Shanghai, China (SportsNetwork.com) – Javier Fernandez became the first Spanish men’s champion at the world figure skating championships, knocking off defending champion Yuzuru Hanyu on Saturday. Fernandez overcame a 2.46-point deficit from the short program to beat Hanyu by 2.82 […]
Shanghai, China (SportsNetwork.com) – Russian teenager Elizaveta Tuktamysheva won women’s gold at the world figure skating championships on Saturday. Tuktamysheva earned 132.74 points in the free skate and 210.36 in total to lock up first place. Satoko Miyahara of Japan […]
Shanghai, China (SportsNetwork.com) – Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu won the men’s short program Friday at the 2015 World Figure Skating Championships. Hanyu, the reigning Olympic and world champion, stumbled slightly on his opening jump, but sailed through the remainder of his […]
Shanghai, China (SportsNetwork.com) – Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron won ice dancing gold at the 2015 World Figure Skating Championships on Friday. Papadakis and Cizeron started the free skate in fourth place after the short dance on Wednesday, but skated […]
Shanghai, China (SportsNetwork.com) – Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford of Canada captured the pairs gold medal at the 2015 World Figure Skating Championships. Duhamel and Radford entered the free skate with the lead after winning the short program on Wednesday […]
Shanghai, China (SportsNetwork.com) – Elizaveta Tuktamysheva of Russia landed a triple axel Thursday and easily captured the women’s short program at the 2015 World Figure Skating Championships. Tuktamysheva hit the difficult jump early and flawlessly handled the remainder of her […]
Shanghai, China (SportsNetwork.com) – Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford dominated the pairs short program at the world figure skating championships on Wednesday. The Canadian duo scored 76.98 points to take a four-point lead over Chinese veterans Pang Qing and Tong […]
Shanghai, China (SportsNetwork.com) – Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates took the lead in ice dancing at the world figure skating championships on Wednesday with a career-best score in the short dance. Chock and Bates, the reigning U.S. champions, scored […]
Lausanne, Switzerland (SportsNetwork.com) – Korean swimmer Park Tae-Hwan, who won a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, was given an 18-month ban by the sport’s governing body after testing positive for testosterone. FINA said Monday that the four-time Olympic medalist […]
Lausanne, Switzerland (SportsNetwork.com) – The International Olympic Committee is mourning three French Olympic athletes who were among those killed in a helicopter crash in Argentina. According to various media outlets, including French newspaper L’Equipe, two helicopters collided in mid-air and […]