Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Olympic Women’s Figure Skating: Kamila Valieva, Russian score inflation, and a teammate’s full-blown temper tantrum

Women’s Figure Skating

The women’s figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics was expected to be a coronation, a landmark event displaying a trio of talented Russian skaters with a realistic chance of sweeping the Olympic podium for the first time in Olympic history. Instead, there were tears, but they were tears of absolute sadness, not tears … Read more

Russia’s Shcherbakova survives slip to take Grand Prix gold

Russia's Shcherbakova survives slip to take Grand Prix gold

Russian world champion Anna Shcherbakova survived a slip on a quadruple spin to land a series of other combinations and win the women’s figure skating at the Grenoble Grand Prix on Saturday. The 17-year-old, who is favourite to take the gold at the Winter Games in February, took top spot in Friday’s short programme but … Read more