Tag: figure skating

How the Wait for Olympic Medals Became an Endurance Sport

It took Lashinda Demus of the United States 52.77 seconds to run the women’s 400-meter hurdles at the 2012 London Olympics. It took more than a decade for her to be upgraded to first place from second. A year after that decision, and 12 years after the race, she is still waiting to receive her […]

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Russian Figure Skaters Will Get Olympic Bronze After Valieva Disqualification

International skating’s governing body on Tuesday stripped Russia of its victory in the team figure skating event at the 2022 Beijing Olympics and awarded the gold medal to the United States. The move came one day after the teenage Russian star Kamila Valieva, who had led her team to an apparent victory in the team […]

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Kamila Valieva Banned Four Years Over 2022 Olympic Doping Case

Kamila Valieva, the teenage Russian figure skater whose positive doping test upended her sport at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, was banned from competition for four years on Monday by the top court in sports. The punishment, announced by a three-member arbitration panel empowered by the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport, was related to […]

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Iced Out: Howard University Becomes First Black College With A Figure Skating Team

NewsOne Featured Video [embedded content] Bison on ice! Howard University is the first historically Black college or university (HBCU) with a figure skating team. Read more details about the two passionate students who made it possible. Who made it happen? According to U.S. Figure Skating, Maya James, a junior psychology major, and Cheyenne Walker, a senior […]

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Howard University Creates First HBCU Figure Skating Team

Howard University has just made history as the first HBCU with a figure skating program! Students Maya James and Cheyenne Walker were both skaters before deciding to dedicate their college years to Howard University, which didn’t previously have a skating program. The two ladies connected with each other via Instagram in late 2022, and expressed […]

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