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Japan's Uno repeats as men's NHK Trophy champ
Japan's Shoma Uno posted a season-best free skate and total score to defend his title at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating's NHK Trophy.
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Russian skater could miss '26 Games over doping
Russian skater Kamila Valieva faces a potential four-year doping ban which would rule her out of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo.
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Valieva doping case referred to CAS by WADA
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has referred figure skater Kamila Valieva's case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after making no progress with the Russian Anti-Doping Agency, WADA president Witold Banka said on Tuesday.
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Malinin lands quad axel, wins Skate America title
Ilia Malinin landed a quad axel and four more quads to jump past Kao Miura and win the men's Skate America title in his senior Grand Prix debut.
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Miura leads after short program at Skate America
Kao Miura took advantage of the withdrawal of Japanese countryman Yuma Kagiyama, along with an uncharacteristic fall by American rival Ilia Malinin, to take the lead after the short program at Skate America on Friday night.
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Russian agency mum on Valieva doping verdict
The Russian Anti-Doping Agency will treat figure skater Kamila Valieva doping case, which shook at the Winter Olympics, as confidential.
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Kneirim, Frazier in for Skate America Grand Prix
World pairs champions Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier will compete at Skate America in late October, U.S. Figure Skating announced on Friday.
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Britain to host figure skating GP for first time
Britain will host a figure skating Grand Prix event for the first time after China relinquished the competition because of ongoing concerns over the coronavirus in that country, the ISU announced on Thursday.
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Figure skating champion Hanyu stepping away
Two-time Olympic gold-medal winner Yuzuru Hanyu said he is stepping away from competitive figure skating.
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Finland, not Russia, to host figure skating GP
The International Skating Union announced Thursday that Finland will host a round of the figure skating Grand Prix series instead of Russia after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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Baker to leave U.S. Figure Skating at end of '22
Ramsey Baker, who took over as full-time executive director of U.S. Figure Skating last July, said he's leaving the organization at the end of the year.
Olympic Sports
Russia appeals sports bans amid Ukraine war
Banned from international sports events because of the war on Ukraine, numerous Russian sports federations and athletes have filed appeals to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
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U.S. pairs go 1-2 after short program at worlds
Americans Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier scored a personal best of 76.88 points in the pairs short program at the figure skating world championships, with U.S. teammates Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy LeDuc in second.
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Sakamoto tops short program at skating worlds
With Russian figure skaters barred from the world championships, Japan's Kaori Sakamoto led after the short program, while American Mariah Bell was third.
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Figure skater Vincent Zhou worked his whole life for the Beijing Olympics. COVID-19 had other plans.
Vincent Zhou was ready to step out of Nathan Chen's shadow when a positive COVID-19 test dashed his lifelong dream of Olympic glory. Now, as he prepares to compete at the world championships, he's grieving what he lost.
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Olympian Liu, father targets of Chinese spying
U.S. Olympic figure skater Alysa Liu and her father, Arthur Liu -- a former political refugee -- were among those targeted in a spying operation that the Justice Department alleges was ordered by the Chinese government, the elder Liu said.
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Russia out of figure skating worlds, other events
Russia was excluded from all international ice skating events as sporting sanctions continued to mount Tuesday following the country's invasion of Ukraine.
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Spanish skater positive for banned substance
Spanish figure skater Laura Barquero tested positive for a prohibited substance during the Beijing Winter Olympics, the International Testing Agency (ITA) said on Tuesday.
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Sui, Han earn gold at last in pairs figure skating
Sui Wenjing and Han Cong captured the Olympic gold medal that eluded them by a razor-thin margin four years ago, edging Russian rivals Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov by less than a point to win the pairs figure skating competition in Beijing.
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U.S. figure skaters lose appeal to get medals
Arbitrators have rejected a last-ditch request by American figure skaters to have their silver medals awarded before the end of the Olympics.
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China's Sui, Han break pairs short program record
Sui Wenjing and Han Chan of China shattered their own world record for a short program at the Beijing Games on Friday night, giving them the narrowest of leads over Russian rivals Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov heading into the free skate.
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IOC prez slams Valieva's entourage for 'coldness'
The IOC's Thomas Bach criticized Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva's entourage for their "tremendous coldness" toward her after a mistake-filled free skate at the Beijing Olympics.
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CAS: Lab delay partly why Valieva OK'd to skate
The Court of Arbitration for Sport explained its verdict in the Kamila Valieva case, citing the "untenable delay" at the testing laboratory in Sweden as a reason for letting the 15-year-old Valieva skate in the women's competition.
Olympic Sports
Valieva stumbles as teammate wins skating gold
Anna Shcherbakova won a stunning gold medal in women's figure skating at the Beijing Games, while teammate Kamila Valieva tumbled all the way out of the medals after a mistake-filled end to her controversial Olympics.
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How did we get here? Russia figure skater Kamila Valieva finishes off the podium
The 15-year-old has been the center of attention at the Beijing Games, first for her skating and now for her involvement in a doping case. Here is the timeline of where we are and how we got here.
Medal Tracker
Overall Medal Leaders
- 37
NOR - 32
ROC - 27
GER
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
 NOR | 16 |
 GER | 12 |
 CHN | 9 |
Silver
 ROC | 12 |
| GER | 10 |
 USA | 10 |
Bronze
| ROC | 14 |
 CAN | 14 |
| NOR | 13 |
Overall Medal Leaders
- 5Bø
- 5Bolshunov
- 5Roeiseland
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
| Bø | 4 |
| Bolshunov | 3 |
| Roeiseland | 3 |
Silver
 Fillon Maillet | 3 |
 Takagi | 3 |
 Minjeong | 2 |
Bronze
| Latypov | 3 |
| Roeiseland | 2 |
 Liu | 2 |
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Hockey Canada reports over 900 cases of on-ice discrimination
More than 900 documented or alleged incidents of on-ice discrimination like verbal taunts, insults and intimidation happened in Hockey Canada across all levels and age groups during the 2021-22 season.
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Shibutani siblings elected to U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame
Ice dancers Maia and Alex Shibutani along with Paul E. George, who served as the director of the U.S. Olympic Committee, were elected to the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame.
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Eliud Kipchoge to make Boston Marathon debut in 2023
Eliud Kipchoge, who won Olympic marathons in 2016 (Rio de Janeiro) and 2020 (Tokyo), will run the Boston Marathon for the first time in 2023, he said.
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Luciano Rossi ousts Vladimir Lisin to head Olympic shooting body
Italian official Luciano Rossi has beaten incumbent president and Russian billionaire Vladimir Lisin to become the new head of the governing body for Olympic shooting.
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Jack Fleming named CEO of Boston Athletic Association
The Boston Athletic Association, which manages the Boston Marathon, on Wednesday named Jack Fleming as its new president and chief executive officer.
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Ukraine's Yuri Cheban auctioning Olympic medals to help war effort
Ukrainian canoe champion Yuri Cheban is auctioning off his two Olympic gold medals and a bronze medal to help raise funds for the war effort in his native land.
