No more 15-year-old champions: Women's figure skating is finally growing up

At the Milan Cortina Games, currently underway, a new rule is in effect raising the minimum age for figure skating competitors to 17. It has far-reaching ramifications for the sport.
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White Olympic Figure Skater Praised For a Dangerous Backflip — That a Black Woman Was Penalized For Decades Ago

Before Ilia Malinin “made history” with a backflip, Surya Bonaly — a Black Olympic figure skater — risked everything performing the same move in 1998.

Meet US Olympic figure skater Ilia Malinin’s parents, former Olympians Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skorniakov

Ilia Malinin comes from a family of Olympic legends

Once penalized for it, Surya Bonaly speaks out as figure skating embraces the backflip: ‘Born too early’

Surya Bonaly successfully landed a backflip on one blade during the 1998 Winter Olympics despite knowing the move was banned.

Revisiting Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir’s Olympic Figure Skating Experiences

The NBC commentators both represented Team USA.

Maxim Naumov's Parents: What to Know About the Coaches Who Died in the 2025 Figure Skating Plane Crash

Olympic figure skater Maxim Naumov’s parents, Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, were professional skaters themselves who died in a 2025 plane crash. Here's everything to know about Maxim Naumov's parents.

Looking back at Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir's Olympic figure skating careers

Before Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir were broadcasters for NBC at the Winter Olympics, they both had impressive figure skating careers.

Canada reaches gold medal game vs. Britain in Olympic men's curling

Canada beat Norway 5-4 in Thursday night's men's curling semifinals after losing to the Norwegians earlier in the day. The Canadians' opponent in Saturday's gold medal game will be Britain, which stunned Switzerland 8-5.