About Emily Carlson the figure skater

The Turin Games were well under way by the time Emily Hughes became an Olympian. The opening ceremony was over, the flame was in full blaze, a couple of gold medals had even been handed out. At the time, Hughes didn't mind. She had dreamed of skating in the Olympics her whole life and there she finally was. It hardly mattered whether she was the No. 1 pick for the team or a last-minute substitute, whether she was the first to arrive at the Olympic village or sauntered in as they were shutting down the place. This time, she wants it all. "I want ... Read Full Story

Caydee Denney and Jeremy Barrett continued their meteoric rise Saturday, capturing the pairs competition at the US Figure Skating Championships Saturday to qualify for the upcoming Olympics. Denney and Barrett were easy winners in the free skate programme over the second-place pairing of Amanda Evora and Mark Ladwig. "Our free skate today was one of the best programmes we have ever done," Denney said. "It was just so much fun and I will remember that forever." The winners also placed first in the short programme Friday for a combined score of 190.30. Well back in second was Evora and Ladwig who finished with 173.78 ... Read Full Story

Two-time defending champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir were in their familiar spot atop the standings after the compulsory dance at the Canadian figure skating championships. The ice dance duo, who earned world championships silver in 2008 and bronze at last year's worlds, won both of their Grand Prix events this season and are firmly on track to represent Canada at the Vancouver Olympics next month. They earned 43.98 points on Thursday for their performance to Tango Romantica, with Vanessa Crone and Paul Poirer lying second on 37.27. Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje were third with a score of 36.87 after the first phase ... Read Full Story

Jessica Dube and Bryce Davison captured their second pairs title in a row to qualify for the Vancouver Winter Olympics by winning Saturday's free skate at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships. Dube and Davison won the long programme, which counts for two-thirds of the overall total score, with 135.40 points to 117.95 for Anabelle Langlois and Cody Hay, who had captured the short programme Friday. In the final standings Dube and Davison won with 198.27 points with Langlois and Hay taking the other Olympic spot with 183.42 points, 11.24 ahead of Meagan Duhamel and Craig Buntin. Women's and ice dance free skate finals were ... Read Full Story

Are you ready for the Winter Olympics in a Vancouver in a few weeks? Look for Mirai Nagasu on the ice for Team USA. Over the weekend , she competed in the 2010 United States Figure Skating Championships, where she placed first in the short program with a score 70.06 points and picked up a silver medal. Congrats and see you at the Olympics. Will she be this generation's Kristi Yamaguchi? Mirai Nagasu short program performance Read Full Story