"And she's doing it on her own terms. She's the most famous female skater in the world, but she doesn't take herself too seriously. She has two parts coming out in male-dominated skate films for ...

Unequivocally the most famous bad girl in figure skating, Harding was also an incredibly talented skater. In 1991, she became the first American female to land a triple Axel in competition — a ...

Scott Hamilton, a 1984 figure skating gold medalist ... a contender who finished Wednesday in the top three. Behind those formidable women are the Americans: One is two-time national champion ...

In the subsequent years, the triple jump would become a fixture in the programs of top female skaters. Elaine Zayak at the 1984 Olympics. The “Zayak Rule,” instituted in 1982, caps the number ...

(Family photos/The Washington Post collage) Perspective by Fred Bowen The United States Figure Skating Championships are being held this week in Nashville, Tennessee. The top male and female ...

Adelia Petrosian has been cleared to compete in Olympic figure skating qualifying and is a gold-medal contender.

“Not really,” she says. A rising seventh grader at Villa Maria Academy, Meghan is one of the top youth female figure skaters in the nation. So advanced at the age of 12, she just skipped an ...

Two flags rose higher than the others in the women’s short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. All of the top six skaters in the event hailed from either South Korea or ...

Women’s sports had a pivotal year in 2024 ... quickly adding that “mostly everyone skated well … with top skaters scoring in the 170s.” “That’s what I wanted most; to win while ...