GRENOBLE, France — World champion Ilia Malinin took a big stride toward retaining his figure skating Grand Prix Final title after building an imposing 12-point lead in the short program on Friday. Olympic silver medalist Yuma Kagiyama of Japan was a distant second on 93.49 ahead of Saturday’s free skate after falling on his opening quad lutz, skating to “The …
HELSINKI, Finland — World champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps survived a fall to win the Finlandia Trophy pairs event on Sunday and book their spot at the figure skating Grand Prix Final, while Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson won the ice dance. Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps had a strong lead from Friday’s short program and were easily in first place …
At first, Melissa Humana-Paredes couldn’t get the cork off the celebratory Champagne bottle. In the aftermath of a thrilling three-set victory in the final of the AVP Huntington Beach Open on Sunday, the Canadian defender sprayed Champagne straight into partner Brandie Wilkerson’s eyes, momentarily pausing the euphoric celebration as Wilkerson called for a water bottle to flush her eyes and …
