Chris Knierim

Figure skater Chris Knierim has announced his retirement

As Team USA piles up the hardware in Pyeongchang, relive every winning moment. Here’s a day-by-day look at the excitement and tears.

Team USA’s lone entry in pairs’ figure skating, Alexa Scimeca Knierim and Chris Knierim, finished the short program portion of the competition in 14th place Wednesday morning at Gangneung Ice Arena. The score qualified them for the next stage, free skate, set for Thursday morning. Skating to “Come What May” from “Moulin Rouge!” the Knierims scored a 65.55 — 34.18...

Mikaela Shiffrin was finally able to ski after days of delays. The 22-year-old’s highly anticipated debut in the giant slalom went flawlessly. She captured gold and sets herself up nicely for a big Games, with the women’s slalom event tomorrow. She is just getting started, as the skier could race in as many as five events. The figure skating pairs event...

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...

Figure skaters were busy at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Here’s a look at the top moments from each figure skating event.

Before heading out to skate on the Olympic ice Thursday, the Knierims saw the news of the deadly Florida high school shootings. The only U.S. pairs skaters at the games were hurting. “I’m emotionally drained,” Alexa Scimeca-Knierim said as she broke down in tears following one of the most difficult performances of their careers. “I kind of put pressure on...

All attention turned to the men’s halfpipe final. After yesterday’s qualifying round posted monster numbers, everyone was expecting an epic final, and epic it was. Shaun White reclaimed his Olympic title, winning Team USA’s 100th all-time Winter Olympic gold. White is now the first snowboarder to ever become a three-time Olympic champion. Japan’s Ayumu Hirano claimed silver, while Australia’s Scotty...

Primetime was again highlighted by the team figure skating event. American Bradie Tennell was able to keep her nerves in check, skating a clean short program. Red Gerard delivered in his final run to capture gold in the men’s snowboard slopestyle. Lastly, the wind has created some issues, postponing men’s downhill and women’s snowboard slopestyle. For the second Olympics in...

When you’re training and working with the same people every day, romantic sparks are bound to fly. In honor of Valentine’s Day, check out these Olympic athlete couples that show there’s more than just snow and ice in the air in Pyeongchang this year.

Love is in the air – and on the ice.

Lisa McKinnon’s love of fashion and skating is a winning combination, one that has taken her all the way to the Olympics.

The Winter Olympics is full of moments that one should really not try at home.

The high winds relented and allowed Mikaela Shiffrin to make her much anticipated debut at the Pyeongchang Games on Thursday (Wednesday night in the U.S.) Longtime women’s hockey rivals, Canada and the U.S., faced off and the Florida high school shooting left pairs skaters distraught. Here are the Pyeongchang Games by the numbers.

U.S. pairs figure skaters Alexa Scimeca Knierim and Chris Knierim took the ice on Valentine’s Day, but they had something else on their minds.

Here are five things to watch for from Pyeongchang Tuesday night and Wednesday morning (CT).

Team USA’s Bradie Tennell and ice dancers Maia and Alex Shibutani will compete in the figure skating team event, according the entry lists released on Friday evening. Figure skating’s team event continues Saturday in Primetime on NBC and NBCOlympics.com. Tennell is making her Olympic debut. The “Shib Sibs” competed at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, but did not partake in the...

Nathan Chen’s Olympic debut in Pyeongchang Friday fell flat. Chen was selected to skate the men’s program for the U.S. in the team event, but he struggled, falling down during the triple axel. “I’m really upset that I let the team down with that short program. Definitely not what I wanted to put out,” Chen told NBC Olympics after the...