Category: World Championships

Two-time U.S. Champion and 2018 Olympic bronze medalist Nathan Chen won his first World Championships title in commanding fashion Saturday. The 18-year-old became the first American man to win the title and any World medal since 2010 Olympic Champion Evan Lysacek took…

By Johanna Bear, Staff Writer It was a day of personal bests and a newly minted world record at the men’s free skate in Helsinki, Finland as the best in the world took the sport to new technical heights. 2014 Olympic Gold…

By Gina Capellazzi At a World Championships before an Olympic year, pressure is put on World team members to either retain or gain a spot for their country for the following year’s Olympic Games. It was no different for the three U.S.…

By Gina Capellazzi Injury is apart of every sport and that’s definitely true for figure skating. For many of the top pair teams competing at the World Championships in Helsinki, Finland this year, coming back from injuries and illnesses have been apart…

By Michelle Kennedy, special to Figure Skaters Online Photos by Getty Images Only one year ago, Alexa Scimeca Knierim and Chris Knierim were preparing to compete at the World Championships. They had captured the silver medal at the U.S. Championships and were…

By Michelle Kennedy, special to Figure Skaters Online Photos by Leah Adams Karen Chen has become accustomed to overcoming challenges. She captured the bronze medal at the 2015 U.S. Championships, but then fell into a downward spiral of injuries and boot problems. Chen…

By Johanna Bear It was a night of historic skates at the ladies free skate portion of the ISU World Figure Skating Championships, with a record-setting score and an age-defying end to a decade long medal drought. Every performance seemed more incredible…

By Johanna Bear Photo by Gina Capellazzi In an event that featured returning Olympic Champions, World Champions and countless National Champions, it was ultimately the defending champions, Canada’s Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford who walked away with the gold medal. The caliber…