Defending champion Joannie Rochette fell during her short routine at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships on Friday and trails Cynthia Phaneuf heading into the long program. Phaneuf scored 66.30 points to win the short program ahead of Rochette, who received 64.15 points after her spill. “Stuff like that happens and you have to deal with [...]

Sasha Cohen, trying to qualify for her third Olympics this winter, will miss the upcoming Skate America event because of a calf injury and will try to be ready for the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in January. Cohen, the 2006 Olympic silver medal winner, has tendinitis in her right calf. She also missed an event [...]

Rachael Flatt, a 16-year-old with round, ruddy cheeks and uncontainable perkiness, did not win a medal for the United States at the world figure skating championships. But when she finished her long program Saturday night, she beamed and giggled. She placed fifth over all and was the top American woman. With the 2010 Vancouver Games [...]

When her score popped up on the monitor at the world figure skating championships on Friday, Kim Yu-na could hardly believe it. She buried her face in her hands. Her jaw dropped. Her coach, the two-time Olympic medalist Brian Orser, grabbed and shook her. In front of a crowd filled with South Korean fans waving [...]