Figure Skating News

Like many other red-blooded Canadian boys, Ted Barton was a hockey player when he was growing up on the North Shore in the 1960s.

The Tribune relives the heady days of the 2002 Winters Olympics in pictures - with a daily gallery from the torch relay to the Opening Ceremony, from Team USA's medal haul to the fireworks-filled finale.

The Four Continents Championships, the second intercontinental ISU Championships of the season, is over, and the U.S. left with six medals, the biggest haul since 2007.

China's Sui Wenjing and Han Cong won the pairs title with a sharp and powerful free skate program at the Four Continents Championships on Sunday.

The Falconer High School junior has been skating for six years. She began while she was a student at Fenner Elementary School, where she first heard about learn-to-skate classes that were being offered at the ice arena.

Josh Kimber, age 18, a 2011 graduate of St. Philip High, is a defenseman for the Battle Creek Junior Revolution hockey team.

Canada's Amelie Lacoste smiles through her free skate on Saturday at the Four Continents meet in Colorado Springs.

The roof of a sports center used for ice skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics collapsed Sunday under the weight of heavy snow, police said.

One champion took the lead role in a childrens' musical. Another athlete started a kids' safety foundation after a tragic loss.

An interview of Alexander Lakernik, chairman of the ISU technical committee: "Going into details, we have gone too far"
Blazing Blades

Among her skating dresses and track suits she'll tuck carefully wrapped cartons of almond milk, homemade bread and enough nuts and seeds to satisfy a family of squirrels.

Siberian huskies pull a sled during a demonstration at Campus Martius Park. Hundreds of people enjoyed rides, ice sculptures, music in warm tents and more fun.

U.S. champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White took a step toward successfully defending their Four Continents Figure Skating Championships title, winning the ice dancing short dance Saturday.

Construction crews have already been working for weeks to demolish structures left after the collapse of the arena's roof nearly a year ago.

Shaking off a poor morning practice session, world champion Patrick Chan nailed his men's free program late Friday night to win the Four Continents figure skating championship.

The international figure skating community comes to Colorado Springs along with a 1960s folk legend and the FAC's new play has everyone buzzing all in this week's Indy Minute with Jack Ward.

"Oh, it's incredible just watching the athletes get excited about getting strikes and spares and knocking down pins," said Kight.

Slowly, the Pittsfield figure skater seemed to almost tip-toe toward the bulletin board with the results from her skate earlier Friday at the Bay State Games.

Fashion designer, acclaimed figure skater & acclaimed Gossip Girl supporting actress VERA WANG has been busy this week!! Let's catch up with her Vera Wang attends the exhibition opening night gala for "Impact: 50 Years of the CFDA" at The Fashion Institute of Technology on February 9, 2012 in New York City.

French figure skating judge Marie-Reine Le Gougne speaks to journalists as she waits for the verdict of the International Skating Union council after a two day hearing concerning the Olympic figure skating scandal in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Tuesday, April 30, 2002.