AFP on MSN

'True emotion': Olympic skaters create magic step by step

Olympic figure skaters will perform for a matter of mere minutes at February's Milan-Cortina Games but the process of ...
The Japan Times

For Olympic skaters, moments of magic on ice comes after months of preparation

The concept, moves and music of a program can make or break skaters’ dreams of Olympic glory, and what is right for one can ...
The Atlantic

Please Judge Our Choices for Our Olympic Figure Skating Routines

There's not much debate over the fact that the music choices in Olympic figure skating are bland and repetitive; there's only slightly more debate over the quality of the accompanying costumes. So we ...
Reuters

Olympics-Figure skating-Pairs glide into new era with Disturbed dance moves

GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb 14 (Reuters) - Roll over Beethoven and prepare to be Disturbed. Sign up here. Pairs figures skaters, once confined to classical tunes and rigid technical elements, are ...
Yahoo

Figure Skater Who Lost Both Parents in DC Plane Crash Breaks Down After Emotional Tribute Routine

Figure skater Maxim Naumov returned to the ice for a powerful routine in honor of his late parents, Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, who died in the Washington, D.C. plane crash in January. Maxim, ...

Canadian ice dancers Gilles, Poirier sit 3rd at Grand Prix Final

Canadian ice dance duo Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier sit third after the rhythm dance at the figure skating Grand Prix Final ...
Taipei Times

Olympic skaters create magic step by step

Skaters typically work with a choreographer and coach to devise their short program and free skate routines, which they would ...