Russian Irina Slutskaya missed most of the 2003-04 season because of a mysterious illness that caused great pain in her legs and was eventually diagnosed as vasculitis, an inflammation of the blood ...

MOSCOW, Russia-- Former world and European champion Irina Slutskaya has announced her retirement from figure skating, saying "she has had enough". "I'm not sure what I'm going to do in the next five ...

The fans waved hundreds of Russian flags. Dozens of stuffed toys cascaded from the stands to surround Irina Slutskaya on the ice at Luzhniki Sports Palace. Chants of “molodyets!” (Well done!) rang in ...

MOSCOW -- Irina Slutskaya will skip next month's European championships, but she plans to skate at the March World Championships despite being idle all season with heart problems and other ailments.

In a battle for figure skating supremacy, Irina Slutskaya and Sasha Cohen will slug it out in the much-anticipated Turin Winter Games free program early tomorrow morning. Cohen, a diminutive ...

championships, but she plans to skate at the March World Championships despite being idle all season with heart problems and other ailments. Slutskaya is back on the ice for limited practices, though ...

Russia’s Irina Slutskaya won her first world figure skating title Saturday in Nagano, Japan, leaving runner-up Michelle Kwan with more world medals than any U.S. skater ever. Both were overshadowed by ...

LYON, France – Irina Slutskaya never dreamed of topping Sonja Henie or Katarina Witt. The Russian now stands above both greats. Slutskaya won her record seventh title at the European figure skating ...

Russian Irina Slutskaya will not defend her world title at the World Figure Skating Championships in Washington because of her mother's battle with a kidney illness. Event organizers received the news ...

MOSCOW, Russia-- Former world and European champion Irina Slutskaya has announced her retirement from figure skating, saying "she has had enough". "I'm not sure what I'm going to do in the next five ...