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· Ryan General
Chloe Kim, Eileen Gu take silver in separate Winter Olympics finals
Asian American star athletes Chloe Kim and Eileen Gu each claimed silver medals at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics in separate finals over the past two days in northern Italy. Kim, 25, finished second in the women’s snowboard halfpipe in Livigno with a score of 88.00, edged by…
· Ryan General
Alysa Liu lifts Team USA to gold in Olympic figure skating team event
Figure skating star Alysa Liu delivered a 74.90-point short program to help Team USA win the gold medal in the Olympic figure skating team event Sunday night in Milan. The U.S. finished with a one-point margin over Japan after combining results across women’s, men’s, pairs and…
· Ryan General
Nathan Chen to enter Figure Skating Hall of Fame after record-setting career
Olympic champion Nathan Chen will be inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2026, honoring a career that produced two Olympic gold medals and three world titles. His selection comes on the Hall’s 50th anniversary and follows his historic 2019 Grand Prix Final…
· Ryan General
Shibutani siblings address leaked video of Alex berating Maia
Olympic ice dancers Alex and Maia Shibutani broke their silence in Osaka on Nov. 7 after a leaked video showed Alex swearing at his sister during training before the NHK Trophy Grand Prix event. The footage, recorded in early October, spread quickly across social media, drawing…
· Bryan Ke
Kaori Sakamoto makes history with figure skating world title three-peat
Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto made history in Montreal on Friday by clinching her third consecutive world title in figure skating, becoming the first woman in 56 years to achieve a three-peat. Key points:
· Daniel Anderson
Shibutani siblings highlight historical AAPI figures in new children’s book
Maia and Alex Shibutani, affectionately known as the Shib Sibs, have become household names as two-time Olympic Bronze medalists in figure skating. Earlier this year, their journey reached new heights when they were inducted into the prestigious U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame,…
· Bryan Ke
Japan dominates ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2023 with historic gold medal haul
Japan made history at this year’s ISU World Figure Skating Championships over the weekend after winning three out of four gold medals for the first time in ISU Championship history. Japanese pair Riku Miura, 21, and Ryuichi Kihara, 30, kicked off Japan’s winning streak at the…
· Bryan Ke
17-year-old Kao Miura becomes 6th Japanese skater to win men’s World Junior title
Japan bagged its sixth International Skating Union World Junior Figure Skating Championships title after Kao Miura, 17, won gold in Canada over the weekend. Miura finished the men’s junior figure skating championship in Calgary on Saturday with a final score of 179.63 in the…
· Carl Samson
Nathan Chen named Most Valuable Skater for 2023
Nathan Chen was named Most Valuable Skater at the 2023 International Skating Union (ISU) Awards on Sunday. The recognition came a year after the 23-year-old Utah native became the first Asian American male figure skater to win gold at the Winter Olympics. Previously, he had won…
· Bryan Ke
American skaters the Shibutanis inducted into US Figure Skating Hall of Fame
Olympic bronze medalists Alex and Maia Shibutani, also known as the Shibutanis, were inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame over the weekend. Celebrating the recent achievement, Maia Shibutani, 28, took to Twitter on Monday after being inducted into the Hall of Fame…
· Chandler Treon
Why the kanji for ‘war’ was chosen by Japan to represent 2022
“Sen,” the kanji for war or battle, was chosen by the Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation to represent 2022. The foundation’s 28th annual poll collected votes cast by the general public to illustrate the social mood of the country this year.
· William Yuk
Legendary figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu’s new YouTube channel racks up over a million views in 1 day
Yuzuru Hanyu, one of the greatest ice skaters of all time, has launched a YouTube channel after retiring from international competitions. In his first YouTube video on Sunday, Hanyu, 27, explains to viewers that he started the channel because he wants “people to watch [his]…
· Michelle De Pacina
Vincent Zhou, Alysa Liu and Madison Chock win medals at 2022 World Figure Skating Championships
Vincent Zhou won the bronze medal in the men’s competition of the World Figure Skating Championships over the weekend, with a total score of 277.38. Alysa Liu, the 16-year-old two-time national champion, also took home a bronze medal during her first time competing in the…
· Bryan Ke
Figure skater Alysa Liu, father targeted by Chinese spies over Tiananmen Square involvement, says report
U.S. figure skater Alysa Liu and her Chinese dissident father, Arthur Liu, were purportedly targeted by a Chinese spying operation in the United States last October, the Department of Justice revealed. The FBI informed Arthur Liu of the spying scheme in October 2021, just as…
· Rebecca Moon
3-time consecutive Worlds winner Nathan Chen withdraws from upcoming World Figure Skating Championships
Olympic figure skating champion Nathan Chen has decided to withdraw from the 2022 World Figure Skating Championships due to an injury. U.S. Figure Skating (USF) announced on Wednesday that Chen had withdrawn and would not be participating in this year’s world championships.
· Bryan Ke
Nathan Chen’s secrets to championship success: stop thinking about the gold, do not bring smartphone
Olympic figure skater Nathan Chen has revealed two choices he made that helped him win the gold medal at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Chen, 22, said he shifted his mentality from “I’m here to win” to focusing on being present, regardless of medal placement. Chen also left…
· Rebecca Moon
Olympic gold medalist Yuna Kim slams reversal of teen figure skater’s suspension over positive drug test
Yuna Kim, a former Olympic figure skating champion, criticized the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS) decision to reverse Kamila Valieva’s suspension and allow her to continue competing following a positive drug test. Valieva, a 15-year-old Russian figure skater, failed a…
· Editorial Staff
‘There’s no judgment’: NYT reporter defends writing Asian Americans are ‘overrepresented’ in figure skating
Amid a fiery backlash that included accusations of anti-Asian bias, New York Times sports reporter Andrew Keh has defended his use of the word “overrepresented” in describing the presence of Asian Americans in figure skating. Keh, who is Asian American, found himself in hot…
· Bryan Ke
Nathan Chen is first Asian American male figure skater to win Olympic gold after dominant performance
American figure skater Nathan Chen, 22, has finally fulfilled his dream of winning an Olympic gold medal. Chen placed first at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on Thursday, beating his rival, Japan’s “Ice Prince” and two-time defending gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu. The young…
· Michelle De Pacina
Yuzuru Hanyu to attempt historic quad axel in upcoming faceoff with gold medal frontrunner Nathan Chen
Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu and Team USA’s Nathan Chen are preparing to face off with their long-awaited free skate routines during the long program competition tomorrow. Hanyu fumbled his quadruple Salchow in the men’s short program, which he blamed on a hole in the ice. He is…