With Another Olympic Chance in View, Nathan Chen Dominates on the Ice

By BY MERI-JO BORZILLERI from NYT Sports Chen, 21, claimed his fifth straight U.S. figure skating championship on Sunday, continuing a winning streak that started after a disappointing result at the 2018 Winter Games.https://nyti.ms/39JO5jB

Bradie Tennell Wins Her Second National Figure Skating Title

By BY MERI-JO BORZILLERI from NYT Sports Tennell had recently relocated from Colorado to work on recapturing the title she won in 2018.https://nyti.ms/3oRo5sV

Gracie Gold Skates to 12th Place and a Standing Ovation at U.S. Championships

By BY THE NEW YORK TIMES from NYT Sports Gold, the Olympian whose career was sidetracked by mental illness, was moved to tears as the audience saluted her in a significant comeback performance.https://nyti.ms/2RLsdvm

Figure Skating Coach Sentenced to 24 Years for Sexual Abuse

By BY JERÉ LONGMAN from NYT Sports The sport is rattled by yet another scandal, raising more questions about why officials are not keeping athletes safe in Olympic sportshttps://https://nyti.ms/2lB5o1k

Richard Callaghan, Figure Skating Coach, Is Barred for Sexual Misconduct

By JERÉ LONGMAN from NYT Sports Callaghan, one of the most prominent American coaches in the sport, was first publicly accused of abusing a young skater 20 years ago.https://nyti.ms/2KNJUbB

Ashley Wagner’s Account of Sexual Assault Shakes Figure Skating

By JERÉ LONGMAN from NYT Sports The Olympian wrote a first-person article in which she said she was attacked as a teenager in 2008 by an older skater: John Coughlin, who killed himself this year.https://nyti.ms/2GIw47T

Nathan Chen Wins Worlds With a Flawless Free Skate

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports Chen made no mistakes and landed four quadruple jumps to finish with 323.42 points on Saturday at the World Figure Skating Championships near Tokyo.https://nyti.ms/2HNsYRf

Alina Zagitova Follows Olympic Gold With a World Championship

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports Zagitova, a 16-year-old Russian, captured her first title at worlds. Elizabet Tursynbaeva became the first woman to land a quadruple jump at the worlds and finished second.https://nyti.ms/2JwIpQs

Nathan Chen’s Yale Juggling Act

By KAREN CROUSE from NYT Sports Some undergraduates head to Daytona for spring break. Nathan Chen, a Yale freshman, is heading to the World Figure Skating Championships.https://nyti.ms/2W1Sbv3

Nathan Chen Wins 3rd Straight U.S. Figure Skating Championships Title

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports The reigning world champion easily prevailed with a free skate score that topped the combined total of most of his competitors.https://nyti.ms/2SezFRS

U.S. Figure Skating Championships: Alysa Liu, 13, Becomes Youngest Winner

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS from NYT Sports Liu stole the show with two triple axels and defeated the defending champion, Bradie Tennell, who fell during her free skate.https://nyti.ms/2RQF4zl

Skating Is Familiar With Scandal. But Now It is Confronting Something More Grim.

By JERÉ LONGMAN from NYT Sports John Coughlin, who had been a competitor, coach and commentator, was under investigation for sexual misconduct when he apparently committed suicide last week.https://nyti.ms/2HnKtJa

John Coughlin, Figure Skating Champion, Dies of Apparent Suicide After Suspension

By JACEY FORTIN from NYT Sports Coughlin, a two-time pairs champion, died at 33 on Friday, one day after a SafeSport investigation led to his suspension. Coughlin’s sister said he had taken his own life.https://nyti.ms/2U0BYFr

Figure Skating: Alina Zagitova Wins Russia’s First Gold Medal

By JERÉ LONGMAN from NYT Sports In a showdown between two Russians, Zagitova beat out Evgenia Medvedeva to win the gold medal.http://nyti.ms/2ol6xbv

When Skating Fans Toss Bears and Bouquets, the ‘Flower Kids’ Clean Up

By TARA PARKER-POPE from NYT Sports School-age skaters in charge of clearing the ice are stealing the show at the Olympic figure skating arena.http://nyti.ms/2omOQIz

U.S. Skaters Stumble Again. Is Their System Broken?

By JULIET MACUR from NYT Sports The American women, without a medal since 2006, produced their worst performance in Olympic short program. “Sometimes life and puberty get in the way.”http://nyti.ms/2EJETeG

Alina Zagitova, Just 15, Sets Figure Skating Record in Short Program

By VICTOR MATHER and JERÉ LONGMAN from NYT Sports Alina Zagitova and Evgenia Medvedeva both skated strong, technical programs to take the top two spots heading into the free skate.http://nyti.ms/2BGm6Sw

Figure Skating Warm-Up Can Cement Confidence — or Cause Chaos

By KAREN CROUSE from NYT Sports The six-minute group warm-ups during figure skating events unfold like multiple one-act plays on the same stage. A lot can unravel: costumes, hairdos and rivals.http://nyti.ms/2sDU4UZ

In Ice Dancing, the Electric Tops the Ethereal

By JERÉ LONGMAN from NYT Sports Behind an athletic and expressive performance, Canada’s Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir edged the seamless movements of France’s Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron to earn gold.http://nyti.ms/2sFLPI3

Yuzuru Hanyu Wins Figure Skating Gold Medal

By JERÉ LONGMAN and VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports Hanyu, of Japan, was good enough in the free skate to repeat as Olympic champion. The American Nathan Chen made up for a disastrous short program to finish fifth.http://nyti.ms/2C3oS5j