Oleg Nilov, vice president of the Russian figure skating federation, criticized new rules which he said were forcing skaters to increase the difficulty -- and danger -- of their programs, in order ...

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.

Yulia Lipnitskaya has gone back to the Moscow area to train for a few days at her home rink. But her 5-foot-2 presence remains overwhelming in Sochi. Her two dazzling performances that helped ...

Oleg Protopopov, a Russian figure skater who, with his wife and skating partner, pioneered a balletic style, created variations of the “death spiral” spin and won two Olympic gold medals and ...

Olympic champions Viktor Petrenko, Shizuka Arakawa, and Elena Valova and Oleg Vasiliev have been elected to the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame. Also chosen are two-time world champion ice dance ...

Figure skating pairs medal winners, from left, ... “We were prepared for this sad moment,” Oleg Vasiliev, a 1984 Olympic pairs champion with his partner, Elena Valova, ...

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.

The Russian Olympic gold medallist production line has suffered its first malfunction in 46 years but engineers promise it is a fixable blip and pairs figure skaters will be back on top on home ...

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) World champion figure skater Patrick Chan has a new coaching team. Renowned coach and choreographer Marina Zoueva, who mentored Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott ...

PITTSBURGH — World champion pairs skater Tatiana Totmianina said Monday she still doesn't know what caused her to fall and sustain a concussion during a weekend skating program, though she says ...

No sport reflects Russia’s cultural legacy better than figure skating. Go to a ballet performed by St. Petersburg’s renowned company, the Mariinsky, and you will see dancers in movements that ...