A famous figure skating family from Russia has a new edge on the competition: they’re now American citizens. The Makarov family — Olympic bronze medalists Oleg and Lorisa, and their top-ranked ...

When Russian figure skaters Oleg Makarov and Larisa Selezneva moved to America, all they knew about the United States was what government propagandists had tried to portray through so many years ...

NEWBURGH — In 1978, Oleg Makarov and Larisa Selezneva were teens in the Soviet Union when their figure skating coach declared they would be partners.

As they became U.S. citizens on Friday, two former Russian bronze medalists and their Olympian daughter said they believe politics should stay out of sports, especially in the Olympic Games.

Olympic figure skater Oleg Protopopov has died at the age of 91. He and his wife, Ludmila Belousova, broke records for their international success as a pair.

Oleg Protopopov, who, with his wife, Ludmila Belousova, revolutionized pairs figure skating in the 1960s with a balletic style, and who twice won Olympic gold medals with her for the Soviet Union ...

Oleg Protopopov, who with wife Ludmila Belousova won the first two Olympic pairs’ figure skating titles of the Soviet dynasty, died at age 91, according to Russia’s figure skating federation.