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Cain and Leduc train in Euless, Texas, and are coached by her parents, Darlene and Peter Cain. They will be the lone U.S. pair entry at the world championships next month in Saitama, Japan. “I think this only sets us up better for worlds because it gave us adversity,” she said. “Nothing came easy today and we put out a really good performance.” … [Read more...] about Chinese pair Wenjing Sui and Cong Han win title at Four Continents event

At 13, Liu recently became the youngest U.S. women’s figure skating champion with a performance that included three triple axels, the difficult jump that’s actually 3½ rotations. She’s not old enough to compete in senior-level events, such as this week’s Four Continents Championships in Anaheim, and she can’t compete in junior-level events until next year. However, she would be eligible to compete in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, and although that seems a long way off, she isn’t impatient. “Time goes by fast,” she said Thursday at Honda Center. … [Read more...] about U.S. champion Alysa Liu watches and learns at Four Continents skating event

By The Associated Press Thu., Jan. 10, 2019 MOSCOW—World Anti-Doping Agency experts have started the process of copying data from a Moscow laboratory that could implicate numerous Russian athletes in past drug cases. “Work has started with the equipment, setting the equipment up and copying the database,” Russia Sports Minister Pavel Kolobkov said Thursday in televised comments. “Work is proceeding with full co-ordination because we discussed all the technical and organizational details before then.” In an emailed statement, WADA didn’t immediately confirm the data transfer had begun but said “the team has gained access to the lab and has not reported any issues so far.” WADA demanded in September that Russia turn over the data by Dec. 31 in return for lifting a nearly three-year suspension of Russia’s national anti-doping agency. Many Western athletes and organizations criticized WADA for letting Russia provide … [Read more...] about World Anti-Doping Agency hones in on Russian athletes

The U.S. and Europe face off in a Ryder Cup-style track meet three weeks before the world championships from Sept. 9-10. The meet, held in Minsk, Belarus, will be the first of its kind since the 1960s, according to European Athletics. It will include every individual Olympic track event up to 3000m, plus all of the throws and jumps and a mixed-gender relay, one year before the first Olympic mixed-gender relay in Tokyo. Track and field already has the IAAF Continental Cup, where teams from Europe, Africa, Asia/Pacific and North/South America compete in even-numbered, non-Olympic years. OlympicTalk is on Apple News. Favorite us! MORE: 2023 World Track and Field Championships get host … [Read more...] about U.S., Europe set Ryder Cup-style track meet before 2019 Worlds