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by Emmeline Moore © Agence France-Presse MILAN, Italy (AFP) — Italian veteran Carolina Kostner outshone newly-crowned Olympic champion Alina Zagitova to grab a slender lead after the women’s short programme at the world figure skating championships in Milan on Wednesday. Zagitova, 15, bidding to top a golden debut to her first senior season in which she has won every competition, including gold in Pyeongchang four weeks ago, trails the 31-year-old Italian by a slim […]
by Nick Reeves © Agence France-Presse GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AFP) — Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu took a giant step towards retaining his Olympic figure skating title with a flawless short program on Friday as arch-rival Nathan Chen’s challenge came disastrously unstuck. The Japanese star showed no ill effects from the right ankle injury that sidelined him for three months as he surged into a four-point lead with a score of 111.68. Six-time European champion Javier Fernandez of Spain […]
by Nick Reeves © Agence France-Presse GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AFP) — Filipino skating pioneer Michael Christian Martinez took to the Olympic ice on Friday — barely three weeks after coming out of retirement. The 21-year-old, who at Sochi 2014 became the first skater from the Philippines to compete at a Winter Games, had been resigned to missing out on South Korea. “I was sixth of seven at the qualifying event in Germany so I said to myself, it’s […]
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AFP) — North Korean skaters Ryom Tae-Ok and Kim Ju-Sik produced the performance of their lives to qualify for the pairs final at the Olympic Games on Wednesday. The Pyeongyang-born duo smashed their personal best score to reach the free skate showdown on Saturday. Supported by the 200-plus strong band of North Korean cheerleaders, Ryom and Kim seduced the crowd with an excellent execution of their short program to the Beatles classic A Day […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A shopping mall in tropical Manila closes for the night but a once ragtag team of skaters is hitting the rink aiming to make history in the Southeast Asian Games. Dubbed “The Mighty Ducks” after the 1992 Disney film, the Philippine men’s ice hockey team are targeting gold in Malaysia where the SEA Games begin on Saturday — a far cry from the days when their players knew only of the sport from watching movies. “‘The […]
