Figure Skating News

Carolina Kostner finishes first in women's short program at US Figure Skating Championships

Tomas Verner (Czech Republic) wins men's European Figure Skating Championships

Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy (Germany) win their second successive pairs title at European Figure Skating Championships

Figure skater Dorothy Hamill will undergo treatment for breast cancer

Ms. Colledge, an innovative British figure skater, was the youngest athlete to compete in the Winter Olympics and later won an Olympic silver medal.

Jeffrey Buttle won the men’s title at the world figure skating championships Saturday, holding off the defending champion, Brian Joubert of France.

Evan Lysacek and Johnny Weir share nothing except their status as the top two figure skaters in the United States.

Johnny Weir and his rival, Evan Lysacek, finished with identical totals of 244.77. But Lysacek edged Weir for the men’s title because he had slightly better marks in his free skate.

Despite a fall on the opening jump of her free skate, 14-year-old Mirai Nagasu won her first United States Figure Skating senior women’s title.

Johnny Weird, a three-time national champion who finished third last year, skated a cleaner program to emerge as the leader with a score of 83.40.

After a disappointing 2006, Johnny Weir, the three-time defending men’s figure skating champion, has a new coach, a shorter haircut, a more focused approach, and an improved quadruple toe loop.

With the 2010 Winter Olympics young challengers are making themselves known at the United States Figure Skating Championships.

Mr. Bowman was a former U.S. figure skating champion dubbed “Bowman the Showman” for his flair on the ice.

Mr. Griffith was a bodyguard for the figure skater Tonya Harding who admitted that he had a role in the attack on her rival Nancy Kerrigan during Olympics tryouts.

The two-time world champion Stéphane Lambiel won the Grand Prix final men’s figure skating title Saturday, adjusting his program after two faulty jumps to edge Daisuke Takahashi.

Mike Weir (US) wins men's figure skating title at Cup of Russia

Laura Lepisto wins women's short program at Skate Canada

Kimmie Meissner wins Skate America

The Russians Yuko Kawaguchi and Alexander Smirnov edged the Canadians Jessica Dubé and Bryce Davison to win the pairs competition at Skate Canada in Ottawa. The Russians had 176.97 points to 176.54 for the Canadians, who won the free skate with a routine performed to “Carmen.”.

Kim Yu-Na of South Korea captured the Skate America women’s title in Everett, Wash., winning the free skate and short program. It was a disappointing debut for the former world champion Kimmie Meissner, the 2007 Skate America winner. Meissner, who switched coaches in February, was eighth over all.