Ice Skating

12/19/2025 |  U.S. government admits role in plane collision that killed figure skaters (Reuters Sports) December 19 - The government admitted U.S. Army pilots failed to "maintain vigilance" that would have avoided a crash with an American Airlines jet in January that counted competitive figure skaters among the 67 victims.
The jet collided with a Black Hawk helicopter as it made its approach to Reagan National Airport just outside Washington, D.C., on Jan. 29. The Athletic, which reviewed documents in the case, said the government admitted partial liability in its court filings.

12/17/2025 |  Skate Canada halts major events in Alberta over transgender law (Reuters Sports) Dec 16 (Reuters) - Skate Canada has decided to stop hosting major events in Alberta after a review of the Canadian province's legislation on the participation of transgender athletes in women's sport, the national governing body said on Tuesday.

12/10/2025 |  Skating-Britain to permit same-sex ice dance teams next season (Reuters Sports) MANCHESTER, England, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Same-sex couples will be permitted to compete in ice dance in British events as of next season, including the national championships, British Ice Skating announced on Wednesday.
However, same-sex teams cannot compete beyond the national level, as the International Skating Union's rules stipulate pair and dance teams must comprise one man and one woman.

12/4/2025 |  Kagiyama uses mistake by Malinin to lead short program at Grand Prix Final (Associated Press (AP)) NAGOYA, Japan (AP) — Yuma Kagiyama upstaged world champion Ilia Malinin of the United States to lead the men’s short program at the figure skating Grand Prix Final on Thursday.
Malinin hasn’t lost a competition in more than two years and is the gold medal favorite for the Milan Cortina Olympics but stepped out of his opening jump, a quadruple axel-triple toe loop combination, and finished third behind Kagiyama and his Japanese compatriot Shun Sato.

12/2/2025 |  Harnessing the power of AI to help revolutionize Olympic-level figure skating (Associated Press (AP)) American figure skater Andrew Torgashev was at an invitation-only camp organized by U.S. Figure Skating not long ago, a chance for elite athletes preparing for the high-level Grand Prix season to work out any flaws in their performances.