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Ilia Malinin three-peats in world championships after disastrous OlympicsIlia Malinin has three-peated.,The 21-year-old U.S. figure skater won his third straight world championship Saturday in Prague, scoring 329.40 points to win gold by a margin of 22.73 over Japan's Yuma Kagiyama. Shun Sato also secured Japan a bronze medal.,Malinin becomes the first skater to win thre...

Ilia Malinin 3-peats in world championships after disastrous OlympicsIlia Malinin has 3-peated.,The 21-year-old U.S. figure skater won his third straight world championship Saturday in Prague, scoring 329.40 points to win gold by a margin of 22.73 over Japan's Yuma Kagiyama. Shun Sato also secured Japan a bronze medal.,Malinin becomes the first skater to win three co...

Kaori Sakamoto closes career with 4th women's skating world titleJapan's Kaori Sakamoto closed out her competitive career with her fourth world title in the women's singles competition at the Figure Skating World Championships in Prague, Czechia on Friday.,The 25-year old wrapped up a historic skating career which included four Olympic medals, including two silve...

Skater Ilia Malinin takes big lead after Worlds short program

Ilia Malinin, a heavy favorite who didn't medal in men's figure skating at the Milan Cortina Olympics, skated a personal best in the short program to take a big lead at the World Championships in Prague on Thursday.,In his first competition since the Olympics last month, Malinin registered 111.29 po...

Ilia Malinin highlights dangers of social media in gala performance

MILAN, Italy -- Ilia Malinin delivered a powerful message about the dangers of social media and the unforgiving glare of the spotlight with an emotional gala performance on Saturday to close the figure skating program at the Milan Cortina Games.,Barely a week on from his shock eighth-place finish in...

Speed skating: Jorrit Bergsma, 40, takes mass start gold; Jordan Stolz fourth

MILAN -- Jorrit Bergsma turned back the clock to claim men's mass start gold at the Winter Games on Saturday, securing the second Olympic title of his career at the age of 40, while Marijke Groenewoud triumphed in the women's race to seal a Dutch double.,As Bergsma approached the final straight, he ...

Corinne Stoddard earns bronze in 1500m, halts U.S. speed skating drought

South Korea and the United States had a lot to celebrate as the curtain came down for short-track speed skating at the Milan Cortina Olympics.,While Koreans Kim Gil-li and Choi Min-jeong earned gold and silver in the 1,500 meters, Seattle native Corinne Stoddard captured bronze and halted a 16-year ...

Alysa Liu caps comeback with gold, ends US women’s figure skating drought

MILAN -- Alysa Liu produced a dazzling performance to win the gold medal at the Milan Cortina Games as she capped a remarkable comeback journey to snap a 20-year Olympic medal drought for Americans in the women's figure skating event.,Kaori Sakamoto secured silver ahead of teenaged Japanese teammate...