ALEXANDRA TRUSOVA

Achieving a goal and achieving happiness are two entirely different things.

The Olympic figure skating program at the Beijing Games probably won't be remembered for the soaring performances of American gold medalist Nathan Chen, French ice dancers Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron or the Chinese pairs team of Sui Wenjing and Han Cong.

The quadruple jumps that sent Russian world champ Anna Shcherbakova to the gold medal and teammate Alexandra Trusova to the silver could be a thing of the past by the 2026 Games.

Russia’s trio of teenage figure skating stars each enter an uncertain future after what may be the most dramatic night in their sport's history.

Anna Shcherbakova won a stunning gold medal in women’s figure skating at the Beijing Games while Russian teammate Kamila Valieva tumbled all the way out of the medals after a mistake-filled end to her controversial Olympics.

A triple jump used to be the gold standard in figure skating. Now it's the quad. For the first time at an Olympics, a woman - Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva - landed a quad in competition.

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva was allowed to skate at the Olympics in the short program partly because her age gives her extra rights as a “protected person” in a doping case.

Freestyler skier Alex Hall has led a 1-2 American finish in the men’s Olympic slopestyle competition in Beijing.

Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue won the final Skate America of their careers on Sunday by a tiny margin.