Who won silver and bronze when Tara Lipinski won gold?

Kwan took home the silver medal and China's Chen Lu won the bronze. Lipinski, then 15, was the youngest person in figure skating history to capture Olympic gold. (At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, 16-year-old Oksana Baiul from Ukraine won the gold in women's figure skating.)

Did Tara Lipinski win an Olympic gold medal?

Yes -- she competed in the 1998 Nagano Olympics. At 15 years old, Lipinski became the youngest figure skater to win an Olympic gold medal when she won the ladies' singles. She defeated fellow American Michelle Kwan, who won silver in the event.

Who won gold when Kerrigan won silver?

At the Olympics, Kerrigan won the silver medal in a controversial showdown with gold medal winner Oksana Baiul. She then started touring and performed with several ice skating troupes that included Champions on Ice and Broadway on Ice. In 2017, she was a contestant on season 24 of Dancing with the Stars.

Who has 5 gold medals in ice skating?

Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are the only figure skaters to win five Olympic medals (3 gold, 2 silver). Swedish figure skater Gillis Grafström (3 gold, 1 silver) and Russian figure skater Evgeni Plushenko (2 gold, 2 silver) each have four medals.

Who won gold in pair skating?

Four years after they were less than half a point from Olympic glory, two-time world champions Sui Wenjing and Han Cong of China captured the pair skating gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, triumphing with a 239.88 and celebrating in front of a raucous home crowd inside the Capital Indoor Stadium.

Who won the first gold medal in figure skating?

In London, figure skating was presented in four events: men's singles, women's singles, men's special figures, and mixed pairs. The special figures contest was won by Russian Nikolai Panin, who gave his country its first ever Olympic gold medal.

Did Nancy Kerrigan ever win a gold medal?

Nancy Kerrigan won two Olympic medals in figure skating, a bronze in 1992, and a silver in 1994. If only that were all to her story. Kerrigan first competed internationally at the 1991 World Championships, where she received a bronze medal.

Did Oksana Baiul beat Nancy Kerrigan?

Friday's long program was a wondrous thing, with the final outcome decided by the narrowest margin imaginable. Four judges favored Baiul, four Kerrigan. The ninth judge had them even, but since he gave Baiul a higher artistic mark, she got the gold. It wasn't an altogether popular result.

Why did Tara Lipinski win gold?

She was awarded 5.8s and 5.9s for her technical and artistic scores, and earned six out of nine first-place marks from the judges, winning the gold medal because the free skate was weighted more heavily than the short program. Lipinski was the youngest Olympic gold medalist in figure skating history.

When did Johnny Weir win gold?

Johnny Weir, US Figure Skating National Championships, 2004, gold medalist. At age 19, Johnny was the youngest men's champion since 1991.

Who Won gold 1994 figure skating?

Oksana Baiul, (born November 16, 1977, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, U.S.S.R. [now Ukraine]), Ukrainian figure skater who at age 16 won the Olympic gold medal for women's figure skating at the 1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer, Norway.

Did Nancy Kerrigan get robbed?

First she got mugged, now she has been robbed. Life, fate and figure skating took one last unfair twist for Nancy Kerrigan. She was sparkling.

Was Nancy Kerrigan robbed of the gold medal?

Nancy Kerrigan was not robbed of the gold medal. She was beaten by a better skater, Oksana Baiul. As much as the gold would have given an appropriate fairy-tale ending to Walt Disney's newest signee, it just wasn't meant to be. And let's all - Nancy included - stop blaming the judges.

Did Kerrigan ever skate again?

After the Olympics, Kerrigan became a professional, non-competitive ice skater and participated in shows like Footloose on Ice and Broadway on Ice. And she still takes part in skating events today.

Did Michelle Kwan win Olympic gold?

Figure skater Michelle Kwan won a silver medal in 1998 — when she was just 17 — and a bronze in 2002. Though she never won a gold medal, she was known as one of the most popular figure skaters of her time. She was gearing up for her third Olympics when an injury ended her career.

How do figure skaters not get cut?

Figure skating blades aren't like knives.

The blades also have two edges with a grooved, concave center. This means that the female skaters' weight is distributed over a slightly larger area than if the blades had a single, super-thin edge, like knives do.

Who has landed a triple axel?

Her countrywoman Ito Midori was the first (Lillehammer 1992), followed by another Japanese skater in Asada Mao (2010 and 2014). American Mirai Nagasu was the lone skater to land one at PyeongChang 2018, while ROC's Kamila Valieva landed one in the team event last week in Beijing.

How old was Tonya Harding when she landed the triple axel?

Harding, who was just 20 years old at the time, won the women's singles title that day with a near perfect performance. “I just did it. Nobody else did it,” she continued. “Nobody helped me land that triple axel right there in that moment.”

When did Tara Lipinski win gold?

American figure skater Tara Lipinski in 1998 became the youngest female in her sport to win an Olympic gold medal.

Who won bronze in pairs figure skating?

Mishina/Galliamov honor Russian music in bronze-winning free

ROC's Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov scored a 154.95 with a free skate that paid homage to Russian music to capture bronze in the pairs competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Why was the silver medalist in figure skating upset?

She was visibly upset because her history-making five quadruple jumps proved not enough. “I hate this sport,” she shouted at the side of the rink. “I won't go onto the ice again.” She was also heard saying, "Everyone has one and I don't," apparently referring to the gold medal.

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