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Even in second, Yevgeny Plushenko steals team event show

SOCHI, Russia – If Russia wanted an Olympic moment when it selected a 31-year-old Yevgeny Plushenko for the Sochi Games after he had barely skated the past two years, that’s exactly what it got...

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Pressure rests on Ashley Wagner’s shoulders in team event

SOCHI, Russia – Suddenly Team USA is fighting an uphill battle in the new Olympic figure skating team event. And where does its hopes rest? Squarely on the shoulders of Ashley Wagner. A disappointing...

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Russia turns back skating clock in team event

Country's first figure skating gold since 2006.

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Can Russia take another gold, this time in figure skating pairs?

Tatyana Volosozhar and Maksim Trankov are the heavy favorites.

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Jeremy Abbott leaves Olympic village to focus on training

"When it goes Jeremy’s way, it’s all there."

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Ex-roller skating champ Matteo Guarise makes smooth transtion to ice for...

“My friends told me I was crazy.”

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Russian pair delights home crowd with ‘amazing moment’

“We've never had an audience like this in our lives."

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Men’s figure skating preview: Can Patrick Chan end ‘Canadian curse’?

"If everyone skates their best, it would come down to Hanyu and Chan,” Evan Lysacek says."

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Yevgeny Plushenko, revered and divisive, ends ‘legendary’ career

"He was doing things that no one had really seen before."

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Jason Brown’s family nervous for free skate, but know ‘he’s won already’

Family members say “We might be watching through our fingers.”

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One more comeback for retiring Jeremy Abbott

"This is my story. And I’m proud of it.”

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Meryl Davis & Charlie White, Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir, an ice dance preview

Can Team USA take home gold?

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Ice dancing coach can’t choose between gold, silver

“I have two talented – extremely talented – teams and I just do my job properly. It's not hard.”

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“We are completely unprepared for this moment”

How does one handle winning?

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Frank Carroll, familiar figure skating face, back again

"He is the most extraordinary coach of our generation."

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Figure skating preview: Yuna Kim, Yulia Lipnitskaya, Mao Asada lead the way

Event starts Wednesday and continues into Thursday.

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Carolina Kostner closing in on elusive Olympic medal

Italian skater was 9th in Torino, 16th in Vancouver.

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U.S. figure skaters still have podium shot

“Olympic pressure is not easy to skate under and they all put out good performances.”

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Amid controversy, Adelina Sotnikova only focused on winning ‘new golds’

"I want all the gold that there is."

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Figures skaters use Olympics as regular reunion

“Every four years it’s amazing to be able to come back and be able to be a part of the Olympic movement."

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Olympic figure skating stars discuss Pyeongchang plans

Will the biggest names in Sochi be back in four years?

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Worlds preview: Changing of the guard lingers for pairs figure skaters

The pairs competition at the World Figure Skating Championships is without reigning Olympic champions Tatyana Volosozhar and Maksim Trankov.

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Worlds preview: Hanyu goes for double gold after Sochi

The Japanese teen tries to become the first man to win the Olympics and Worlds in the same year since 2002.

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Worlds preview: Ice dance teams look to fill void left by Davis/White,...

With no Meryl Davis and Charlie White or Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, the ice dancing field is wide open in Saitama, Japan.

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Worlds preview: U.S. ladies aim to break eight-year slump

The last American women to stand on the podium at the World Championships? Kimmie Meissner and Sasha Cohen - in 2006.

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Worlds: Japan’s Machida tops Hanyu, men’s field after short program

A month after compatriot Yuzuru Hanyu won Japan its first-ever Olympic men's gold, Tatsuki Machida wows the home crowd in the short program at Worlds.

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Savchenko/Szolkowy capture fifth world championship pairs crown

Neither of the two American teams finish inside the top 10.

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Seeking redemption, Asada leads with world record short program

Yuna Kim's Vancouver short program no longer the best ever.

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Hanyu roars in comeback for world title, U.S. men earn third spot

Hanyu celebrates alone in Kiss and Cry; first time since 2011 U.S. has earned three Worlds spots.

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Cappellini and Lanotte hold on for surprise ice dance title

Sans Meryl Davis and Charlie White, Americans go fifth, sixth.

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