The current system for the inherently controversial task of judging figure skating competitions is the worst system ever designed — … More
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Sochi recap: Figure skating, women’s free skate
It’s not fair to say Olympic figure skating is still the same mess it was in the past. The new … More
Sochi recap: Figure skating, ice dance free dance
Canada’s Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir held the world record for a few minutes before handing over the record and … More
Sochi recap: Figure skating, men’s free skate
A comedy of errors in the Olympics sees Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu win because they’d already bought a gold medal and … More
Sochi recap: Figure skating, men’s short program
Russian legend Evgeni Plushenko fell in pain and couldn’t keep going. American Jeremy Abbott fell hard into the side of … More
Sochi recap: Figure skating, pairs
Russia, Russia. Then Russia, Russia. The Olympic hosts really enjoyed this night, as their two figure skating pairs were magnificent. … More
Sochi recap: Team figure skating, pairs long program
Russia and Canada will be dueling to the wire in this event, while the USA is still in great shape … More
Sochi recap: Team figure skating, short program
Meryl Davis and Charlie White solidified the U.S. effort with a marvelous ice dance short program. Ashley Wagner then shook … More
2014 medal projections: Jan. 14 update
Time for a few tweaks given the results (and untimely injuries) of late — and when you add it all … More
2014 medal projections (and team stats): Figure skating
Updated Jan. 14; minor update Jan. 21 Here’s what we know about the ever-changing world of figure skating: – For … More