Figure Skating

Japan's Olympic pairs figure skating champions Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara revealed on Tuesday that they decided to retire immediately after winning gold at February's Milan Cortina Winter Games, vowing to raise the profile of pairs skating in Japan.

March 29, 2026 Reported by AI

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.

ARD figure skating commentator Daniel Weiss has apologized for a controversial remark about the relationship status of Georgian skater Anastasia Gubanova. The comment during the Olympic short program drew heavy criticism. Weiss described his statement as 'absolutely inappropriate'.

February 19, 2026 Reported by AI

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.

At the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics, Germany's Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin took the lead with 80.01 points in the pairs short program. Japan's Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, two-time world champions, dropped to fifth after a rare mistake.

February 15, 2026 Reported by AI

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.