Figure skating routines, while marked by technical precision and speed, have often carried a similar look over the past 50 years. There are axels and Lutzes, Salchows and toe-loops. The rhythm by ...

Editor's note: Follow Olympics figure skating live results and updates from 2026 Winter Games. MILAN — Backflips are now allowed in the sport of figure skating. American superstar and men's gold medal ...

The sound in Milan felt unmistakable: a crowd rising as a skater snapped into a move that once symbolized rebellion. Backflips still carry that old charge in figure skating, because the sport spent ...