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World Skating Championships canceled over virus
The World Figure Skating Championships set for next week in Montreal have been canceled due to public health concerns related to the spread of the coronavirus. The event was scheduled to bring nearly 200 skaters to Montreal.
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Hanyu win gives Japan sweep of Four Continents
Two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu won the men's free skate on Sunday to claim his first Four Continents figure skating title and complete a Japanese sweep of the men's and women's events.
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French skate chief resigns after abuse claims
French ice sports federation president Didier Gailhaguet resigned from his position on Saturday amid the sexual abuse scandal in figure skating.
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Chen wins 4th straight national title by 37 points
Skating to the score from Elton John's biopic "Rocketman," Nathan Chen hit four quadruple jumps and six triples in winning his fourth straight national title by more than 37 points.
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Russia wins all 4 events at figure skating Euros
Alena Kostornaia led a Russian podium sweep in the women's event at the European figure skating championships on Saturday as Russia finished with gold medals in all four disciplines.
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Chen sets personal best, wins U.S. short program
Despite coming off illness and spending much of his days as a full-time college student, Nathan Chen set a personal best Saturday to win the short program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
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Liu successfully defends U.S women's skating title
Alysa Liu hit two triple axels among eight triples overall en route to defending her title Friday night at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Mariah Bell finished second after seven triple jumps in her program.
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Chock and Bates take rhythm dance at nationals
Madison Chock and Evan Bates won the rhythm dance at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Friday, finishing ahead of Madison Hubbell and Zach Donohue.
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Sadovsky captures Canadian figure skating title
Roman Sadovsky landed two clean quadruple jumps and won his first Canadian figure skating title Saturday to earn Canada's lone berth in men's singles at the world championships.
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Report: Figure skating coach's ban reduced
Figure skating coach Richard Callaghan's lifetime ban has been reduced to a three-year suspension that includes 15 years of probation and 100 hours of community service, ABC News reported.
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Shcherbakova leads Cup of China short program
Anna Shcherbakova, 15, leads the short program at the Cup of China, and Yan Han leads the men's event after returning from a season out. Satoko Miyahara was second and Amber Glenn of the United States third ahead of Saturday's free skate.
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Japan's Hanku, Kihira lead at Skate Canada
Americans Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue topped the ice dance short program at Skate Canada on Friday with 83.21 points. They are coming off a victory last week at Skate America in Las Vegas.
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Chen wins Skate America; Brown 2nd in return
Nathan Chen outdistanced U.S. teammate Jason Brown to win Skate America for the third straight time, scoring 196.38 in the free skate Saturday night.
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Tanaka, Yamamoto go 1-2 at U.S. International
Japan's Keiji Tanaka and Sota Yamamoto finished 1-2 in the men's final at the U.S. International Figure Skating Classic, while American Vincent Zhou won the bronze.
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Liu lands historic quad lutz, wins Jr. Grand Prix
Reigning U.S. champion Alysa Liu hit her signature quadruple lutz on Saturday, becoming the first American woman to land a quad in competition, on her way to winning the Junior Grand Prix.
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SafeSport bans figure skating coach Callaghan
Craig Maurizi said he felt vindicated Wednesday when he received word that his former figure skating coach, Richard Callaghan, was ruled permanently ineligible by the U.S. Center for SafeSport.
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Chen, Zhou lift U.S. to World Team Trophy lead
World champion Nathan Chen won the short program with 101.95 points and teammate Vincent Zhou finished second for the U.S., which leads the World Team Trophy.
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Chen defends title in men's free skate at worlds
Nathan Chen made no mistakes and landed four quadruple jumps to finish with 323.42 points, successfully defending his title in the men's free skate at the figure skating world championships.
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Zagitova adds to haul, wins at skating worlds
Alina Zagitova added a world championship to her Olympic gold medal in the free skate, and Elizabet Tursynbaeva became the first woman to land a quadruple jump at the worlds.
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Kihira wins Four Continents; Tennell falls to 5th
Fifth after the short program, Japan's Rika Kihira landed a triple axel and scored 153.14 points in Friday's free skate to capture the ladies' title at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championship.
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Americans Zhou, Tennell lead at Four Continents
American Vincent Zhou hit both of his quad attempts and was in first place after Thursday night's men's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. Bradie Tennell led after the ladies' short.
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Hubbell, Donohue defend U.S. title; Chen in first
Madison Hubbell and Zach Donohue beat out the team of Madison Chock and Evan Bates to repeat as ice dancing champions at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Saturday night.
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USFSA urges completion of Coughlin abuse probe
U.S. Figure Skating president Anne Cammett said the accusations of abuse against John Coughlin, who died by suicide last week, need to be "thoroughly reviewed," saying, "If it just ends, there's not closure."
Olympic Sports
Can figure skating's first LGBTQ team change ice dance's reliance on romance?
Karina Manta and Joe Johnson arrive at the 2019 figure skating nationals proud to be the first LGBTQ ice dance team. But will their openness impact their scores?
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Suspended figure skater Coughlin dead at 33
Two-time U.S. pairs skating champion John Coughlin, who was given an interim suspension Thursday for unspecified conduct, has killed himself, his sister said. He was 33.
Medal Tracker
Total Medal Leaders
- 39
NOR - 31
GER - 29
CAN
- Gold14NORGER
14 CAN11 - Silver14NORGER
10 CAN8 - Bronze11NORCAN
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OAR9
Total Medal Leaders
- 5Bjørgen
- 4
Kalla - 4Nilsson
- Gold3Klæbo
Fourcade3 Bjørgen2 - Silver3KallaBolshunov
3 Nilsson2 - Bronze2BjørgenJohansson
2 Bescond2
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Tokyo Olympics qualifiers will be held post-lockdown: IOA president Narinder Batra
The IOA chief has asked sport federations to prepare a calendar and a list of qualifiers in their respective sports.
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Focus, attitude key for Indians on unpredictable road to Tokyo Olympics
As they cope with an unfamiliar terrain of a postponed Olympics, Indian athletes face both physical and mental challenges.
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Sharda Ugra: Of course it is worth waiting a year more for Tokyo Olympics
The Olympics' madness lasts around two weeks but resonates so powerfully, it feels like forever. Of course, it is worth waiting a year more for it.
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Narsingh Yadav's Olympic dream lives on with Tokyo 2020 postponement
Four years after his Olympic hopes were crushed by a doping scandal, Narsingh believes "destiny" has brought him a new lifeline.
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Sorry for the interruption: Sport in the time of cancellations/postponements
With the COVID-19 pandemic postponing/ cancelling most sporting events, take our quiz to test your knowledge of events from the past that were postponed or cancelled.
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Tokyo 2021 FAQs: What next for India's Olympic hopefuls?
The postponement of Tokyo Olympics to 2021 raises new questions, and poses fresh challenges for India's athletes.
