Figure Skating

Learn more about Vanessa James and  Eric Radford's experience in this thrilling sport

Beijing 2022 | Olympic Winter Games

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Learn more about Vanessa James and Eric Radford from Canada team of figure skating and their experience in this quiz

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Feature | Beijing 2022 - Figure Skating - Eric Radford and Vanessa James Quiz

Watch the greatest Winter Olympic Moments from the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games and join us for the Pairs Free Skating competition held at the Gangneung Ice Arena on 15 February 2018. Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot win the Gold for Germany, Wenjing Sui and Cong Han claim the Silver for China and Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford win the Bronze for Canada.

Great Winter Olympic Moments

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Pairs Free Skating | PyeongChang 2018 | Great Winter Olympic Moments

Relive the greatest Winter Olympic Moments from the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games and watch the Pairs Figure Skating Programme held at the Gangneung Ice Arena on 14 February 2018. At the end of the Pairs Short Programme Wenjing Sui and Cong Han from China are in the lead, followed by the Olympic Athletes from Russia Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov.

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Pairs Short Programme | PyeongChang 2018 | Great Winter Olympic Moments

Celebrating diversity is a huge part of the Olympic Movement.
At Olympic Channel, we've been delighted to give LGBT+ athletes a platform to tell their truths about overcoming prejudice to find success in their chosen sports.
To mark Pride Month, we've put together some of our best content for you

Pride flags outside New York City's Stonewall Inn, scene of the 1969 riots which heralded the LGBT+ rights movement

Pride 2019 on Olympic Channel

Find out who figure skaters were the first one to land and nail 5 amazing jumps at Olympics.

Originals

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Top 5 Figure Skating Jumps at Olympic Winter Games

The pairs short program was held at the Gangneung Ice Arena on 14 February 2018.

PyeongChang 2018 | Olympic Winter games

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Pairs Short Program - Figure Skating | PyeongChang 2018 Replays

Freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy and figure skater Eric Radford share their experiences as openly gay Olympians at PyeongChang 2018.

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Gus Kenworthy and Eric Radford on being out and proud Olympians

M. Duhamel / E. Radford (CAN), 7th position.

Sochi 2014 | Olympic Winter games

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M. Duhamel / E. Radford (CAN) | Pairs Figure Skating - Sochi 2014 Replays

The pairs free skating was held at the Gangneung Ice Arena on 15 February 2018.

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Pairs Free Skating - Figure Skating | PyeongChang 2018 Replays

The event - featuring short dance, women's short program and pairs free skating - was held at the Gangneung Ice Arena on 11 February 2018.

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Team Event, Day 2 - Figure Skating | PyeongChang 2018 Replays

Celebrate the achievements of Canadian athletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

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Canada - Golden Highlights at PyeongChang 2018

Canada's Eric Radford and Meagan Duhamel skated to Adel's "Hometown Glory".

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Duhamel and Radford (CAN) - Bronze Medal | Pairs Free Skating

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From choosing the right music to a season full of feedback, the meeting of art and sporting technique on the ice creates a complicated months-long process for figure skaters. Several of the top competitors and coaches share the skills required to perfect the process, and why you may never see the same routine twice.

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How do you build a figure skating program? Olympians share their secrets

In his three Olympic appearances across a nearly 20-year career, figure skater Eric Radford can still remember a quiet, impactful moment at Beijing 2022 that has stayed with him to this day.
He was in the Team Canada lounge with Maxime Dufour-Lapointe, the Olympic freestyle skier who was serving as

Pan American Games 2023 | Santiago

PYEONGCHANG-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 12:  Gold medalists Eric Radford of Team Canada celebrates during the medal ceremony after the Figure Skating Team Event at Medal Plaza on February 12, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea.  (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

Eric Radford is enjoying his new role for Team Canada

A figure skater in Santiago? Eric Radford’s new role for Team Canada

The LGBTQ+ movement has grown by leaps and bounds over the last decade at Olympic Summer and Winter Games.
Just 23 brave out Olympians competed at London 2012 while nearly 200 – 186 in total – proudly shared their personal stories at Tokyo 2020 in 2021, marked on the way

Quinn, of Team Canada, speaks with Megan Rapinoe (R) of Team USA, after winning the gold medal after becoming the first openly transgender athlete to win an Olympic medal. (Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images)

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‘We’re breaking down barriers through representation:’ Landmark Olympic moments for LGBTQ+ athletes 

Some 156 days after the Olympic figure skating season kicked off in full at Skate America in Las Vegas, the World Championships wrapped up on Sunday (27 March) in Montpellier, France, signalling the finish of another Olympic quad.
Over five months, three continents and one stop at the Olympic Winter

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 20: Competitors interact with mascot Bing Dwen Dwen following the Figure Skating Gala Exhibition on day sixteen of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on February 20, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

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Things we learned from the 2021/22 Olympic figure skating season

This year saw, without a doubt, a different ISU World Figure Skating Championships.
For a start, this was a post-Olympic Worlds – and two of the world's top men and Olympic champions in their own right, Nathan Chen and Hanyu Yuzuru, were not present, each opting out through injury. Pairs

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What we learned from the 2022 World Figure Skating Championships

The last time the United States won a world championship title in pair skating, Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier were not yet born.
The American duo snapped a 43-year drought for Team USA, capturing gold at the World Figure Skating Championships in Montpellier, France on Thursday (24 March) inside the

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Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier break 43-year spell for U.S. pairs teams, winning World Championship title

Just over a month after their career-best performance at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, American pair skaters Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier are still as motivated as ever.
The duo showed as much on Wednesday (23 March), when they skated into first place at the World Figure Skating Championships

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 04: Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier of Team United States skate in the Pair Skating Short Program Team Event during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on February 04, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

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Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier lead American 1-2 in pair skating short program at Worlds

"That’s what the goal will be tomorrow: to fight.”
Those were the words of Vanessa James,﻿ one half of Canada's figure skating pair along with Eric Radford, and they face an uphill task to get on the podium in the pair skating event at Beijing 2022.
The Canadians finished with

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 18: Vanessa James and Eric Radford of Team Canada skate during the Pair Skating Short Program on day fourteen of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on February 18, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)

Vanessa James and Eric Radford of Team Canada skate during the Pair Skating Short Program

Canada's Vanessa  James and Eric Radford: We're not leaving Beijing without a fight

Canadian figure skating pair Vanessa James and Eric Radford came out of retirement to compete together and at Beijing 2022 they are writing another chapter in their remarkable careers.
James and Radford finished in fourth place in the team event pair skating free, and on Friday 18 February will continue

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 07: Vanessa James and Eric Radford of Team Canada skate during the Pair Skating Free Skating Team Event on day three of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on February 07, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)

Vanessa James and Eric Radford at Beijing 2022 Figure Skating

Beijing 2022 Figure Skating: Top things to know about Canada's Vanessa  James and Eric Radford

Eight years after just seven out LGBT athletes in total competed at the Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014, some 35 members of the queer community are going for gold at Beijing 2022.
No out queer figure skater competed at the Games in 2014 but, just four years after Adam Rippon

GRAZ, AUSTRIA - JANUARY 25: Gabriella Papadakis (L) and Guillaume Cizeron (R) of France perform during the ISU European Figure Skating Championships at Steiermarkhalle on January 25, 2020 in Graz, Austria. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

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Pairs Free Skating | PyeongChang 2018 | Great Winter Olympic Moments

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