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As Juliet Macur stated in The New York Times, Kim and Asada "grew up competing against each other, fueling one of the fiercest Japan versus Korea sports rivalries". [16] In 2009, when Kim won the Worlds Championships and Asada came in second place, the Associated Press called their rivalry "the best thing going in skating these days" and stated ...
Yuna Kim (Korean: 김연아; born September 5, 1990), also credited in eastern name order as Kim Yuna or Kim Yeon-a, is a South Korean figure skater.Known for her well-rounded skills, achievements, popularity, and impact on the sport, she is one of the most highly recognized athletes in South Korea and regarded as one of the greatest figure skaters in history, being commonly referred to as ...
[6] [7] Its operations are based in Lake Placid, New York. [8] Also in 2015, WFSS' Skating Hall of Fame was formed and the first World Figure Championship on black ice was held [1] [6] and renamed the World Figure and Fancy Skating Championships, or WFFSC, after the literary skating masterpiece that was written in 1895 by George A. Meagher ...
Skating to music from the TV series “Succession,” Malinin opened his free skate with a quadruple axel, before landing five more quad jumps in front of crowd stunned in disbelief. He is still ...
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In 2020, the Lake Placid News reported that figures was the least affected by the COVID-19 pandemic because the WFSS conducted online seminars taught by 1994 Olympian and figures expert, Karen Courtland Kelly, who was the first female Olympian to teach figures and fancy skating, and World Fancy Skating champion Sarah Jo Damron-Brown. Kelly, who ...
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Nathan Wei Chen (born May 5, 1999) is an American figure skater.He is the 2022 Olympic champion, a three-time World champion (2018, 2019, 2021), the 2017 Four Continents champion, a three-time Grand Prix Final champion (2017, 2018, 2019), a ten-time Grand Prix medalist (8 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze), the 2022 Olympic champion in the team event, the 2018 Olympic bronze medalist in the team event ...