Surya Bonaly, who was once penalized for performing a backflip in the Winter Olympics, is now praising USA’s Ilia Malinin’s backflip to win gold.

She’s the fourth Bay Area skater to win individual gold at the Winter Olympics, and the seventh medalist from the region overall

Ilia Malinin’s 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics has been a roller-coaster ride. The 21-year-old figure skater helped lead Team USA to a gold medal in the team event with a strong performance. However,

American figure skater Amber Glenn didn't fall, so why did her score plummet? An "invalid element" turned a clean skate into Olympic heartbreak.

Team USA's Alysa Liu brought her best in Thursday's free skate at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics and earned America's first gold medal in women's figure skating in 24 years.

Adeliia Petrosian’s fall in the 2026 Olympic women's singles' competition didn't stop a judge from awarding gold-medal marks. An inside look at the data and the enduring judging bias in figure skating.

MILAN (AP) — Alysa Liu probably cared the least of all the women in figure skating at the Milan Cortina Olympics about winning the gold medal. Maybe that is why she won it. The 20-year-old with the striped hair,

The women's figure skating event kicked off with the short program on Tuesday, with Japan's Ami Nakai and Kaori Sakamoto in the lead and U.S. reigning world champion Alysa Liu in 3rd. Next up is the free skate,