Figure skating is right up there with gymnastics in terms of its ability to make your jaw drop with athletes' physics-defying moves.But between the sport's complicated scoring system, the vast ...

Kaori Sakamoto, a three-time world champion and Olympic silver and bronze medalist, plans to retire from competitive figure ...

Figure skater Amber Glenn came out as pansexual six years ago and forever changed her sport. In a Pride Month profile, ...

15 Figure Skating Jumps, Spins, and Other Moves, Explained 2 April, 2024 by amanda prahl. Getty / Jean Catuffe No one can blame ...

Fans shouldn’t expect to see someone sitting on their partner’s head, or one teammate swinging the other by the ankles.

If you thought figure skating—the act of throwing yourself into the air and spinning above a sheet of ice with sharpened ...

Nearly three years after retiring from competitive figure skating, Alysa Liu won a stunning world title in women's singles Friday, the first for the United States in the event since 2006.

For the 25 years after Nagano, the backflip remained largely in figure skating’s background. Bonaly’s story was retold every four years around the Olympics. Skaters performed it in shows, including ...

Figure-skating moves like backflips, bounce spins, and no-hand holds are banned from international skating competitions, including the Olympics.

The Controversial Move That’s Upending Figure Skating Almost 50 years after banning backflips, the sport has sanctioned a trick that can be spectacular—and spectacularly risky ...