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

By Thursday, Tkachuk was finishing up a morning skate in Ontario, where he is the captain of Canada’s most boring NHL franchise, the Ottawa Senators.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2026

Was Liu’s skate the zenith moment from these Milan Cortina Games?

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 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

When I was not required to speak, I’d skate the icy cut of crystal with my eye; my gaze would follow the golden threads etched onto the rim of china.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez