Figure skating
FILE - Coach Eteri Tutberidze, left, talks to Kamila Valieva, center, of the Russian Olympic Committee, during a training session at the 2022 Winter Olympics, on Feb. 13, 2022, in Beijing. Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded figure skating coach Eteri Tutberidze one of the country’s highest honors. It comes nearly a year after a doping case involving one of her top skaters overshadowed the Winter Olympics. A presidential decree published lists Tutberidze among three people awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky “for ensuring the successful training of athletes who achieved high sporting accomplishments” at the Winter Olympics in Beijing in Feb. 2022. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
Putin honors skating coach in Valieva Olympic case

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FILE - Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, reacts after the women's free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, on Feb. 17, 2022, in Beijing. he World Anti-Doping Agency says a Russian tribunal has found figure skater Kamila Valieva bore “no fault or negligence” in a doping case that rocked last year’s Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)
US Figure Skating blasts delay in awarding of Beijing medals

By Dave Skretta Feb. 02, 2023 01:06 PM EST

Ice dancers Hawayek and Baker withdraw from nationals

Jan. 17, 2023 12:28 PM EST
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Olympic ice dancers Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean Luc Baker withdrew Tuesday from the U.S. Figure Skating Championships because of a series...

FILE - Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani, of the United States, perform in the ice dance figure skating free program at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Feb. 20, 2018, in Gangneung, South Korea. The Olympic ice dancers along with Paul E. George, who served as the director of the U.S. Olympic Committee, were elected to the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
Shibutani siblings elected to US Figure Skating Hall of Fame

Dec. 01, 2022 05:37 PM EST

FILE - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, and President of the Russian figure skating federation Alexander Gorshkov, center, attend the pairs competition at the ISU Figure skating World championships in Moscow, April 27, 2011. Russian ice dancer Alexander Gorshkov has died at the age of 76, it was announced Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. He won the first Olympic ice dance gold medal for the Soviet Union at the 1976 Games and later became a leading official in Russian figure skating.(AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Druzhinin, Pool, file)
Olympic ice dance champion Gorshkov dies at 76

Nov. 17, 2022 04:33 AM EST

Russian Kamila Valieva, foreground, prepares to compete in the women's free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Russian Figure Skating Grand Prix, the Golden Skate of Moscow, as her coach Eteri Tutberidze, right, looks at her at Megasport Arena in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. With its teams suspended from international competitions such as the Grand Prix series, Russia is holding its own series of figure skating events in various cities, also under the Grand Prix name. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Russian skater Valieva could miss 2026 Olympics over doping

Nov. 14, 2022 06:49 AM EST

WADA forces hearing in Russian skater Valieva's doping case

Nov. 08, 2022 09:51 AM EST
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The World Anti-Doping Agency said Tuesday it sent the Beijing Olympics case of teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva to sport’s highest...

Madison Chock, left, and Evan Bates, of the United States, acknowledge the audience after performing during the Ice Dance Free Dance program at the Grand Prix Skate America Series, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022, in Norwood, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
American skaters blast RUSADA secrecy in Valieva doping case

By Dave Skretta Oct. 23, 2022 04:18 PM EDT

American ice dancers Chock and Bates lead Skate America

Oct. 22, 2022 06:20 PM EDT
NORWOOD, Mass. (AP) — American ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates along with Japan's Kaori Sakamoto, the women's world champion, took the lead after their...

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, poses for a photo with Kamila Valieva, a figure skater of the Russian Olympic Committee, in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, April 26, 2022. The Russian Anti-Doping Agency will treat the Kamila Valieva doping case which shook figure skating at the Winter Olympics as confidential and won’t publish a verdict, it was announced Friday, Oct. 21, 2022 Valieva won Olympic gold in the team competition before finding out she tested positive for a banned substance before the Beijing Games. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, FILE)
Russian agency won't publish doping verdict in Valieva case

Oct. 21, 2022 11:12 AM EDT

FILE - Ilia Malinin competes in the men's short program during the U.S. Figure Skating Championships Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. All eyes will be on 17-year-old Ilia Malinin when he makes his senior Grand Prix debut at Skate America this weekend. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski, File)
Malinin headlines Grand Prix opener at Skate America

By Dave Skretta Oct. 20, 2022 01:38 PM EDT

FILE - Madison Chock and Evan Bates, of the United States, compete in the team ice dance program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Beijing. Eight months after finishing behind the Russians at the Winter Games, the U.S. team has yet to receive its medals, or even know whether they will be silver or gold. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
US figure skaters still await medals from Beijing Games

By Dave Skretta Oct. 19, 2022 02:46 PM EDT

Boston set to host 2025 figure skating world championships

By Dave Skretta Oct. 12, 2022 02:46 PM EDT
The International Skating Union awarded the 2025 world figure skating championships to Boston on Wednesday, giving the U.S. the opportunity to host the last worlds...

Two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. Hanyu is stepping away from competitive figure skating, he said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu stepping away from competitive skating

By Koji Ueda Jul. 18, 2022 09:35 PM EDT

Executive director Ramsey Baker to leave US Figure Skating

Jun. 24, 2022 07:38 PM EDT
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Ramsey Baker is leaving U.S. Figure Skating at the end of the year, leaving the organization in search of an executive director after...

FILE - Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, falls in the women's free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Beijing. No 15-year-old figure skaters will be allowed to compete at the 2026 Olympics following the controversy surrounding Russian competitor Kamila Valieva at this year's Beijing Games. A new age limit for figure skaters at senior international events was passed Tuesday, June 7, 2022 by the International Skating Union in a 110-16 vote that will raise the minimum age to 17 before the next Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)
WADA says fresh court ruling can reopen Russian doping cases

By Graham Dunbar Jun. 11, 2022 02:23 PM EDT

FILE - Kim Jae-youl, chief of the sports marketing unit of Samsung Group, center, arrives at the office of the independent counsel in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 29, 2016. A South Korean executive with Olympic sponsor Samsung has been elected president of the International Skating Union. Kim Jae-youl got 77 out of 119 votes in a four-person contest to lead the governing body of figure skating and speed skating. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File )
Samsung executive elected to lead skating governing body

Jun. 10, 2022 09:57 AM EDT

FILE - Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, falls in the women's free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Beijing. No 15-year-old figure skaters will be allowed to compete at the 2026 Olympics following the controversy surrounding Russian competitor Kamila Valieva at this year's Beijing Games. A new age limit for figure skaters at senior international events was passed Tuesday, June 7, 2022 by the International Skating Union in a 110-16 vote that will raise the minimum age to 17 before the next Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
Figure skating minimum age rises to 17 before 2026 Olympics

Jun. 07, 2022 04:45 AM EDT

Figure skating body details proposal to hike age limit to 17

By Graham Dunbar May. 02, 2022 06:13 AM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — Figure skating’s governing body has detailed a proposal to raise the athlete age limit to 17 at the Olympics and other international events. ...

Russian seeks to keep senior role at skating federation

By Graham Dunbar Apr. 27, 2022 01:14 PM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — A Russian official was among the candidates announced Wednesday for the International Skating Union’s elections in June, if he is allowed to stand to...