BEIJING--A Chinese figure skating judge who served a suspension for giving preferential marks to his compatriots will serve on a technical judging panel at the Beijing Winter Olympics, competition ...

China will welcome a mix of world-class athletes and relative novices from desert and tropical nations when the Asian Winter ...

Sadly, also in 2019 Isabeau’s father Tim died. His obituary read: "Tim was a devoted father whose only daughter, Isabeau, ...

OLYMPICS/ Chinese figure skating judge banned for bias back at Beijing Games January 31, 2022 SPEEDSKATING/ ‘Grandma’ Claudia Pechstein skates into 8th Olympics ...

"Dick Button is the custodian of the history of figure skating and its quintessential voice," 1988 Olympic champion Brian Boitano said in Button's autobiography. "He made the words 'lutz' and ...

Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) Dick Button of Englewood, N.J., U.S. and North American men’s figure skating champion, and winner of the European title, executes a jump ...

“The two-time Olympic champion’s pioneering style and award-winning television commentary revolutionized figure skating,” U.S. Figure Skating said. “His legacy will live on foreve ...

Two young figure skaters, two of their parents and two highly-regarded Russian figure skating coaches were among those killed ...

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 ...

Dick Button, a dominant and electrifying force in figure skating who was the first American to win an Olympic gold medal in the sport, then shaped the public understanding of skating for decades ...

By Deborah Wilker Dick Button, the two-time Olympic champion who revolutionized figure skating by completing the first triple jump in competition, then spun TV ratings gold with his pithy ...

Button, winner of two Olympic gold medals and five consecutive figure skating world championships, died Thursday. He was 95. Dick Button was more than the most accomplished men’s figure skater in ...