SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — Defending champion Kaori Sakamoto took the lead after the women’s short program at the world figure skating championships on Wednesday. Aiming to become the first Japanese skater ...

BEIJING (AP) — Nathan Chen had just shattered the world record for a figure skating short program, even throwing a defiant fist in a rare display of emotion, when he was asked how he'd spend the next ...

BEIJING, China — Sui Wenjing and Han Chan of China shattered their own world record for a short program at the Beijing Games on Friday night, giving them the narrowest of leads over Russian rivals ...

Team USA’s Nathan Chen had the skate of his life in the men’s short program on Monday night in Beijing. The three-time world champion and 2018 Olympic bronze medalist ended the night in first place ...

Nathan Chen is one step closer to redemption and his first ever Olympic gold medal. The 22-year-old American took the top spot in the men’s short program on Tuesday with a score of 113.97, the highest ...

Welcome to FTW Explains, a guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world. The 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing are here! And, after four years, that means you may need or ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Two very interested observers found themselves each taking a deep breath near the ice Saturday after the men’s short program at the U.S. national figure skating championships, ...

Skating in the team event the 2022 Winter Olympics, the United States' Nathan Chen recorded the second-highest short program score ever with 111.71 points. "Honestly, I'm just here to have fun," a ...

At its best, pairs figure skating is not only beautiful but thrilling, in a hold-your-breath kind of way. It is a high-wire act of throws and twists and ever-more-complex lifts, moves that U.S. pairs ...

Reigning men's world figure skating champion Shoma Uno took first in the short program with 104.63 points to take the lead at the World Figure Skating Championships in Saitama, Japan on Thursday.

While 30 women competed in the Beijing Olympics women’s figure skating short program on Feb. 15, all the attention was on one woman. Or technically one teenager—15-year-old Kamila Valieva from Russia.