by admin | Jan 17, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Kamila Valieva underlined her status as the favorite for the women’s Olympic figure skating gold medal as she won the European title by a commanding 22-point margin on Saturday. Valieva continued Russian domination of women’s figure skating by completing...
by admin | Jan 14, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Kamila Valieva bettered her own world-best score in the women’s short program to take the lead Thursday at the European figure skating championships. It was another successful day for Russia, which also swept the podium in the pairs event. Read More
by admin | Jan 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Three-time world champion Nathan Chen proclaimed 17-year-old Ilia Malinin to be the future of U.S. Figure Skating. Maybe so, but Malinin’s present won’t include the Beijing Olympics. That distinction belongs to Chen, who won his sixth straight national...
by admin | Jan 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW
It’s been a long wait for 25-year-old Mariah Bell. For the first time in the nine years she’s been a senior competitor, Bell has won the U.S. women’s figure skating national title following the conclusion of the women’s free skate on Friday...
by admin | Jan 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Karen Chen left the 2018 Winter Olympics so disappointed over the subpar performances that left her in 11th place that she immediately vowed to try again. “When I got off the ice, I remember telling myself, `You’ve got to go for another four years. This was not your...
by admin | Jan 3, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Reigning U.S. figure skating champion Bradie Tennell withdrew from next week’s national championships due to a chronic right foot injury, ruling her out of Olympic consideration unless she petitions for a spot on the team. Tennell, the top U.S. woman at the 2018...
by admin | Nov 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Kamila Valieva headed a Russian women’s podium sweep at the figure skating Rostelecom Cup on Saturday to underline her status as favorite for the Olympic gold medal in Beijing. The 15-year-old Valieva landed three quadruple jumps, two of them in combinations, to...
by admin | Nov 20, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Anna Shcherbakova successfully navigated a bumpy early part of figure skating’s Olympic season. Next comes a series of bigger tests, likely climaxing at the Winter Games in February. Shcherbakova, who holds the two most prestigious titles as world champion and Russian...
by admin | Nov 16, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Anna Shcherbakova, a 17-year-old from Moscow, toted the two most prestigious titles in figure skating into this Olympic season: world champion and Russian national champion. But the sport’s top label — Olympic favorite — has been swiped by her 15-year-old training...
by admin | Apr 27, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
She laced up her boots and sped on to the skating rink. A seemingly innocuous act, except in 1952 during a time of racial segregation in the US, this young Black woman departed the rink with a broken arm, her actions having infuriated White men intent on her...
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