SOCHI — Axel jump - One of the most difficult jumps, which takes off from the forward outside edge and is landed on the back outside edge of the opposite foot. The jump is named for its inventor, Axel ...

Discover the essentials of Olympic figure skating — explore each event (singles, pairs, ice dance, team), learn how scoring ...

BOSTON — Ilia Malinin could attempt as many as seven quadruple jumps in his long program Saturday, as he seeks to defend his world championship title. One of them could be the famous jump that only he ...

Let's make no bones about it: the headlining sport in the Winter Olympics is figure skating. No other sport comes close to the drama, the athletes, the subplots, and politics that figure skating has.

BOSTON — Ilia Malinin landed a record-tying six quadruple jumps in his World Championships free skate, taking a repeat world title to cap an undefeated season. Malinin totaled 318.56 points between ...

A 19-year-old American figure skater has received the highest score ever in free skating history. Virginia native Ilia Malinin scored a record-breaking 227.79 in the free skate at the ISU World Figure ...

Figure skating has been part of the Olympic program since 1908, when it debuted at the Summer Games in London. It became a ...

World champion Ilia Malinin landed a record-tying six quadruple jumps to win his third consecutive U.S. figure skating title. Malinin, a 20-year-old from the D.C. area, landed a quad flip, quad Axel ...