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US Figure Skater Will Get to Keep Her Music
US Figure Skater Gets the OK
to Keep Skating to Song
2026 Olympics
Feb 10, 2026 8:01 AM CST

US Figure Skater Gets the OK to Keep Skating to Song

Amber Glenn makes a deal—and a friend

(Newser) - US figure skater Amber Glenn says she has smoothed out copyright concerns with the artist behind one of the pieces of her free skate music, and that the Olympic team gold medalist may have struck up a new friendship with him because of it. Canadian artist Seb McKinnon, who produces...

US Figure Skater May Have a Surprise Snag
US Figure Skater May
Have a Surprise Music Snag
2026 olympics
Feb 9, 2026 10:11 AM CST

US Figure Skater May Have a Surprise Music Snag

Amber Glenn is using a song by Seb McKinnon, who says he didn't give permission

(Newser) - Amber Glenn's first Olympic gold medal has come with some off-ice controversy. On Sunday, Glenn helped the US win the team event for figure skating. Hours later, Canadian artist Seb McKinnon, who produces music under the name CLANN, took to social media to object to the use of his...

'Quad God' Plays Big Role in Team USA's Figure Skating Finish
'Quad God' Plays
Big Role for Team USA
Figure Skating
2026 olympics
Feb 9, 2026 1:00 AM CST

'Quad God' Plays Big Role for Team USA Figure Skating

US wins team gold at Milan Cortina Olympics

(Newser) - It seemed only fitting that Ilia Malinin was the first one to get his Olympic gold medal after the US successfully defended its team title by holding off the Japanese on Sunday night in the three-day competition at the Milan Cortina Games. After all, everything came down to him in...

Skater Who Lost Parents in Crash Makes Olympics

Maxim Naumov makes the cut at US Figure Skating event

(Newser) - Maxim Naumov will head to his first Olympics less than a year after losing both of his parents —who doubled as his coaches—in a plane crash over Washington, DC. On Sunday, US Figure Skating named the 24-year-old to the three-man team for the 2026 Milan Games, alongside Ilia...

For Figure Skaters, AI Is Now Watching

OOFSkate is an AI-driven system that can catch tiny athlete errors that the human eye might not

(Newser) - American figure skater Andrew Torgashev was at an invitation-only camp organized by US Figure Skating not long ago, prepping for the Grand Prix season to work out any flaws in his performance. To the naked eye, Torgashev landed one of his more challenging moves perfectly. To the camera watching him,...

Olympic Skater's Medals Stolen From Las Vegas Home

Surya Bonaly was out of state caring for mother when burglars targeted her home

(Newser) - Olympic figure skater Surya Bonaly says she returned home from caring for her ill mother to find her Las Vegas house ransacked and her lifetime collection of medals stolen. According to Bonaly, her home was targeted over four consecutive days in what she described as an organized burglary, with different...

Skater Pulls Off Incredible Feat —With Broken Foot

Danny O'Shea and Ellie Kam finished 7th in championships, helping Team USA

(Newser) - Despite one of them having a broken foot, Danny O'Shea and Ellie Kam of Team USA finished in seventh place last Thursday in the pairs free skate competition at the world figure skating championships in Boston. That was enough to ensure the United States will get at least two...

Figure Skater Who Lost Parents in DC Plane Crash Performs at Gala

Tragedy had huge impact on figure skating community

(Newser) - Two months after losing both of his parents in the Washington, DC, plane crash, Maxim Naumov delivered a tribute at the world championships gala Sunday, the AP reports. Among the 67 victims killed when an American Airlines flight collided with a military helicopter on Jan. 29 were more than two...

Dick Button, Voice of Skating, Dies at 95
Figure Skating Great
Dick Button Dies
OBITUARY
Jan 31, 2025 4:32 AM CST

Figure Skating Great Dick Button Dies

He was one of the sport's greatest promoters

(Newser) - Dick Button was more than the most accomplished men's figure skater in history. He was one of his sport's greatest innovators and promoters. Button, winner of two Olympic gold medals and five consecutive world championships, died Thursday, said his son, Edward. He was 95. As an entrepreneur and broadcaster, Button...

