Chinese figure skater Zhu Yi left the ice rink in tears on Monday after falling twice during the free skating event in the women’s team competition. Zhu had already been subjected to a barrage ...

Making her Olympic debut for Team China, California-born figure skater Zhu ... a firestorm on Chinese social media after she fell flat on the ice and finished last in the women’s short program ...

Quite contrary to the adulation that Gu has received for embracing China, women's figure skater Zhu Yi faced harsh ... online for not speaking fluent Chinese. “In the beginning, (the comments ...

After Zhu’s first fall Sunday, a slew of online commentators compared her unfavorably to another Chinese female figure skater, Chen Hongyi, who had been passed over for the slot in favor of Zhu.

In recent years, Asian figure skaters from around the world have increasingly come to dominate the sport. The reigning Olympic women’s figure skating gold medalist is Shizuka Arakawa from Japan.

Korean figure skater Kim Chae-yeon performs in the women's single free skating event at the Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China, on Feb. 13. [YONHAP] Korean figure skater Kim Chae-yeon captured a ...

Negative reactions against her performance came swiftly on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent to ... third to fifth in the rankings in women’s team figure skating. Japan took home bronze, with ...

Figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi was the first Asian American woman to win a gold medal in Winter Olympic competition when she finished first in women's singles at the 1992 winter games in ...

The reigning women’s Olympic champion ... three or four revolutions before returning to the ice. Asian skaters are often small and willowy, which can be an asset when jumping.