F rom 1992 to 2008, I was a competitive figure skater. I spent years competing on the national level in pairs with my younger sister, but never got anywhere close to the Olympics.Now, the world of ...

At its best, pairs figure skating is not only beautiful but thrilling, in a hold-your-breath kind of way. It is a high-wire act of throws and twists and ever-more-complex lifts, moves that U.S. pairs ...

The final figure skating competition of the Beijing Olympics opened on Friday, as 18 pairs took the ice for the short program, which lasts 2 minutes 40 seconds.

Shen and Zhao, partners for 18 years, would go on to win China’s only previous figure skating Olympic gold in 2010. Not long after they switched from singles to pairs, Sui and Han heard discouraging ...