Russia casts dark shadow over ISU 2023 Skating Awards nominees
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The full list of nominees in six categories for the International Skating Union (ISU) 2023 Skating Awards have been announced, with the event scheduled to take place on February 5.
The full list of nominees in six categories for the International Skating Union (ISU) 2023 Skating Awards have been announced, with the event scheduled to take place on February 5.
The International Skating Union (ISU) Council has provisionally allocated three major figure skating events in 2025 and 2026 to Seoul, Tallinn and Salzburg.
Elma Smit and two-time Olympian Johnny Weir have been named as hosts of next month's International Skating Union (ISU) Skating Awards.
United States pairs skater Jessica Calalang, who spent eight months clearing her name with anti-doping authorities in 2021, has called for Russian teenager Kamila Valieva to be sanctioned in her ongoing case.
A call to resolve the doping case involving Kamila Valieva "as soon as possible" has been made by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) so that the team medals from Beijing 2022 can be distributed.
Three-time Olympic figure skating medallist Nathan Chen of the United States has stressed the need for urgent climate action, insisting the "more we prolong the worse things will become".
American figure skater Nathan Chen said that all he can do is wait for his Olympic team medal as the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) blasted Russian Anti-Doping Agency's (RUSADA) "self-serving" ruling on Kamila Valieva's doping case and called for a "public hearing outside of Russia".
Russian State Duma deputy Svetlana Zhurova has acknowledged that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency's (RUSADA) decision to effectively clear Kamila Valieva is an "intermediate" verdict, and she expects the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to "play this situation in their own way".
A Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) tribunal has ruled that ice skater Kamila Valieva committed an anti-doping rule violation, but should bear "no fault or negligence" for it.
Figure skater Kamila Valieva, currently facing a four-year drugs ban after testing positive before the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, has been voted Russia’s most popular athlete.
Olympic gold medallist Alexander Kogan has been appointed as Acting President of the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR).
Skate Canada has become the latest national governing body to join the Abuse-Free Sport initiative which aims to address mistreatment in sport.
Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) director general Veronika Loginova has disputed claims from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) that it failed "to resolve the Kamila Valieva case promptly."
State Duma deputy and Turin 2006 Olympic speed skating gold medallist Svetlana Zhurova, has said Ukraine should not be lobbying the removal of Russian figure skater and Olympic champion Anna Shcherbakova from the International Skating Union (ISU) award shortlist.
Russia’s Anna Shcherbakova is among eight athletes shortlisted for the International Skating Union’s (ISU) Most Valuable Skater award for 2022.