Figure Skating

Skater Seguin’s book details career-ending concussions, toxic relationship with coach
Julianne Seguin has spent a good chunk of the past few years “lying on my…

Physical fitness helped soccer player in Italy knife attack
MILAN (AP) — Being in top physical form helped Spanish soccer player Pablo Marí avoid…

Canada’s Keegan Messing had dreamed of being world’s first to land quad Axel
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – The quadruple Axel is a love/hate thing for Canadian figure skater Keegan…

Lauriault and Le Gac capture first Grand Prix figure skating medal representing Canada
Marie-Jade Lauriault and Romain Le Gac of captured bronze in ice dancing at Skate America…

Malinin’s quad axel lifts 17-year-old to Skate America title, Canadians get silver in pairs
NORWOOD, Mass. – Ilia Malinin wasn’t sure whether he would unveil his quad axel, the…
Illinois coach convicted of sexually abusing ice skater
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — A jury found a northern Illinois ice skating coach guilty of…

Ilia Malinin headlines Grand Prix opener at Skate America
The new face of American figure skating began to play around with the quadruple Axel,…
Three Canadian skaters finish fifth in ISU Junior Grand Prix in Italy
NEUMARKT, Italy – Aleksa Rakic of Burnaby, B.C., took fifth spot in the ISU Junior…

Many high-level athletes struggle with ‘unravelling of identity’ in retirement
Kaetlyn Osmond has been like a boat adrift at sea. Four years after retiring from…

Vanessa James and Eric Radford announce retirement from competitive figure skating
OTTAWA – World bronze medallists Vanessa James and Eric Radford announced their retirement from competitive…

Canadian figure skater Veronik Mallet announces retirement
OTTAWA – Canadian figure skater Veronik Mallet announced her retirement from competitive skating on Thursday.…

Indigenous-led bid for 2030 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Whistler moving ahead
An Indigenous-led partnership is moving forward with plans to host the 2030 Winter Olympics in…

Figure skating’s minimum age rises to 17 before 2026 Olympics
An impassioned plea from Canadian physician Dr. Jane Moran may have played a part in…

Three-time national pairs champions Moore-Towers, Marinaro announce retirement
OTTAWA – Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro, who teamed up for three Canadian pairs titles,…

A good man: Exhibits honor ‘Peanuts’ creator Schulz on 100th
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In a series of “Peanuts” comic strips that ran in mid-April…