The World Figure Skating Championships are scheduled for later this month in France, but Russian and Belarusian figure skaters have been banned from participating in light of the war in
Day 14 of the 2022 Winter Olympics featured China’s Sui Wenjing and Han Cong setting a world record with their short program in figure skating’s pairs event. Americans Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier also advanced to the free skate in sixth place and Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy LeDuc in seventh.
Valieva broke into tears after she dazzled with a slew of lutzes and spins, scoring 82.16 and putting her at the top of the women's figure skating leaderboard.