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Yahoo
20-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Kaori Sakamoto to retire from figure skating after Olympic season
Kaori Sakamoto, a three-time world champion and Olympic silver and bronze medalist, plans to retire from competitive figure skating after the upcoming 2026 Olympic season, a move she previously hinted at over the past year. "I feel like I have less than a year left," she said in her native Japan on Thursday, according to a Kyodo News translation. "I'll be 29 at the following Olympics (in 2030), which is out of the question. I'll try to bring things to a close the year I turn 26. Advertisement "I've made the decision really fast. I felt now was the time. I was more or less fixed on it since saying, 'I see two years as one cycle' last year." Sakamoto, speaking at the opening of a new rink in her hometown of Kobe, said she plans to continue in the sport as a coach, according to Japanese media. Sakamoto followed her 2022 Olympic team silver and individual bronze medals by becoming the first women's singles skater to win three consecutive world titles (2022-24) since American Peggy Fleming from 1966-68. This past March, she earned silver at the worlds, just missing becoming the first woman to win four titles in a row since American Carol Heiss from 1956-60. Advertisement At worlds in Boston, she was fifth after the short program and improved to second in the free skate. She finished 4.99 points behind Alysa Liu, who won both programs to become the first American to claim a women's singles world title since 2006. Sakamoto had the highest total international event score over the entire season, recording that in last fall's Grand Prix Series. Sakamoto's short program for the 2025-26 season is set to "Time To Say Goodbye" by Sarah Brightman and Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, a fitting choice for her final season and the Milan Cortina Games. "Winning at least silvers in both the individual and team events (at the Olympics) would be mission completed," she said, according to Kyodo. "The time left is short, so I'll live each day to the fullest, and hopefully the results turn out to be what I'm wishing for." Kaori Sakamoto Kaori Sakamoto prepares for nerves, history at world figure skating championships Kaori Sakamoto bids for a feat not seen in 56 years at the world figure skating championships.
CNA
20-06-2025
- Sport
- CNA
Figure skating-Japan's Sakamoto to retire after 2026 Winter Olympics
Three-times world figure skating champion Kaori Sakamoto is to retire after the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics next year, the Japanese 25-year-old told reporters in Kobe on Friday. Sakamoto became the first woman in 56 years to win the figure skating world singles title three times in a row last year, matching the feat of American Peggy Fleming, who won three world titles between 1966-68. "I feel like I have less than a year left. I'll be 29 at the following Olympics, which is out of the question," Kyodo news reported Sakamoto as saying. "I'll try to bring things to a close the year I turn 26." Sakamoto, who won bronze at the 2022 Winter Olympics, missed out on a fourth straight world title in March when she finished runner-up to American Alysa Liu.
Yahoo
18-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
The happiest room in Des Moines? It might be Drake's Peggy's — again
DES MOINES, Iowa — In 1935, the little place on Forest Avenue got tossed onto its ear. 'It was a café owned by a woman named Peggy Fleming,' says current owner, Annie Baldwin. 'When she died, her husband Harlan 'Boots' Fleming turned it into a bar and named it after his wife. Peggy's Tavern was born that day on the Drake campus and it's seen only minor changes in the 90 years since. 'People don't want it to change,' says manager John Han. 'They want it to look the way they remember it looking when they were at Drake.' Peggy's added mixed drinks and expanded into the former Dick Pharmacy in the late 1990s, but has mostly kept the rest of its weathered, storied interior intact. 'The mural was painted in 1959,' says Baldwin, who purchased the bar from Mark Graziano in the last decade. 'The beer steins, booths, and bar go back nearly that far. We'd never want to change those.' Ankeny neighborhood faces possible rezoning, plans for Walmart Next week, the tiny bar will erect a giant tent and spill into is rear parking lot. Thousands of Drake students and alums will pack every inch to buy 30-50 kegs worth of beer over five days. 'It pretty much pays the bills for the whole year,' Han says of Relays week. Baldwin says the traditional Peggy's Relays cup will get a special twist for this year's 90th birthday celebration. 'We've ordered 12,000 of them,' she says. 'We'll break them out on Thursday, and by Saturday at 9pm they'll be gone. Every one of them.' Baldwin says for many Drake alums, Peggy's has been a part of their story. 'They tell me how they met their husband or wife, here,' she says. 'And nearly every year, someone gets down on a knee and proposes here. We've actually had a wedding in a tent out back.' Those returning to Peggy's this year will certainly relive some of their happy stories of college. They certainly won't find any reason to fear it won't continue to be a part of those stories for another 90 years. Metro News: The happiest room in Des Moines? It might be Drake's Peggy's — again Ankeny neighborhood faces possible rezoning, plans for Walmart Iowa State notes First Amendment Week A Drake Relay Homecoming for star runners Schweizer and Houlihan Simpson College President Jay Byers has died Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
04-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Olympic Champion Peggy Fleming on ‘Heartbreaking' Similarities Between D.C. Midair Collision and 1961 Crash (Exclusive)
