Figure skating star Ilia Malinin is changing the sport in ways that go beyond his status as an overwhelming favorite for Olympic gold in Italy.

Figure skating will continue its fierce team competition Saturday, this time bringing one of the most highly anticipated skaters to the ice.

Japan's Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara dominated the pairs figure skating event with a career best performance at the Winter Olympics on Friday, as United States duo Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea finished fifth in a dramatic session at the Milano Ice Skating Arena.

One would think that given all the success Marina Klimova enjoyed in high-stakes, international figure skating with her husband and pairs partner, Sergei Ponomarenko, she would have no trouble watching her son when he takes the ice.

Alysa Liu is back where she belongs. Liu, who became the youngest U.S. champion figure skater at age 13, then retired three years later after the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, put on a standout performance in her return to the sport’s biggest stage on Friday,