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 ...

Too hot for the Olympics? That’s what Canadian figure skaters Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir thought about one lift from their Moulin Rouge-inspired free program routine. The three-time Winter ...

A look at how figure skating is developing beyond its heteronormative history, featuring interviews with Paul Poirier and ...

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

Fans of Olympic figure skating should prepare to be dazzled with all the loops, Lutzes and Axels they can handle at this year’s Winter Games. But what they shouldn’t expect to see is someone ...

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

For all the fans who love watching figure skating during the Olympics, but don’t know much more than falling = bad news, here’s a handy A-Z of the terms you’re likely hear to hear figure ...

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

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

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

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 ...