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The posts appeared within hours of one another, but there was no coordination among them.
On 11 June 2021, Olympic figure skaters Jason Brown, Kaitlyn Weaver and Paul Poirier each took to social media to share their own public coming out messages - a day that was met with celebration

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Paul Poirier, Kaitlyn Weaver and Jason Brown: Figure skaters celebrate pride with personal coming out stories

The LGBTQ+ community officially welcomed three Olympic figure skaters when they came out on June 11, 2021. Jason Brown, Kaitlyn Weaver, and Paul Poirier joined Nick McCarvel to talk about why they chose this moment to share, why they feel it's more important than ever to do so, and provide insight into the support and challenges around coming out while involved in elite figure skating.

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Podcast: Pride stories with Jason Brown, Kaitlyn Weaver, and Paul Poirier

The 2020-21 figure skating season has taken its final bow.
With the completion of World Team Trophy on Saturday (17 April) in Osaka, Japan, a season heavily impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic is officially wrapped.
Three new world champions were crowned, Nathan Chen won his third consecutive world title, and

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - MARCH 26: Anna Shcherbakova of Figure Skating Federation of Russia performs in Ladies Free Skating during day three of the ISU World Figure Skating Championships at Ericsson Globe on March 26, 2021 in Stockholm, Sweden. Sporting stadiums around Sweden remain under strict restrictions due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in games being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Linnea Rheborg/Getty Images)

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8 things we learned from the figure skating season ahead of Beijing 2022

What happens in Las Vegas... is now in the history books.
While no fans were in attendance at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships at Orleans Arena over the weekend, with a strict bubble for athletes, Nathan Chen, the two-time world champion, still showed up with his top skating, capturing a

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Nathan Chen’s five-peat and other takeaways from U.S. figure skating nationals

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The 2019-20 figure skating season ended early with the cancellation of the World Championships in Montreal due to Coronavirus measures.
It means Nathan Chen was denied the chance to go for a hat-trick of world titles having gone the whole campaign unbeaten.
But who would have been his main rival

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Nathan Chen dominates season as Hanyu Yuzuru makes history

It’s vacation time for figure skating coach Brian Orser.
The two-time Olympic silver medallist saw his skaters have a dramatic end to the season at the 2019 ISU World Championships.
Russia’s Evgenia Medvedeva fiercely fought her way to a third-place finish, an injury-stricken Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan finished the men's

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Brian Orser on Medvedeva, Yuzuru Hanyu, and figure skating friendship

Coach Brian Orser has some of the best figure skaters in the world training at his famous ‘Cricket Club’ 
in Toronto, Canada.

Two of the newest additions to the team are Evgenia Medvedeva and Jason Brown.

“They do have a very special chemistry,” said Orser.

“They are from different backgrounds - but they seem to jive really well.”

Olympic champion Meryl Davis spoke exclusively to the pair and Brian Orser about what makes their 
relationship so unique.

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Podcast: Evgenia Medvedeva, Jason Brown, and Brian Orser

Double Olympic silver medallist and coach of champions Brian Orser describes Yuzuru Hanyu, Evgenia Medvedeva and others in one word.

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Brian Orser describes his star skaters in one word

Jason Brown went live on Instagram with Meryl Davis to talk about the big changes in his career, including life under coach Brian Orser.

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Jason Brown chats to Meryl Davis about his season of change

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The Hanyu Yuzuru-led 'Fantasy on Ice' figure skating tour in Japan is arriving at its third destination on Friday (17 June) at World Hall in Kobe.
The four-stop show opened in Makuhari, Chiba Prefecture, last month before heading down the island to Nagoya two weeks ago. The tour wraps up

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Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu performs during an ice show Fantasy on Ice 2022 in Chiba on May 27, 2022.  ( The Yomiuri Shimbun )

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How to watch Hanyu Yuzuru at 'Fantasy on Ice 2022' in Kobe

Three months on from Beijing 2022, some of the top figure skaters to ever grace the Olympic rinks will pitstop through four Japanese cities in the 27 May-26 June Fantasy on Ice tour.
And it will feature an elite field, one loaded with stars of the now and yesteryears as

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 10: Yuzuru Hanyu of Team Japan reacts during the Men Single Skating Free Skating on day six of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on February 10, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)

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Fantasy on Ice 2022 in Japan: Preview of Hanyu's figure skating return

Olympic figure skating champion Nathan Chen received special praise from Elton John in Greensboro, North Carolina on Tuesday (19 April).
Along with fellow Beijing 2022 medallists Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue, recently-retired world bronze medallist Alysa Liu, and former U.S. champion Jason Brown, Chen is part of the Stars on

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Elton John gives shout-out to Nathan Chen at concert

The American skater spent four years trying to improve his self-worth and "trying to squash... a box of fears" ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, working with a sports psychologist on his way to a career-best sixth place in the men's single figure skating competition for Team USA. Brown shares his emotional reaction with his parents, in this exclusive interview after the Games in China.

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Jason Brown on quashing demons at Beijing 2022

While figure skating is a sport of just one or two competitors on the ice at a time, the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 reminded us there is a strong community aspect to it, too.
Over the 11 days of skating inside the Capital Indoor Stadium in Beijing, Olympians and

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'Is that Bing Dwen Dwen... on ice?' 7 stronger together figure skating moments at Beijing 2022

Nathan Chen has rocketed to the top of the figure skating world.
Out of this world, actually.
The three-time and reigning world champion was near his stirring best on Thursday (10 February) inside the Capital Indoor Stadium at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, skating to Elton John's "Rocketman"for his

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 10: Gold medalist Nathan Chen of Team United States (C), Silver medalist Yuma Kagiyama of Team Japan (L), and Bronze medalist Shoma Uno of Team Japan (R) pose during the Men Single Skating flower ceremony on day six of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on February 10, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

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Nathan Chen captures Olympic figure skating gold, becoming seventh American man to win title

Jason Brown's skating is pure as Olympic ice.
The American put on a dazzling display of artistry on Thursday (10 February) inside the Capital Indoor Stadium at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, skating to "Schindler's List" in his second Olympic appearance.
The 27-year-old American is a crowd favourite, and

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 08: Jason Brown of Team United States reacts during the Men Single Skating Short Program on day four of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on February 08, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

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Jason Brown performs picturesque free skate to cap strong Olympic showing in Beijing

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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LGBT figure skaters use Olympic platform to tell new stories: Their own

Stronger together? Try stronger back together.
Former training mates Evgenia Medvedeva and Jason Brown were re-united on Wednesday (9 February) at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 after some two years apart.
They linked up at the practice facility adjacent to the Capital Indoor Stadium, where Brown, the American, had

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Re-united! Former training mates Evgenia Medvedeva and Jason Brown meet again in Beijing

A decade by Nathan Chen's side, coach Rafael Arutunian says his charge is taking things "piece by piece" at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.
Four years ago, Chen sat in 17th after a disastrous short program at PyeongChang 2018. On Tuesday (8 February) he set a new world record

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 08: Nathan Chen of Team United States reacts to his score following the Men Single Skating Short Program on day four of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on February 08, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

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