Russia’s Irina Slutskaya, who became the first woman to land a triple-triple-double combination jump at last year’s world figure skating championships and barely missed pulling that feat off twice, ...

MOSCOW — Breathing heavily and weakened by a heart ailment, Irina Slutskaya of Russia delivered an impassioned and athletic performance yesterday to take the lead after the women’s short program at ...

Irina Slutskaya's life has been anything but placid since the last Olympics. Slutskaya almost quit the sport. She returned to become the only skater with a winning record against Michelle Kwan. She ...

Russia's reigning world figure skating champion, Irina Slutskaya, said she plans to compete at the upcoming world championships at MCI Center despite coping with a family illness and the threat of a U ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 19 -- As Michelle Kwan skated tonight, Russian Irina Slutskaya stood in the bowels of the Salt Lake Ice Center good-naturedly bobbing from reporter to reporter, taking their ...