Winter Olympics 2006 | Figure Skating

Kim wins Skate America despite fall

LAKE PLACID, New York (AFP) - World champion Kim Yu-Na wasn't perfect, but she was still good enough to win the Skate America figure skating grand prix title Sunday ahead of American Rachael Flatt.

Lysacek wins, Kim shines at Skate America

LAKE PLACID, New York (AFP) - Evan Lysacek captured the men's title and Yu-Na Kim captivated judges and crowd alike in the ladies' short program Saturday at the Skate America figure skating Grand Prix.

Plushenko grabs lead on return to Figure Skating

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia's Olympic champion Yevgeny Plushenko marked his return to international competition by grabbing the lead with a flawless short programme in the Rostelecom Cup, the second stage of

Golden start to Olympic figure skating season for Kim and Oda

PARIS (AFP) - South Korea's Yu-Na Kim won the battle for supremacy over Japanese rival Mao Asada as Japan's Nobunari Oda claimed gold in the men's event at the season-opening Trophee Eric Bompard on Saturday.

World champion Kim lead all the way to seal her second Paris title by a massive 36.

I'm not perfect, says skating champion Kim

TOKYO (AFP) - World figure skating champion Kim Yu-Na is looking ahead with a fresh frame of mind to the Winter Olympics after her flawless image was tarnished at the Grand Prix Final in Tokyo at the

China's golden pair claim pre-Olympic skating GP

TOKYO (AFP) - China's former world pairs champions Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo lifted their sixth figure skating Grand Prix Final title Saturday, sealing a return to form as they chase a hitherto elusive

China's golden oldies lead GP final

TOKYO (AFP) - Former world champions Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo continued their comeback as the veteran Chinese pair took the lead after the short programme at the ISU figure skating Grand Prix Final in

Kim holds on to win Skate America title

LAKE PLACID, New York (AFP) - World champion Kim Yu-Na captured the Skate America figure skating grand prix title Sunday, despite some uncharacteristic errors in her free skate.

Injured US star Cohen to skip Skate America

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (AFP) - US star Sasha Cohen, the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics figure skating runner-up, withdrew on Monday from this week's Skate America meet at Lake Placid due to right calf

US duo win second figure-skating Grand Prix

NAGANO, Japan (AFP) - Four Continents champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White won their second Grand Prix ice dance title of the season at the NHK Trophy Sunday, booking a place in the elite final of