The Figure Eight Stopper Knot is a simple and reliable knot used to secure the end of a rope and prevent it from slipping through hardware or anchors. This technique is widely used in climbing, ...

The 2026 Milano Cortina Exhibition Gala served as the perfect emotional exhale after a week of high-stakes drama on the ice. While the competitive segments are defined by rigid technical requirements ...

Ilia Malinin, Alysa Liu and more figure skating stars took the ice one final time at the Milan Cortina Games. The top figure skaters from the 2026 Winter Olympics performed one last time at the Games ...

The most notable faces in U.S. figure skating take the ice one more time in Milan. Wang Zhao / Getty Images Figure skating spends most of the Winter Olympics inside a scoring system so detailed it can ...

In one of the most improbable comebacks in the history of figure skating, Alysa Liu of the United States, who quit the sport after the 2022 Beijing Olympics, reclaimed her career on her own joyous ...

Figure skating has become a sport that awards athletes for achieving speed, spins and jumps – and the ability to land with grace on a steel blade 4 mm (0.16-inch) wide on a notoriously slippery ...

Stream every moment and every medal of the 2026 Milan Cortina Games on Peacock. Read more NBC News coverage of the Olympics and the athletes competing. In the quarterfinals of the men’s hockey ...

Alysa Liu won a gold medal in women's individual figure skating on Thursday, making her the first U.S. woman to take the Olympic podium in the event since 2006. Japan's Kaori Sakamoto took silver and ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Alysa Liu won Olympic gold for the U.S. in women ...

The United States Olympic figure skating team has scaled the Olympic podium multiple times since the turn of the 21st century. Evan Lysacek and Nathan Chen claimed golds in the men's singles, while ...

MILAN, Italy — Team USA's 24-year gold medal drought in women's figure skating is over, thanks to Alysa Liu and her phenomenal performance Thursday in the women's free skate. Liu was in third place ...