US Skaters Finally Receive Gold
US Skaters Finally Receive Gold
Aug 7, 2024 6:55 PM CDT

US Skaters Finally Receive Gold

Ceremony delayed two years by Russian disqualification honors winners at Paris Games

(Newser) - The members of the US figure skating team did not compete at the Paris Olympics, but that's where their medal ceremony was held. The nine athletes were presented with the gold due them from the 2020 Winter Games in Beijing in Champions Park near the Eiffel Tower on Wednesday....

Disqualified Russian Skater Means US Earns Olympic Gold

Teen Kamila Valieva's doping case caused 'turmoil' at 2022 Games in Beijing

(Newser) - Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was disqualified from the 2022 Olympics on Monday, almost two years after her doping case caused turmoil at the Beijing Games. The verdict from the Court of Arbitration for Sport means the Russians are set to be stripped of the gold medal in figure skating'...

Ilia Malinin Cleanly Lands Breakthrough Jump

Skating world recognizes the 17-year-old's historic quadruple axel

(Newser) - "This is the craziest thing I've ever seen anyone do on the ice," Adam Rippon said. He'd just watched a fellow American skater, Ilia Malinin, pull off a quadruple axel—cleanly—in competition Wednesday night in Lake Placid. It was a figure skating breakthrough that the...

Skating Body: No More 15-Year-Olds at Olympics

ISU will limit senior competitions to those 17 and older after 2024

(Newser) - The International Skating Union won't allow another 15-year-old figure skater to compete at the Olympics following the doping controversy surrounding Russia's Kamila Valieva in Beijing. At its 58th Congress in Thailand on Tuesday, the ISU voted to limit senior competitions to skaters 16 and older for the 2023-24...

Young Russian Skater Backs Beleaguered Coaches

'You are absolute masters at what you do,' writes Kamila Valieva

(Newser) - The 15-year-old Russian skater embroiled in a doping scandal made a public show of support for her coaches on social media Monday, reports CNN . Kamila Valieva, whose Olympics ended with a disastrous skate that left her out of medal contention, put up a series of Instagram posts thanking her fans...

Panel Rejects Awarding Medals to US Team Now

(Newser) - Nine US figure skaters have been told they will leave Beijing without having their moment in a public medal ceremony and without the silver medals they won in the team competition. The holdup is the doping case against Kamila Valieva , a member of the Russian team that won the gold...

As Kamila Valieva Left the Ice, Coach Demanded Explanation

And more on the Russian skater's shocking free skate

(Newser) - The first thing Kamila Valieva's coach said to her after the 15-year-old's disastrous free skate Thursday , which cost her a medal: "Why did you let it go?" Eteri Tutberidze could be heard asking Valieva during the live broadcast, as the teen stepped off the ice. "Why...

Skater in Doping Scandal Has Disastrous Performance

Russia's Kamila Valieva finishes in 4th in a stunner

(Newser) - It might be the biggest surprise of the Beijing Olympics: Kamila Valieva, the 15-year-old Russian skater embroiled in a doping controversy , had a disastrous free skate on Thursday and finished out of medal contention in fourth place. "Stunning" is the word used by Christine Brennan of USA Today, and...

The Plot Thickens in Kamila Valieva Doping Saga

There were actually 3 substances found in her sample

(Newser) - Not one, but three substances were found in Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva's sample, according to documents the New York Times reviewed—plus someone who participated in the hearing that cleared the 15-year-old to compete. Valieva had actually listed the other two drugs, Hypoxen and L-carnitine, on her doping...

Russian Skater Blames Grandfather's Medication

Kamila Valieva breaks silence on controversy

(Newser) - Lawyers for the Russian figure skater embroiled in a doping scandal at the Olympics says her grandfather's heart medication is to blame. Kamila Valieva, 15, failed a drug test but has been allowed to continue skating at the Games. At a hearing Sunday night, her lawyers made the case...

Russian Skater at Center of Doping Scandal Can Compete

Kamila Valieva testified at a hearing that lasted into the wee hours of Monday

(Newser) - Update: Figure skater Kamila Valieva has been cleared to compete in the women's figure skating competition at the Winter Olympics despite failing a pre-Games drug test, the AP reports. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled after a hastily arranged appeal hearing that lasted into early Monday that the...

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