American figure skater Amber Glenn, one third of the trio known as the “Blade Angels,” had a rough performance in the women’s singles short program at the Winter Olympics on Tuesday. Glenn, three-time reigning U.S. champion, was in the mix for a medal until the very end of her routine. She landed a huge triple […]
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Beloved figure skating coach, former Team USA medalist gunned down in Starbucks drive-thru: reports
A former Team USA synchronized figure skater turned coach was shot and killed in broad daylight during an alleged armed robbery at a Starbucks drive-thru in St. Louis, Missouri. Gabrielle “Sam” Linehan, 28, was sitting in her car in the city’s Tower Grove East neighborhood just after 10 a.m. Tuesday, when a suspect approached and […]
US Olympic figure skaters speak out on judging that denied them gold amid widespread questions
Madison Chock and Evan Bates have responded to questions over judging in the recent Olympic ice dance pairs final. The couple was looking to defend their gold medal, but came in second to the French duo of Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron. A French judge graded Beaudry and Cizeron higher than Chock and Bates, […]
A Russian opposition figure tries — and fails — to mythologize Zelensky
Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, President Volodymyr Zelensky has come to occupy a singular place in the global imagination: not merely as Ukraine’s president, but as the voice through which the country’s courage and endurance are made legible to the world. While – https://kyivindependent.com/tag/ukraine/rss/ This article appeared on the websitekyivindependent.com This article is […]
Figure skating mom starts Skates of Hope to honor DC plane crash victims
Christine Cheesman is a homeschool mom, an art teacher and a new figure skater. Despite all those roles, she has decided to take on another: Skates of Hope founder. Cheesman, who lives in North Carolina, was at an ice skating rink when she learned what happened to American Airlines Flight 5342 when it collided with […]