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The 21-year-old "quad god" gave his Milano Cortina 2026 gold medal costume to the Olympic Museum. The outfit he wore during Team USA's victory now joins 90,000 objects preserving Olympic history.
Scott Hamilton stored his 1984 Olympic gold medal in a paper bag at the bottom of his underwear drawer for eight years after meeting Paralympic athletes. The figure skating champion's unusual choice sparked a powerful conversation about success and identity.
Olympic figure skating champion Amber Glenn will share her journey as an LGBTQ+ athlete at the University of Colorado Boulder this fall. The three-time U.S. champion's public talk will focus on mental health, resilience, and breaking barriers in sports.
Figure skating champion Alysa Liu is stepping away from competition after becoming the first American woman in over 20 years to win Olympic gold. The Oakland native promises fans she'll return to the ice after taking time to grow as an artist and athlete.
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Japanese figure skating champions Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, who made Olympic history at Milan Cortina 2026, announced their engagement with a proposal on ice. Their journey from skating partners to life partners shows how shared dreams can build lasting love.
The first Japanese pairs figure skaters to win Olympic gold just shared their most personal achievement yet. Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, who stunned the world at the Milan Cortina Games, are getting married.
Japanese figure skating pair Ryuichi Kihara and Riku Miura, who won their country's first Olympic gold in pairs skating, are engaged. The duo announced their plans to marry just months after retiring from competition.
After myasthenia gravis forced her off the ice at 24, one woman waited 54 years to hear she was in remission. At 78, she laced up her skates again and hasn't stopped since.
When figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi fell during her 1992 Olympic free skate, her gold medal dream seemed over. Instead, she made a split-second decision that turned disaster into triumph.
A 23-year-old Auckland figure skater ditched her marketing career to perform on the world's largest cruise ship. Danielle Gebser now glides across the biggest ice rink at sea, living her childhood dream.
Ukraine's 1994 Olympic figure skating champion Oksana Baiul spent her summer teaching the next generation at a free ice skating camp in Lakewood, California. Eight-year-old Zoe Rodriguez and other young skaters got to learn from a world champion who knows what it takes to reach the top.
Mikhail Shaidorov went from practicing at a shopping mall ice rink in Almaty to winning Kazakhstan's first Olympic gold medal in figure skating. His stunning 2026 victory came after a bold decision to add a fifth quadruple jump just three days before competition.