The reigning Canadian junior men’s champion, Nam Nguyen, 13, has been blazing a trail since rocketing onto the national scene five years ago. Nguyen kicked off his budding career by winning three national titles in a row. In 2007, at the tender age of eight...
It took nearly 60 years, but it finally happened. American teams had come close before, dancing into second on eight previous occasions. But it was Meryl Davis and Charlie White who skated into the history books at the 2011 World Figure Skating Championships...
Ten-year-old Nathan Chen came out of nowhere at the 2010 U.S. Championships in Spokane, Wash., to become the youngest man, or in this instance, boy, to win the novice title in the history of the event. He returned as the heavy favorite in 2011, and the then...
Life has been busy for Naomi Nari Nam since she retired from competitive skating in the fall of 2008 due to a recurring hip injury. The 25-year-old has established a budding coaching career at the East West Ice Palace in Artesia, Calif., but most recently...
Every skater dreams about achieving the level of success that ice dancers Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani have enjoyed this season. With podium finishes at all but one of their competitions heading into Worlds, the siblings made quite a splash in their...
The 2010 U.S. Championships in Spokane, Wash. was supposed to be the crowning achievement on Alissa Czisny’s résumé. As the reigning national champion, she had history on her side. Every American ladies champion since 1955 who won the title the year prior...
When Jeremy Barrett suddenly announced his retirement at the end of February, it came as a surprise to many in the skating world. But the last year had been a tough one for Barrett, 27, in the injury department. “I was dealing with injuries and that made...
The 2011 U.S. Figure Skating Championships descended upon Greensboro, N.C., just a few days shy of the 51st anniversary of the infamous Woolworth sit-ins that occurred just a few miles from the skating venue. It was a week of surprise performances with dreams...
It was a whirlwind season for Daisuke Murakami. Born in Kanagawa, Japan, his family moved to southern California in 2000. Murakami initially planned to skate for the U.S., but in 2007 he had a change of heart and decided to compete for his native Japan...
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