by admin | Mar 26, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Battered by injuries and burnt out by the demands of her sport, Deanna Stellato-Dudek retired in 2001 – before many of today’s elite figure skaters were even born. But this week, Stellato-Dudek achieved the unthinkable. With her partner Maxime Deschamps, the...
by admin | Sep 26, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Nineteen months after Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s positive doping test kept the 2022 Beijing Olympics’ team figure skating medals from being awarded, nothing has been resolved. Valieva’s eligibility still is being debated, and the medals remain in storage....
by admin | Jan 30, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Graceful, gutsy and seemingly unfazed by the bright lights, 15-year-old Isabeau Levito decided to go for it in her free skate while reminding herself once more to just stay calm. The teen star needed a near-flawless free skate to capture gold at the U.S. Figure...
by admin | Dec 23, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Mai Mihara did not make Japan’s figure skating team for either of the last two Olympics. Her lone world championships appearance was six seasons ago. At one point, she went 20 months between competitions. She began this year without a top-level victory since 2017. She...
by admin | Sep 29, 2022 | Representation, SEW
In the 30-plus years I’ve covered Olympic figure skating, I thought I had seen and heard it all, from Tonya-Nancy to the French judge, from Russian cheating to, well, Russian cheating, most recently the Kamila Valieva scandal at the 2022 Beijing Olympic Games. But...
by admin | Sep 16, 2022 | Representation, SEW
This week, the Russian Anti-Doping Agency announced the completion of its investigation of Olympic figure skater Kamila Valieva without revealing its results but said that the next step in the excruciatingly delayed process would be to organize hearings in the case....
by admin | Sep 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
A week after chronic foot pain forced Bradie Tennell to withdraw from the 2022 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, the impact of that situation hit her full force. Tennell was the defending national champion, a good bet to make the 2022 Olympic team had she been...
by admin | Jun 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The International Skating Union will raise the minimum age for competitors in senior events from 15 to 17 to protect skaters’ “physical and mental health, and emotional well-being”. The decision comes after the controversy surrounding Kamila Valieva...
by admin | May 3, 2022 | #MeToo, SEW
The U.S. Center for SafeSport suspended 1988 U.S. Olympic pairs bronze medalist and renowned figure skating coach Peter Oppegard Monday after an investigation of allegations of physical abuse, according to emails obtained by USA TODAY Sports and two people questioned...
by admin | Apr 17, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Isabeau Levito completed a U.S. sweep of the world junior figure skating singles titles, becoming the first American woman to win a world senior or junior title in 14 years. Levito, 15, tallied 206.55 points between two programs in Tallinn, Estonia, prevailing by .54...
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