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Canadian Columnist Says Ice Dancing Is Rigged
Before you get the impression that an entire nation is drowning in sour grapes, know that Rosie DiManno is Canada's worst columnist (non Sue-Ann Levy division). But even for her, this is something:...
Men's Figure Skating Was A Disaster
From start to finish, from Evgeny Plushenko bowing out moments before his short program to the eventual gold medalist falling twice in his free skate, the entire men's individual competition seemed more than a little cursed. ...
What Olympic Sport Is Your Country Most Excited About?
The data people over at Facebook have put together the map above—based on Facebook mentions—showing which Olympic sports different countries are talking about the most. Data are through the 13th; click here for a much larger version. There are tons of interesting tidbits in here, with usual caveats ...
Has Figure Skating Maxed Out In Difficulty?
At the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, American Evan Lysacek won the men's singles figure skating gold medal without a single quadruple jump, while Russia's Evgeni Plushenko, who did have a quad in his program, took home silver. Four years later, this sort of scenario never materialized: Every top ...
Figure Skater Yan Han Makes Weird Faces In Slow Motion
Every figure skater makes weird faces while performing. This much is true due to torque and physics, but we were especially taken by Chinese skater Yan Han during his performance today in Sochi, one that helped him land an seventh place overall position in men's figure skating. We thought we'd highl...
Your Guide To Jason Brown, The Skater You Can't Help But Cheer For
American figure skater Jason Brown probably won't win an individual medal at these Olympics, but he might end up becoming a household name anyway. If that seems odd to you, don't worry, we can explain....
Watch Russian TV React Live To The End Of Evgeni Plushenko's Career
Evgeni Plushenko is the closest thing Russia has to royalty anymore, and the celebrated Olympic figure skater's withdrawal today is a shock to the Winter Games host nation. Here's the live coverage from Россия-1, with commentators slowly realizing Plushenko's Olympic career was ending before their e...
Injured Evgeni Plushenko Withdraws From Men's Individual Event
Legendary Russian figure skater Evgeni Plushenko will not be competing for a medal in the men's individual figure skating event after all. When Plushenko took the ice to begin his short program today, he skated over to the judges' table and told them that he was withdrawing from the competition. ...
Nobody In Sochi Is Having More Fun Than Johnny Weir
Johnny Weir came to Sochi with the potential to be controversial. The openly gay, openly Russophile former skater was a lightning rod for Russia's LGBT critics, but now that the games are underway, he's been nothing but fabulous....
Olympic Figure Skating Pairs: Are They Humping?
The pairs figure skaters performed their final Olympic programs today in Sochi and, as pretty much everyone expected, Russian superstars Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov took home the gold. Their teammates, Russia's Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov, won silver in a surprise upset over Germany's ...
Sister Lift: Confessions Of A Former Pairs Skater
Every four years, Chris Schleicher experiences PTSD. His trigger? The Winter Olympics....
Russian Olympian Who Tweeted Racist Photo Of Obama Says She Was Hacked
Irina Rodnina, decorated figure skater and member of the Russia's State Duma (lower house), was one of two people chosen to light the Olympic cauldron at the opening ceremony. She immediately came under fire for a doctored photo she had tweeted in September. Now she's apologized, but not for what yo...
Your Guide To Evgeni Plushenko, Figure Skating's Old Badass
This weekend, Russian figure skater Evgeni Plushenko helped the Russian team win a gold medal in the new team figure skating event. Now, the 31-year-old has his sights set on a medal in the individual event. This is great news, because Evgeni Plushenko is awesome. Let us explain....
Russia Is Dominant On The Ice; Can Team USA Get It Together?
After weeks of almost exclusively embarrassing reports out of Sochi, Russia finally got some good news today, when its star-studded figure skating team handily took home the gold medal in the brand new "mixed team" figure skating event, beating out Canada and the U.S. But what does this mean for the...
Ashley Wagner's "Bullshit" Moment Is The First Meme Of The Sochi Games
It's safe to say American figure skater Ashley Wagner was expecting a better score than that. Her face—along with all pretense—dropped after seeing the judges' thoughts on her short program in ladies team competition....
What The Hell Is Team Figure Skating?
For the first time since 1976, there's a new figure skating event at the Olympics. Let's learn about the "Mixed Team" competition before NBC has to condescendingly explain it to you....
Meet The Underdogs Of The U.S. Figure Skating Team
The figure skating competition is already underway in Sochi, and I have to break the bad news to you: For the first time in years, no American man or woman is expected to seriously vie for an individual gold medal. Which doesn't mean this won't still be the most fascinating, nerve-wracking competiti...
Confessions Of A Tonya Harding Apologist
I was 5 years old when I fell in love with Tonya Harding. The year was 1988, and I had just taken up figure skating. My favorite aunt, Julie, had recently moved from my Maryland neighborhood to Portland, Ore., and I was determined to find something to like about the state. Tonya, a scrappy Oregonian...