US pairs skaters Emily Chan (right) and Spencer Akira Howe placed ninth in the short program Sunday.Ashley Landis/Associated Press “It was a bit of a sigh of relief,” Chan said, “and just excitement. Like, ‘We did it.’ We really went out there and we were together, and we experienced that whole entire program together. And…
The Olympic pairs free skate at the Milan Cortina Games is set to take place on Monday at 2 pm ET, and after a dramatic short program that reshuffled expectations, everything is on the line as the world’s top pairs teams chase Olympic hardware. While nothing was certain heading into the short program on Sunday,…
Germany’s Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin finished the short program on top, after a controlled but masterful performance to “El Abrazo” by Maxime Rodriguez, receiving a personal best score of 80.01 points, far ahead of their competitors. Behind them, Georgia’s Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava had a slightly tentative skate compared with recent outings…
Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea helped the US win gold in the team event, the first figure skating medal of the Games. Elsa/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Elsa/Getty Images Want more Olympic updates? Subscribe here to get our newsletter, Rachel Goes to the Gamesdelivered to your inbox for a behind-the-scenes look at the 2026…
