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Figure Skating: Joubert blames private problems for his performance
Vancouver (AFP) - Former world champion Brian Joubert on Wednesday blamed problems in his private life for his humiliating performance in the men's figure skating short programme in Vancouver. Touted as among the gold medal favourites to challenge... >>>
Figure Skating: Plushenko in battle with Lysacek, Takahashi
Vancouver (AFP) - A slimmed-down Yevgeny Plushenko opened with a quadruple jump to fire the first shot in his bid to retain his Olympic men's figure skating title by leading the short programme on Tuesday. >>>
Figure skating: Takahashi keeps Japan's gold hopes alive
Vancouver (AFP) - Daisuke Takahashi boosted Japan's bid for their first medal in Olympic men's figure skating as he virtually tied with titleholder Yevgeny Plushenko and world champion Evan Lysacek in Tuesday's short programme. >>>
Figure Skating: Stasi past still overshadows German coach
Vancouver (AFP) - As Germany's Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy claimed bronze in the Olympic pairs figure skating on Monday, few would have recognised the man by their side as they waited for their scores. >>>
Figure Skating: Shen, Zhao claim China's first figure skating gold
Vancouver (AFP) - Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo gave China their first ever Olympic figure skating title when they won gold in the pairs event in Vancouver on Monday. The husband-and-wife team led a Chinese 1-2 ahead of teammates Pang Qing and Tong Jian... >>>
Figure Skating: China's Shen and Zhao claim pairs gold
Vancouver (AFP) - Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo gave China their first ever Olympic figure skating title when they won gold in the pairs event in Vancouver on Monday. The husband-and-wife team lead a Chinese 1-2 ahead of teammates Pang Qing and Tong Jian with Germany's reigning two-time world champions Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy taking bronze after the free skating final. >>>
Figure Skating: Shen, Zhao lead with record score
Vancouver (AFP) - China's Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo celebrated St. Valentine's Day and the Chinese New Year by posting a new world best in the pairs figure skating short programme at the Vancouver Olympics on Sunday. >>>
Figure Skating: Plushenko steps up as style battle looms
Vancouver (AFP) - Yevgeny Plushenko on Tuesday opens his bid to show he is among the greatest Olympic figure skaters of all time amid a row over quadruple jumps and lobbying. A win would make him the first skater to retain the title in 58 years and in addition to his silver from 2002 see him surpass Dick Button and Karl Schafer as the second most successful Olympic skater after Swede Gillis Grafstrom. >>>
Olympics/FSkate: Joubert regrets dying quad
Vancouver (AFP) - Former world champion Brian Joubert has lamented that men's figure skating is regressing rather than progressing with fewer attempting a quadruple jump. The 24-year-old French skater recalled nostalgically the days of Canadian star Elvis Stojko when competitors were battling to do more difficult and challenging jumps. >>>
Figure Skating: Fit-again Lambiel ready to challenge
Vancouver (AFP) - Olympic silver medallist Stephane Lambiel, on the comeback trail after career-threatening injuries, insisted Sunday he has the form to challenge for men's figure skating gold in Vancouver. >>>
Figure Skating: Shen, Zhao eye Olympic destiny
Vancouver (AFP) - China's Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo step up first Sunday for their date with Olympic destiny as the figure skating competition gets underway at the Winter Games with the pairs event. >>>
Figure Skating: French pair set to create Olympic history
Vancouver (AFP) - French pairs skaters Yannick Bonheur and Vanessa James are set to create history on Sunday when they become the first black couple to compete in figure skating at the Olympic Games. >>>
Figure Skating: Love conquers all for Shen and Zhao
Vancouver (AFP) - Chinese figure skating stars Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo are determined that their love with help them finally conquer Olympic gold in Vancouver. The three-time world pairs champions made a dramatic return to competitive figure... >>>
Figure skating: Weir escapes blizzard for warmer Winter Games
Vancouver (AFP) - US men's figure skater Johnny Weir described Thursday his desperate dash from the blizzard-hit eastern coast of the United States for the warmer climate of the Olympic Games in Vancouver. >>>
Figure skating: Japanese trio predict free-for-all
Vancouver (AFP) - Japan's top male figure skaters, tasked to emulate their women compatriots in winnng an Olympic medal, say they are facing a free-for-all at the Vancouver Winter Games. >>>
