Figure Skating

Kaori Sakamoto won her fourth ISU Figure Skating World Championships title and announced her retirement. Mone Chiba took silver, while Belgium's Nina Pinzarrone earned bronze.

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South Korea has lost one quota place in the men's singles for next year's Figure Skating World Championships following subpar performances by its two skaters at this year's event in Prague, Czechia. Cha Young-hyun placed 27th with 70.92 points and Kim Hyun-gyeom 28th with 70.71 points in the short program, missing the cut for the free skate.

ARD figure skating commentator Daniel Weiss has apologized for a controversial remark about the relationship status of Georgian skater Anastasia Gubanova. The 57-year-old called his comment "absolutely inappropriate" and regretted the backlash it caused. The athlete had achieved a personal best in the Olympic short program.

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American Alysa Liu claimed gold in the women's singles figure skating at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, upstaging Japanese rivals Kaori Sakamoto for silver and Ami Nakai for bronze, with Mone Chiba in fourth. Liu, returning after retiring post-Beijing 2022, scored a career-best 226.79 points in a near-flawless free skate.

The women's singles figure skating competition begins Tuesday at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics, with South Korea's Shin Ji-a and Lee Hae-in set to compete. The 17-year-old Shin Ji-a follows her Olympic team event debut with her first individual appearance. The 20-year-old Lee Hae-in, a 2023 world silver medalist, makes her Olympic debut.

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The German figure skating pair Minerva Hase and Nikita Volodin took the lead with 80.01 points in the pairs short program at the Winter Olympics in Italy. The vice world champions delivered an error-free Tango performance and hold a 4.55-point lead ahead of Monday's free skate. They continue to dream of gold after a strong showing without nerves.