skate

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Earlier, US star Ilia Malinin won a third straight men's gold as he bounced back from missing out on an Olympic medal last month when he fell twice in the free skate.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Malinin shouted and punched the air with relief after finishing a skate that showed he had achieved his desire to “move on” from the Olympics after days tormented by his mistakes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

Forever it will live as instant happiness, a bad-mood buster: Alysa Liu’s climactic, wildly charismatic free skate at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

She’d choose her choreography and costumes, have control over her meals, skate when she wanted.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

I held the skate edge and scraped it against the locker, over the words, and in a few seconds it was a barren waste of squiggles.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely