A crowd of lively fans dressed in red, waving Canadian flags and singing the national anthem flocked to Vancouver’s airport Monday to greet Canadian Olympic gold medallists Cassie Sharpe and Patrick Chan, as well as other athletes returning from the Pyeongchang Winter Games. Chan said it was just beginning to sink in that he’d won...
- 2/27/2018
- by Aynslee Darmon
- ET Canada
Audiences at the figure skating competitions in the 2018 Winter Olympics have been treated to the usual mix of Beethoven, Chopin and Tchaikovsky — but, for the first time at a Games, the song selections here are mixed with Beyoncé, Celine Dion, Coldplay and Madonna.
A change in the rules that kicked in after the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia, now allows athletes to skate to music with lyrics and many have embraced the opportunity.
(Ice dancing’s rules vary slightly compared to the other three Olympic skating disciplines, as it has allowed music with lyrics for years but restricts the available options...
A change in the rules that kicked in after the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia, now allows athletes to skate to music with lyrics and many have embraced the opportunity.
(Ice dancing’s rules vary slightly compared to the other three Olympic skating disciplines, as it has allowed music with lyrics for years but restricts the available options...
- 2/23/2018
- by Adam Carlson
- PEOPLE.com
Relief: That’s what Adam Rippon said he was feeling after he finished his second of three skates at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on Friday afternoon (Thursday night stateside).
Having already helped Team USA win bronze in the team figure skating event, Rippon’s short program in the men’s individual competition briefly put him at the top of the group, with a total score of 87.95, before he was bumped down to third by Dmitri Aliev (an Olympic athlete from Russia) and Canada’s Patrick Chan.
However, speaking to reporters after leaving the rink, and with his...
Having already helped Team USA win bronze in the team figure skating event, Rippon’s short program in the men’s individual competition briefly put him at the top of the group, with a total score of 87.95, before he was bumped down to third by Dmitri Aliev (an Olympic athlete from Russia) and Canada’s Patrick Chan.
However, speaking to reporters after leaving the rink, and with his...
- 2/16/2018
- by Adam Carlson
- PEOPLE.com
On Friday morning, in a 12,000-seat Olympic figure skating arena in Gangneung, South Korea, 18-year-old Nathan Chen’s history-making quadruple jumps helped keep the U.S. figure skating team in the medal race at the 2018 Winter Games — though that success was tempered by failure, as was quickly signaled by Chen’s expression following his program.
In short, Chen did something that he rarely does on the ice.
He fell.
Figure skaters and former Olympians Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir, providing commentary for the NBC broadcast of the men’s short program during team competition at the Gangneung Ice Arena, captured...
In short, Chen did something that he rarely does on the ice.
He fell.
Figure skaters and former Olympians Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir, providing commentary for the NBC broadcast of the men’s short program during team competition at the Gangneung Ice Arena, captured...
- 2/9/2018
- by Adam Carlson
- PEOPLE.com
You may have heard about him after his second place performance at Figure Skating Nationals went viral or from his ponytail's twitter account. Either way, Jason Brown is one to watch. He went into the Winter Games with no expectation of winning a medal, but after earning a personal best score in the short program, he is now at the heels of major competitors like Patrick Chan from Canada and Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan. Here are all the reasons you should be rooting for him during his final event, Men's Free Skate, airing Friday, February 14.
- 2/14/2014
- by editor@buddytv.com
- buddytv.com
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