Lowering the curtain: Last hurrah for Eldredge
This is the beginning of the end for Todd Eldredge. The six-time American men's figure skating champion has said the Salt Lake Olympics will be his last, lowering the curtain on what has been an extraordinary competitive career: six national titles, six world medals, a fourth-place showing at the 1998 Nagano Olympics and countless international titles.

Russians edge Canadians for gold in figure skating
The Olympic pairs figure skating medals were given out Monday evening in what may become one of the most controversial pairs competitions in Olympic history.

A Russian pairs victory sparks an outcry
Canada's Olympic delegation called for an investigation into the judging that gave the Russians the pairs gold medal over the Canadian team.

Yagudin wins short program, Goebel third
The Russian rivalry fizzled as soon as world champion Evgeny Plushenko crashed to the ice Tuesday night. In its place could be a free skate to gold for Alexei Yagudin.

Figure Skating: Men's short program results

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Figure skating was Games' first winter sport Skating's roots may stretch back as far as the Middle Ages, where drawings depict ancient gods wearing huge "skis" with runners. In 1850, E.W. Bushnell introduced the first steel-bladed skates, which revolutionized the sport by making possible more intricate twists and turns.

Up close: Figure skating It's the most popular sport of the Winter Olympics. The grace and artistry of Olympic skating is never difficult to express.

Skating is a real sport Sigh. Yes, Virginia, figure skating is a sport. I know, I know. There are sequins on the costumes, short skirts on the ladies and more routines choreographed to movie themes than you can three-turn or twizzle to.

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Figure skating medalists in Nagano