Kamila Valieva skates into first place in women's Olympic short program
World record-holder Kamila Valieva skated to a 82.16 score in the women's short program on Tuesday (15 February), taking the lead into Thursday's free skate.
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Alysa Liu couldn't help but break into a big grin on Olympic ice.
No pain, no gain: Hanyu Yuzuru zeroing in on gala
Pain or no pain, it appears Hanyu Yuzuru has every intention of skating the gala on Sunday (20 February).
"Huge relief": Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron on winning gold at Beijing 2022
“We’ve never been that stressed in our lives," Guillaume Cizeron tells Olympics.com after he and Gabriella Papadakis won their first Olympic gold medal. "We also experienced one of the best moments of our career.
Figure skating preview: Five women that could challenge ROC dominance
While a trio of ROC skaters are heavily favoured in the women's singles figure skating event at Beijing 2022, there are a handful of skaters set to challenge them inside the Capital Indoor Stadium as the skating gets underway Tuesday (15 February) night.
Erin Jackson, Vanessa James hope to change the look of Olympic skating
When Erin Jackson won 500m speed skating gold last week at the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022, she not only ended a nearly three-decades old U.S. gold medal drought in the event, she became the first Black athlete to take gold in the sport.
Beijing 2022 preview for 15 February: Key events not to miss at the Olympic Winter Games (USA)
There are nine medal events today, including the prestigious women’s downhill in Alpine skiing (11:00*), women’s freeski slopestyle final (10:24) and the two finals in snowboard big air (09:30, 13:00) in which USA athletes are again expected to be prominent.
Beijing 2022 preview for 15 February: Key events not to miss at the Olympic Winter Games
There are nine medal events today, including the two finals in snowboard big air (09:30, 13:00), which made their debut in PyeongChang. The sight of the riders performing tricks dozens of metres in the air having been launched off the massive ramp is one to behold.