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Kihira defends title at Four Continents

Embed from Getty Images 2020 Four Continents Ladies’ Free Skate Japan’s Rika Kihira defended her title on...
Japan’s Kihira leads ladies at Four Continents

Embed from Getty Images 2020 Four Continents Ladies’ Short Program Rika Kihira of Japan took the lead in...
Rika Kihira claims first Japanese National title

Embed from Getty Images 2019-20 Japanese Figure Skating Championships Ladies’ Free Skate Surprises were in abundance at...
Rika Kihira leads ladies at Japanese Nationals

Embed from Getty Images 2019-20 Japanese Figure Skating Championships Ladies’ Short Program Rika Kihira took first in...
Russia’s Alena Kostornaia takes gold in Grand Prix debut

2019 Internationaux de France Ladies’ Free Skate In her Grand Prix debut, Russia’s Alena Kostornaia took the gold...
Alena Kostornaia of Russia leads ladies in Grand Prix debut

2019 Internationaux de France Ladies’ Short Program In her Grand Prix debut, Russia’s Alena Kostornaia sits in...
Shcherbakova of Russia captures gold at Skate America in Grand Prix debut

2019 Skate America Ladies’ Free Skate In her debut on the Grand Prix circuit, Anna Shcherbakova of...
USA’s Bradie Tennell leads at 2019 Skate America

2019 Skate America Ladies Short Program USA’s Bradie Tennell took the lead in the Ladies’ Short Program...
Team USA wins fourth World Team Trophy gold

The 2019 ISU World Team Trophy concluded on Saturday with the Pairs’ and Ladies’ Free Skate in...
Team USA grabs lead in World Team Trophy

The 2019 ISU World Team Trophy kicked off a three-day competition with the Rhythm Dance, followed by...
Zagitova pounces on World gold in Saitama

Alina Zagitova of Russia pounced on the gold medal in the Ladies’ event at the 2019 World...
Zagitova after Worlds short program: ‘It was a good performance’

Russia’s Alina Zagitova took a comfortable lead in the Ladies’ event at the 2019 World Figure Skating...
Kihira captures gold in Anaheim in debut at Four Continents

2019 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships Ladies’ Free Skate In her debut at this event, Japan’s Rika Kihira rose...
Bradie Tennell takes slight lead in Anaheim

2019 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships Ladies’ Short Program USA’s Bradie Tennell holds a slight lead after the Ladies...
Sakamoto shakes it up at Japanese Nationals; win’s first title

2018-19 Japanese Figure Skating Championships Ladies Kaori Sakamoto edged out Rika Kihira to claim her first national...
Japan’s Rika Kihira reigns in Vancouver

2018-19 Grand Prix Final of Figure Skating Ladies’ Free Skate Rika Kihira of Japan continued to ride...
Kihira edges out Zagitova for lead in Vancouver

2018-19 Grand Prix Final of Figure Skating Ladies’ Short Program Japanese sensation Rika Kihira continued to galvanize...
Zagitova wins fifth Grand Prix gold in Helsinki

2018 GP Helsinki Ladies Figure Skating Alina Zagitova of Russia pocked her fifth consecutive Grand Prix gold...
Miyahara takes second Skate America gold

2018 Skate America Ladies Figure Skating Japan’s Satoko Miyahara maintained her overnight lead to win her second consecutive...
Miyahara leads the ladies at Skate America

2018 Skate America Ladies Figure Skating The Ladies’ Short Program took place Saturday evening after the Men’s...

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Terry Kubicka was the first American to land the triple Lutz in competition (1974 U.S. Championships). He is also the first and only skater to perform a legal backflip in competition at the 1976 Olympics. It was later banned from future competitions.