Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo take gold
After 18 years of skating together, Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo finally have a gold medal. The Chinese couple came out of retirement just to pursue this honor. It wasn’t the most beautiful performance ever, filled with several mistakes small and large, but it was enough to keep them in first place.
This marked [...]
Olympic Schedule 2/15
Today’s schedule is another busy one.
Pairs figure skating finishes up today with the free skate. No Americans are in serious contention, so the sentimental favorites are the Chinese pair of Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao. The three time World Champions and real life married couple came out of retirement to pursue Olympic gold. [...]
Pairs Figure Skating short program
Olympics figure skating kicked off tonight with the pairs short program. As expected, the night ended with China’s Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao on top with a world record 76.66. In second was Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany and Russia’s Yuko Kavaguti and Aleksandr Smirnov were in third. American pair [...]
Olympic schedule 2/14
Are you wondering what events to cuddle up and watch with your special someone today?
Here are my favorites for the day— figure skating pairs short program and men’s moguls.
In pairs figure skating, Americans face an uphill battle. The last figure skating pairs medal was a bronze in 1988, and the U.S. has never won [...]
US Figure Skating Team
The US now has an official figure skating team for the Olympics.
The women’s team, which has only two members this year for only the second time since the 1920s, consists of Rachael Flatt, 17, and Mirai Nagasu, 16. There’s a lot of weight on those two young shoulders. If either medals, it will [...]
