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What the ISU Council's October Meeting Means for Adult Skaters
The ISU Council kept its support for adult figure skating at its October meeting, and we've pulled out the other changes that matter if you skate as an adult.
The Rink Report
Competition and scoring
How IJS scoring works, what counts as a good score and how skaters plan their jumps and spins for points.
Olympics
Milano Cortina, story by story
These are stories of comebacks, first golds and skaters who got there the long way, and here are five to start with.
Skater stories
Alysa Liu Retired at 16, Came Back, and Won Olympic Gold
Skater stories
Piper Gilles Beat Cancer and Won an Olympic Medal
Latest stories
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10 Figure Skaters Who Started Late or Came Back as Adults
Stellato-Dudek, O'Shea, Alysa Liu, Kostner, Glenn, Chock and Bates, Gilles and two Adult Nationals champions: proof that adults aren't too late to skate.
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Kaori Sakamoto Wanted the One Title She Didn't Have. She Left Milan With Something Better.
Kaori Sakamoto came to her last Olympics chasing the one title she didn't have, and she left Milan with individual and team silver. A month later she won a fourth world title in Prague and retired.
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Amber Glenn: Told to Tone It Down, She Went to the Olympics
Amber Glenn came through an eating disorder, two concussions and years of being told she was too much, then won Olympic team gold in Milan at 26.
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Alysa Liu Retired at 16, Came Back, and Won Olympic Gold
She became the youngest U.S. champion at 13, retired at 16, hiked to Everest base camp, came back to win Worlds, and just won Olympic gold in Milan, the first American woman to do it in 24 years.
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Piper Gilles Beat Cancer and Won an Olympic Medal
How Canadian ice dancer Piper Gilles came back from surgery and a stage 1 ovarian cancer diagnosis, five years after losing her mother to brain cancer, to win Olympic bronze with Paul Poirier in Milan.
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Danny O'Shea Works in Real Estate and Won Olympic Gold at 34
Danny O'Shea was a 2018 Olympic alternate who retired twice and worked in real estate before he teamed up with Ellie Kam. At 34 he helped the U.S. win team gold in Milan by a single point, and he turned...
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Figure Skating Music Rules: Why Skaters Pick Those Songs
Singles and pairs skaters are allowed music with lyrics under ISU rules. We also cover today's time limits and music requirements, and how music rights caused trouble at the 2026 Olympics.
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Deanna Stellato-Dudek: Never Too Late to Get Back on the Ice
Deanna Stellato-Dudek retired at 17, spent 16 years away from the ice and came back at 33. She won the 2024 world pairs title at 40 and skated at the 2026 Olympics at 42.
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2026 U.S. Figure Skating Championships: Results and the Olympic Team
The podiums, scores and stories from the 2026 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in St. Louis, the Olympic team that came out of them, and how that team did in Milan.
Skater spotlight
Meet skaters from our community
Adult skaters tell us how they got on the ice and what keeps them coming back.
Skater Spotlight - Meet Liz
Liz, a marketing manager in Boston, signed up for Learn to Skate after her wedding and was hooked by the end of the session.
Skater Spotlight - Meet Makenzie
Makenzie, a mechanical engineer from Brisbane, started skating lessons after high school, and the Axel is her favorite jump.
Skater Spotlight - Meet Megan
Megan, a graphic designer from western Pennsylvania, went back to Learn to Skate at 25 and has tested through Adult Gold Moves in the Field.
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