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Eyeing Olympic gold, Russian Kamila Valieva, 15, wins European skating title in convincing style

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...

Kamila Valieva leads women’s short program at European figure skating championships

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

U.S. Figure Skating finalizes roster for Beijing Olympic Games; Ilia Malinin not named

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...

Mariah Bell becomes the oldest US women’s figure skating national champion in 95 years

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...

Keeping promise to herself, figure skater Karen Chen looks for an Olympic redo

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...

Bradie Tennell withdraws from U.S. Figure Skating Championships

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...

Record-breaker Valieva wins Rostelecom Cup figure skating

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...

Anna Shcherbakova wins Grand Prix France ahead of showdowns with Olympic favorite

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...

Anna Shcherbakova, 17, chases youth at Grand Prix France; TV, live stream schedule

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...

Long before Colin Kaepernick knelt, a Black female athlete defied the US National Anthem, but she’s been largely forgotten

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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