Women's Figure Skating

Kamila Valieva of Team ROC skates during the Women Single Skating Short Program on day eleven of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on February 15, 2022 in Beijing, China.

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In the midst of scandal, 3 Russian figure skaters hope to elevate their sport

4:17pm February 16, 2022

by Tom Goldman

A triple jump used to be the gold standard in figure skating. Now it's the quad. For the first time at an Olympics, a woman — Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva — landed a quad in competition.

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Evgenia Medvedeva, left, set a record for the highest score ever in the short program in the Winter Olympics — only to have Alina Zagitova, her Olympic Athletes from Russia teammate, break the record again at the Pyeongchang Games.

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Women's Figure Skating Comes Down To A Duel, As Russians Eye First Gold Medal

11:41pm February 22, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The three Americans in the field — Mirai Nagasu, Karen Chen, and Bradie Tennell — fell short of the podium.

Mirai Nagasu exults after her performance on Monday at Gangneung Ice Arena at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The U.S. took the bronze medal in the team figure skating event.

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Nagasu And Rippon Wow Crowd As U.S. Figure Skating Team Wins Bronze

3:14pm February 12, 2018

by Bill Chappell

With a historic jump and a set of strong performances, the U.S. figure skaters put an exclamation point on a team win at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.