Liu, Olympics and figure skating
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If you have a Peacock subscription and were paying even a modicum of attention to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina, you probably already know Alysa Liu. The 20-year-old f
The Olympic figure skating pairs competition ended with Japan taking gold and Team USA getting two top 10 finishes. See full results, highlights.
The term ‘figure’ in the sport’s name is not unique to English, as several languages, from Irish to Polish and Russian, also translate the name literally as ‘figure skating.’ In contrast, Japanese and Korean adopt ‘figure’ as a phonetic loan word, preserving the English sound.
Mikhail Shaidorov, the gold medal figure skater from Kazakhstan, tells of how he surprised even himself by ending up on the Olympic podium.
All of figure skating's biggest stars took the ice one more time at the 2026 Winter Olympics, showing off at the exhibition gala that stunned.