personified figure skating for millions of Americans from the 1960s to the end of the 20th century, and into a portion of the 21st as well. The first American Olympic gold medalist in the sport ...

TURIN, Italy, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Japanese figure skaters Yuma Kagiyama and Rion Sumiyoshi won gold medals in the men's and women's singles events at the Torino 2025 FISU World University Winter Games ...

Two-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist and acclaimed broadcaster Dick Button died Thursday. He was 95 years old. Button was the first American figure skater to win an Olympic gold medal ...

Dick Button, the two-time Olympic gold medalist and five-time world champion who went on the become the Emmy-winning voice of Olympic figure skating broadcasts, died Thursday. He was 95.

Dick Button was more than the most accomplished men’s figure skater in history. He was one of his sport’s greatest innovators and promoters.Button, winner of two Olympic gold medals and five ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Gold medalist Lukas Britschgi of Switzerland poses with his medal during the victory ceremony for the men ...

In 1948, Button, then 18, won the first of back-to-back Olympic titles. He remains the youngest man to win an Olympic figure skating gold medal. Button’s athletic style of jumping revolutionized the ...

TALLINN, Jan. 31, (Xinhua) -- Nina Petrykina clinched the women's gold medal at the ISU European Figure Skating Championships held at Tallinn's Tondiraba Ice Hall on Friday. Her victory marks the ...

Switzerland’s Lukas Britschgi on Saturday won the men’s European figure skating title, rising from eighth place with his gold medal-winning performance in the free skate. Britschgi, a bronze medalist ...