Figure Skating News & Blogs

• FIGURE SKATINGModest Davis and White happy to share Posted Tuesday, March 27, 2012 9:07a ET By Reuters World ice dance champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White share the same coaches as their closest rivals, Olympic gold medalists Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir.
• FIGURE SKATINGPatrick Chan figures to repeat at Worlds Posted Tuesday, March 27, 2012 7:53a ET By Associated Press The way Patrick Chan has been steamrolling the competition, he's expected this week to became the first man to repeat as world figure skating champion in six years.
• MR. UNIVERSEShibutani's quest for 10,000 followers earns Tweet of the Week victory Posted Tuesday, March 20, 2012 10:13a ET By Matt Stroup, Universal Sports It's not a groundbreaking revelation to say that setting goals is important. But sometimes, as Alex Shibutani demonstrated last week, it's important to set goals that are somewhat absurdly far away:
• FIGURE SKATINGHan, Lipnitskaia win titles at junior figures Posted Saturday, March 3, 2012 4:01p ET By Associated Press Han Yan became the first Chinese man to win the world junior figure skating title, while 13-year-old Julia Lipnitskaia of Russia won the women's event on debut on Saturday.
• FIGURE SKATINGRussia's Lipnitskaia leads women at junior figures Posted Friday, March 2, 2012 5:20p ET By Associated Press Moscow teen Julia Lipnitskaia led after the women's short program at the world junior figure skating championships on Friday.
• FIGURE SKATINGPlushenko undergoes successful knee surgery Posted Thursday, February 23, 2012 4:21p ET By Reuters European figure skating champion Yevgeny Plushenko said he was feeling fine after undergoing knee surgery in Germany on Thursday.
• FIGURE SKATINGIntelius partners with IOC's World Conference On Women and Sport Posted Friday, February 17, 2012 6:17p ET

  Intelius and the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games are proud to announce their support of the IOC's 5th World Conference on Women and Sport

• FIGURE SKATING10 years later, Olympic champs return to Salt Lake Posted Tuesday, February 14, 2012 1:34p ET By Associated Press The lavender dress Sarah Hughes wore for the long program is in a museum, and her Olympic gold medal is tucked away for safekeeping.
• FOUR CONTINENTSCanada's Virtue, Moir win Four Continents ice dance Posted Sunday, February 12, 2012 4:56p ET By Associated Press For the first time since the 2010 worlds, Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir beat the American team of Meryl Davis and Charlie White in ice dancing.
• FOUR CONTINENTSAshley Wagner wins Four Continents Posted Saturday, February 11, 2012 7:28p ET By Associated Press American Ashley Wagner had the best free skate of her career Saturday night to win the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships for her first international title.
• FOUR CONTINENTSChan wins men's event, Asada leads the ladies Posted Friday, February 10, 2012 8:07p ET By Associated Press Two-time world champion Mao Asada of Japan won the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships on Friday.