Peggy Fleming, a former Olympian, tells PEOPLE the January plane crash involving U.S. Figure Skating shares some "heartbreaking" comparisons to the 1961 plane crash that killed 18 members of the community Fleming recently told that her coach was among those killed in the crash more than six decades ago The 1968 figure skating champion says she wouldn't have missed the event honoring the victims of the January crash "for anything" Peggy Fleming, a 1968 Olympic champion in figure skating, is opening up about the 'heartbreaking' similarities between the Washington D.C. plane crash and the 1961 plane crash at the beginning of her career. Fleming, 76, is one of many who attended the Legacy on Ice event at Capital One Arena in Washington D.C. on Sunday, March 2, honoring the members of the figure skating community who were killed when an American Airlines plane and U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided near Reagan National Airport on Wednesday, Jan. 29. The former Olympian tells PEOPLE that she is familiar with the feelings that she and others are experiencing after the devastating collision, having gone through a similar situation decades prior. Eighteen members of the U.S. figure skating community died when their plane went down as they traveled to the 1961 World Figure Skating Championships in the Czech Republic, according to NPR and CBS News. Fleming says she was just 12 years old and about to start her skating career when the 1961 crash occurred. 'Now it's happening again. It's unreal, and it's so heartbreaking,' the retired skater says. Fleming recently told Today that she lost her coach in the 1961 crash, which "really affected" her. "But we rose up,' she told the outlet. U.S. Figure Skating said 28 members of the community died in the January crash, which killed 67 people in total. Eleven of the victims were young skaters from five different clubs, according to a tribute video shared to the U.S. Figure Skating Instagram page on Monday, Feb. 3. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Sunday's event honoring the victims included an emotional performance by 23-year-old Maxim Naumov, whose parents, 1994 World Figure Skating pairs champions Evgenia 'Zhenya' Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, were among those killed in the crash. Fleming tells PEOPLE she wouldn't have missed the Legacy On Ice event 'for anything.' 'To watch this show tonight, this audience got the best show ever,' she says, adding, 'It has to make the skaters feel loved and supported. This was a very strong show.' Legacy on Ice will air on NBC on March 30 at 1 p.m. ET. Read the original article on People
USA Today
01-03-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
What to know about the figure skating tribute show for plane crash victims
What to know about the figure skating tribute show for plane crash victims Show Caption Hide Caption A timeline of the fatal DC plane crash This is how events unfolded before the fatal plane crash at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. A little more than a month after a passenger plane collided with a military helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport, dozens of past and present stars of U.S. Figure Skating will host a two-hour exhibition Sunday to pay tribute to those who died in the crash. The tribute show, titled "Legacy on Ice," will feature dozens of the most well-known faces in American figure skating, from 1968 Olympic champion Peggy Fleming to 2022 Olympic champion Nathan Chen. All proceeds from the exhibition, which runs from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. ET, will benefit the families of the victims who died in the Jan. 29 mid-air collision and the first responders who worked on the scene. Here's everything you need to know about Sunday's show: The purpose behind the 'Legacy on Ice' tribute show U.S. Figure Skating announced earlier this month that it would be hosting "Legacy on Ice" at Capital One Arena in Washington, just a few miles from the site of the Jan. 29 crash over a portion of the Potomac River. The passenger plane involved in the incident had been returning from Wichita, Kansas, where much of the U.S. figure skating community had recently gathered for the 2025 national championships − and some of the top young figure skaters in the country then remained for a national development camp. Of the 60 passengers on the plane, U.S. Figure Skating later revealed, nearly half were figure skaters, coaches or family members returning home from the camp. In total, all 67 people aboard the two aircrafts died in the collision, authorities said. The National Transportation Safety Board is still investigating the cause of the incident. U.S. Figure Skating and Monumental Sports, which operates Capital One Arena, have portrayed "Legacy on Ice" as both a chance for the figure skating community to collectively mourn those lost in the crash as well as try to financially support their families through ticket sales and donations. The clubs, families impacted by the Jan. 29 crash According to U.S. Figure Skating, 28 members of the figure skating community died in the mid-air collision on Jan. 29 − including 11 skaters, all between the ages of 11 and 16. The victims include: Franco Aparicio, 14 (Washington Figure Skating Club) Brielle Beyer, 12 (Skating Club of Northern Virginia) Jinna Han, 13 (Skating Club of Boston) Cory Haynos, 15 (Skating Club of Northern Virginia) Sean Kay, 11 (University of Delaware Figure Skating Club) Spencer Lane, 16 (Skating Club of Boston) Alydia Livingston, 11 (Washington Figure Skating Club) Everly Livingston, 14 (Washington Figure Skating Club) Olivia Eve Ter, 12 (Ion Figure Skating Club, Leesburg, Virginia) Angela Yang, 11 (University of Delaware Figure Skating Club) Edward Zhou, 16 (Skating Club of Northern Virginia) Four coaches were also on board the fatal flight, including married couple Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, who won the 1994 pairs world championship with Russia. The skaters and their families represented a handful of figure skating clubs along the East Coast, specifically in the Washington area, Boston and Delaware. Olympic stars slated to perform at 'Legacy on Ice' Sunday's exhibition will be co-hosted by 1988 Olympic gold medalist Brian Boitano and 1992 Olympic champion Kristi Yamaguchi. It will also feature performances, or appearances, by some of the most recognizable names in the history of the sport, including: Kitty and Peter Carruthers, 1984 Olympic Pairs Silver Medalists Nathan Chen, two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Peggy Fleming, 1968 Olympic Champion Scott Hamilton, 1984 Olympic Champion Nancy Kerrigan, 1994 Olympic Silver Medalist Ilia Malinin, 2024 World Champion U.S. figure skater Maxim Naumov, the son of Naumov and Shishkova, was also added to the list of participants earlier this week. He had been scheduled to compete in the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships after finishing fourth at nationals but withdrew following the Jan. 29 crash. What time is the 'Legacy on Ice' figure skating tribute show? The exhibition will run from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. ET on Sunday at Capital One Arena in downtown Washington. How to watch 'Legacy on Ice' An encore showing of the exhibition will air on NBC at 1 p.m. ET on March 30. How to stream 'Legacy on Ice' "Legacy on Ice" will be broadcast live on NBC's streaming service, Peacock. Contact Tom Schad at tschad@ or on social media @
