian stars at Sochi Olympics
Feb 04, 2013 10:37 EST
With the hopes of the nation and its leaders resting on them, Russia's winter sports athletes are hoping to put on a display of Soviet-style domination at their home Olympic Games in Sochi next year.
Aaron takes US figure skating crown, Abbott to miss worlds
Jan 27, 2013 17:56 EST
Max Aaron, fourth after the short programme, landed an impressive quadruple salchow in Sunday's free skate final on his way to winning the men's title at the US Figure Skating Championships.
Davis and White win US ice dance crown
Jan 27, 2013 00:39 EST
Former world champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White won their fifth straight US ice dance title with a sparkling performance of their "Notre Dame de Paris" free dance.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
 2007 European Champion ice dancers Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder perform a lift in exhibition. | |
| Highest governing body | International Skating Union |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Artistic skating |
| Characteristics | |
| Team members | Individuals, pairs, or groups |
| Mixed gender | Yes |
| Equipment | Figure skates |
| Olympic | 1908 (at the Summer Olympics prior to the first Winter Games in 1924) |
