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2002 Gold Medalist Sarah Hughes Dismayed by ROC Drama in Figure Skating Final
Olympic gold medalist Sarah Hughes is dismayed by what she saw during the women’s free skate competition on Thursday.
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Hear Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski Elaborate on Their Olympic Doping Outrage
Team USA figure skating pair Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir have spoken out against Kamila Valieva’s inclusion in the 2022 Winter Olympics. Valieva was found to have tested positive for a banned substance in December but was ruled eligible to compete in the Olympics. “Seeing her on the Olympic ice right now with everything we discovered over the last...
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Look Back At Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir's Olympic Figure Skating Careers
Before Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir were broadcasters for NBC at the Winter Olympics, they both had impressive figure skating careers. Here’s everything about their Olympic careers.
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Weir, Lipinski Express Outrage, Limit Commentary During Kamila Valieva's Skate
Johnny Weir and Tara Lipinski were uncharacteristically quiet during Russian Olympic Committee skater Kamila Valieva’s performance Tuesday morning after the announcers expressed outrage and disappointment that the 15-year-old was allowed to perform amid a doping scandal.
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Tara Lipinski, Johnny Weir Display ASMR Skills in Olympics Interview
Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir gave an interview in ASMR at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Freestyle with Gus Kenworthy: Trying spicy ramen in Tokyo
Olympians Gus Kenworthy, Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir explore Japanese cuisine by trying three types of ramen – and find out which one is too hot to handle.
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Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir Made the Olympics More Chill with ASMR
We love Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir for being big and bold. But the NBC Sports commentators and former Olympians agreed to get really, really quiet for their first ASMR interview with NBCLX storyteller Fernando Hurtado. (And Johnny called it the strangest moment of their lives.)
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Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir Made the Olympics More Chill with ASMR
We love Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir for being big and bold. But the NBC Sports commentators and former Olympians agreed to get really, really quiet for their first ASMR interview with NBCLX storyteller Fernando Hurtado. (And Johnny called it the strangest moment of their lives.)
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Johnny Weir Says Japan Has Shaped His Career As An Entertainer
The two-time Olympian, who is currently in Tokyo as an NBC correspondent with fellow figure skater Tara Lipinski, called the country “one of the most instructional and beautiful places.”
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Figure Skating Coach Sued Over Alleged Sexual Molestation
A former USA National Team figure skater has filed a lawsuit alleging a coach sexually assaulted him on numerous occasions, including at a U.S. Figure Skating event in San Diego.
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A Star Is Born: Alysa Liu, 13, Becomes Youngest US Women's Figure Skating Champion
The figure skating world has a new star this weekend and she’s from the East Bay. Alysa Liu, 13, won the U.S. National Seniors Championship, the youngest in history.
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Lipinski's Former Skating Coach Suspended 20 Years After Sex Misconduct Claims
A celebrated figure-skating coach has been suspended nearly 20 years after male skaters first leveled sexual misconduct allegations against him, NBC News reported. Richard Callaghan, who coached Olympic gold medalist Tara Lipinski, was suspended by the U.S. Figure Skating Committee and the watchdog group U.S. Center for SafeSport amid a new investigation. Callaghan did not immediately respond to a request...
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How to Watch the Closing Ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics
Another Olympics is in the books. The Pyeongchang closing ceremony capped off the 2018 Winter Games Sunday morning. It will air on primetime at 8 p.m. ET. Jessie Diggins has been named the U.S. flag bearer after an incredibly gutsy performance to take home the country’s first-ever gold medal in Cross-Country. The closing ceremony emphasized the “human spirit of perseverance.”...
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How a 15-Year-Old Girl Became the World's Best Figure Skater
Just 26 days older than a 15-year-old Tara Lipinski in 1998, Alina Zagitova’s back-loaded, point-gobbling programs and seemingly unbreakable teenage nerve earned the Olympic Athletes from Russia team its first gold medal of the 2018 Pyeongchang Games.
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Inside Tara's and Johnny's Closets
NBC Olympic figure skating analysts and fashionistas Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir give a tour of their closets and insight into their fashion strategy.
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Tara Lipinski, Johnny Weir to Host Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony
Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir’s broadcast booth fashions and fiery figure skating commentary has delighted Olympic viewers with their larger-than-life personalities. And when the last figure skating event of the Pyeonchang Games ends on Friday (Thursday night in the U.S), fans won’t have to say goodbye to the duo, or their no-holds-barred approach to commentating, just yet.
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Leslie Jones, Tara Lipinski, and Johnny Weir Are ‘Crazy in Love' With the Olympics
The Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang are so crazy right now — and people are loving it. Most incredibly, it’s your girls Leslie Jones and Tara Lipinski and your boy, Johnny Weir in an epic “Crazy in Love” parody video. NBC commentator and “SNL” comedian Jones joined Olympians-turned-figure skating analysts Lipinkski and Weir for a fierce strut to Beyoncé’s 2003...
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Germany's Savchenko, Massot Flawless in Winning Pairs Gold; Knierims Finish 15th
Aliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot were flawless as the rest of the top contenders fell, and their free skate was enough to give the German pair Olympic gold. Savchenko and Massot scored 159.31 points in their program set to music by Armand Amar on the final day of pairs skating at the Pyeongchang Games. That gave them 235.90 points, catapulting...
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‘I Want to Be Like Them': Pride for Asian-American Skaters as They Take to Olympic Ice
Ten-year-old U.S. Figure Skating juvenile boys champion Keita Horiko and his brother have Olympic-size dreams, and when they watch figure skating at the Pyeongchang Games, they’ve got plenty of role models — a history-making U.S. figure skating team where half of the 14 members are Asian-American.
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Road to No. 100: A History of US Winter Olympic Gold Medals
Shaun White made history for Team USA on Tuesday night when he captured the 100th all-time Winter Olympic gold medal for the United States, winning his third career gold medal in the men’s snowboard halfpipe. Here’s a look at the United States’ gold medal history at the Winter Olympics, and Team USA’s road to No. 100.