Remember Irina Rodnina? The legendary Soviet figure skater who lit the Olympic flame at Friday's opening ceremony? The one who, back in September, had tweeted an awfully racist doctored photograph of ...

Former Russian Olympic figure skater Irina Rodnina lit the cauldron along with former Russian hockey goalie Vladislav Tretiak during the ceremonial lighting of the Olympic torch on Friday. Rodnina is ...

Irina Rodnina is one of Russia’s most decorated Olympians. Unfortunately, she also seems to be one of the country’s most controversial athletes. A racist tweet sent by Rodnina in 2013 is causing ...

MOSCOW (AP) — She lit the Olympic cauldron. Now she’s trying to put out a different kind of fire. Three-time Olympic figure skating champion Irina Rodnina is responding after a doctored, racially ...

SOCHI, Russia—Irina Rodnina, Russia's most decorated figure skater, apologized for the "handling" of a racist photo featuring President Barack Obama that appeared on her Twitter feed last September ...