I spent years competing on the national level in pairs with my younger sister, but never got anywhere close to the Olympics. Now, the world of Olympic figure skating is but a distant memory to me ...

Pairs teams closed out the dramatic and controversial figure skating competition at the Beijing Olympics on Feb. 19. Sixteen teams took to the ice, and for the second time, China earned gold.

They've already got a bronze medal in the figure skating team event at the Sochi Olympic. When pairs competition begins here Tuesday with the short program, they'll have a shot at bringing the USA ...

figure skating and ice dance. Unless you know the difference between ice dancing and pairs figure skating, it might look like it’s all a bunch of fancy spins on ice. When it comes to ice dance ...