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Teen Skating Sensation Named at Center of Russian Doping Fight at Beijing Olympics

Entire figure skating team could be stripped of Olympic gold because Russia’s brightest young star, 15-year-old Kamila Valieva, reportedly failed…

4 years ago

Canada’s Hockey Team Play Entire Olympic Match With Masks On After Delayed Covid-19 Tests

Late Covid-19 testing results led to both teams wearing N95 masks on the ice after a one hour delay to…

4 years ago

How did three Russian teens – and training partners – become the world’s best figure skaters?

A trio of Russian teenagers – Kamila Valiyeva, Anna Shcherbakova and “Quad Queen” Alexandra Trusova – is favored to sweep…

4 years ago

Russia is Banned from Sports…. but Not Really by Madison Wells-James

It’s been six years since the Russian flag and national anthem were banned from the Olympics after the World Anti-Doping Agency…

4 years ago

Ksenia Efremova: 12-year-old Russian tennis prodigy has ‘incredible potential,’ says Patrick Mouratoglou

Now 12 years old, Efremova is widely considered to be one of the brightest young talents in tennis and has…

4 years ago

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

Kamila Valieva underlined her status as the favorite for the women's Olympic figure skating gold medal

4 years ago

Kamila Valiyeva wins Russia figure skating nationals by record margin

Kamila Valiyeva won the Russian Figure Skating Championships by the largest women's margin in the event's history.

4 years ago

Aliona Kostornaya, star Russian figure skater, to miss national championships

Aliona Kostornaya, the world’s top figure skater before the pandemic hit, will miss next week’s Russian Figure Skating Championships

4 years ago

Record-breaker Valieva wins Rostelecom Cup figure skating

Kamila Valieva headed a Russian women’s podium sweep at the figure skating Rostelecom Cup

4 years ago

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

Anna Shcherbakova slipped, fell and still won Internationaux de France on figure skating's Grand Prix Series.

4 years ago