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Inside Tara Lipinski's figure skating career: Revisiting record-breaking 1998 Olympic gold medal at age 15

Tara Lipinski broke a long-standing record in 1998.
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White Olympic Figure Skater Praised For a Dangerous Backflip — That a Black Woman Was Penalized For Decades Ago

Before Ilia Malinin “made history” with a backflip, Surya Bonaly — a Black Olympic figure skater — risked everything ...

No more 15-year-old champions: Women's figure skating is finally growing up

At the Milan Cortina Games, currently underway, a new rule is in effect raising the minimum age for figure skating ...

Looking back at Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir's Olympic figure skating careers

Before Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir were broadcasters for NBC at the Winter Olympics, they both had impressive figure skating careers.

Once penalized for it, Surya Bonaly speaks out as figure skating embraces the backflip: ‘Born too early’

Surya Bonaly successfully landed a backflip on one blade during the 1998 Winter Olympics despite knowing the move was banned.

Meet US Olympic figure skater Ilia Malinin’s parents, former Olympians Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skorniakov

Ilia Malinin comes from a family of Olympic legends ...

How a figure skating community lives with the loss of its future greats

We spoke with coaches and loved ones of young figure skaters who lost their lives in a January 2025 plane crash, paying tribute to them one year on.

The Complicated And Controversial History Of Figure Skating’s Backflip

From Terry Kubicka and Surya Bonaly to Ilia Malinin, the banned figure skating backflip is finally back on Olympic ice — and is still stirring controversy.