Carolina Kostner

In an article dated May 8, 2012 the United States Sports Academy announced figure skater Carolina Kostner of Italy was chosen as the female Athlete of the Month for April. She is joined by male Athlete of the Month for April Bubba Watson who won ...  

Erstmals in ihrer Karriere ist die Italienerin Carolina Kostner Eiskunstlauf-Weltmeisterin geworden. Die 25-Jährige, die in Oberstdorf ... weiterlesenMehr zum ThemaWM-Gold zwischen Champagnerlaune und "Fuselfehlern"Kanadier Chan bleibt WeltmeisterWM-Gold an Chan und Kostner - Deutsche nur RandfigurenHerren siegen bei WM-AuftaktKossitschkin gestorben  

Carolina Kostner gave Italy their first ever women's figure skating gold at the world championships here on Saturday.The 25-year-old took the title ahead of Russia's Alena Leonova, with Akiko Suzuki of Japan taking bronze after the free skating final.It is the fourth world medal for four-time European champion Kostner, who won bronze in 2005 and 2011 and silver in 2008.  

NICE, France (REUTERS) - If anyone had suggested a week ago that Carolina Kostner would be the only gold medallist at the world championships to produce a flawless free skate, it would have been scoffed at as an April Fools joke.  

NICE, France -- Carolina Kostner of Italy won the world figure skating title Saturday, delivering a graceful performance of mesmerizing steps and spins for her first gold medal at a major event. Patrick Chan of Canada captured the men's title ...  

NICE, France — Patrick Chan felt it was his destiny to win another world figure skating title on the day his former coach and mentor, Osborne Colson, used to celebrate his birthday. For Carolina Kostner, it was a first world gold after years of trying.  

NICE, France — Patrick Chan felt it was his destiny to win another world figure skating title on the day his former coach and mentor, Osborne Colson, used to celebrate his birthday. For Carolina Kostner, it was a first world gold after years ...  

NICE, France — Brezina clearly felt it, falling on his quad toe loop and then putting both hands on the ice after landing awkwardly on a quad salchow. He wound up sixth. While Takahashi had the best performance, Hanyu's was by far the most emotional ...  

NICE, France - Carolina Kostner of Italy won the world figure skating title for the first time Saturday, while Patrick Chan won the men's title for the second straight year. Kostner, last year's runner-up and the reigning European champion ...  

Carolina Kostner of Italy won the world figure skating title Saturday for her first gold medal at a major event, and Patrick Chan of Canada captured the men’s title for the second straight year.  

Globe and MailFigure skating-Kostner ends Italy's wait, champion Chan booedChicago TribuneIt was a scene all too familiar to Carolina Kostner but the Italian finally ended a decade of disappointment as she and Chan were crowned champions at the world figure skating championships on Saturday. Related Figure skating-Kostner ends Italy's wait, ...Canada's Chan, Italy's Kostner win world figure skating titlesSI.comItaly's Carolina Kostner, Canada...  

Suzuki, Kostner) Carolina Kostner ITA - triple toe-triple toe, steps into triple loop (completely off-axis in the air and landed it like nothing happened), double axel - TES 36.34, PCS 33.14, SP SCORE 69.48 Akiko Suzuki JPN - triple toe-triple toe ...  

NICE, France, March 31 (UPI) -- Carolina Kostner brought Italy its first-ever women's figure skating world gold medal Saturday with her performance at the World Figure Skating Championships. Kostner, 25, used a superior free skate mark of 128.94 ...  

NICE - Long the golden girl of Italian figure skating Carolina Kostner finally came of age on Saturday as she stood on the top of the podium after being crowned women's champion at the world championships. The 25-year-old from Bolzano gave Italy their ...  

Russian figure skater Alena Leonova, the leader after the short program of the world championships in Nice, lost 5.66 points to Carolina Kostner of Italy and took the silver. Leonova garnered only 119.67 points in free skating, the fourth result among all ...  

Carolina Kostner finally produced the magical performance she had long promised at the world championships to become the first Italian woman to win the title on Saturday. She has been the standout female skater in Europe for more than six years, winning ...  

NICE, France (Reuters) - If anyone had suggested a week ago that Carolina Kostner would be the only gold medallist at the world championships to produce a flawless free skate, it would have been scoffed at as an April Fools joke. Yet the 25-year ...  

Hosts Japan are pinning their hopes on world men's silver medallist Daisuke Takahashi, women's bronze medallist Akiko Suzuki and pairs bronze winners Narumi Takahashi and Mervin Tran. Olympic women's silver medallist Mao Asada, the 2008 and 2010 world ...  

NICE, France — Carolina Kostner, of Italy, won the world figure skating title Saturday, delivering a graceful performance of mesmerizing steps and spins for her first gold medal at a major event. Patrick Chan, of Canada, captured the men’s ...  

The Italian won the world figure skating title, delivering a graceful performance of mesmerizing steps and spins for her first gold medal at a major event.  

NICE, France (AP) — Patrick Chan felt it was his destiny to win another world figure skating title on the day his former coach and mentor, Osborne Colson, used to celebrate his birthday. For Carolina Kostner, it was a first world gold after ...  

She becomes the first Russian woman on the podium since Irina Slutskaya won the title in Moscow in 2005. Akiko, 27, takes her first world medal as her teammates, two-time world champion Mao Asada and Kanako Murakami, who had been second after the short ...  

Leonova followed in the blades of her idol Irina Slutskaya when she became the first Russian woman in seven years to win a medal at the world championships. The 21-year-old swapped the knee-high pirate boots she donned for Thursday's short programme for ...  

Patrick Chan felt it was his destiny to win another world figure skating title on the day his former coach and mentor, Osborne Colson, used to celebrate his birthday. For Carolina Kostner, it was a first world gold after years of trying.  

None was more painful than the one she suffered a hop, skip and jump away from the French Riviera. At the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics she became the butt of jokes in her country after falling on her bottom on practically every jump she attempted.  

None was more painful than the one she suffered a hop, skip and jump away from the French Riviera. At the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics she became the butt of jokes in her country after falling on her bottom on practically every jump she attempted.  

The 25-year-old took the title ahead of Russia's Alena Leonova, with Akiko Suzuki of Japan taking bronze after the free skating final. It is the fourth world medal for four-time European champion Kostner, who won bronze in 2005 and 2011 and ...  

NICE, France - Carolina Kostner of Italy won the world figure skating title Saturday, delivering a graceful performance of mesmerizing steps and spins for her first gold medal at a major event.  

Ninth time a charm after magical performance in women’s free skate on Saturday