PIX: Diplomacy under microscope at Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony

'Peace' Games get underway IMAGE: Performers during the Pyeongchang Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremony at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium. Photograph: PyeongChang 2018/Twitter The Winter Olympics......

PHOTOS: Classy Medvedeva bags world figure skating title on debut

IMAGE: Gold medalist Evgenia Medvedeva of Russia competes at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships Ladies Free Skate program in Boston, Massachusetts. Photograph: Brian Snyder/Reuters Russian......

2018 Olympics: Figure skating 'Queen' Yuna named honorary ambassador

Yuna Kim of South Korea competes in the Figure Skating Ladies' Short Program. Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images Former Olympic figure skating champion Kim Yuna will play the role of honorary......

Japan's Asada wavering on retirement from competition

Japanese figure skater Mao Asada, who rebounded from a disastrous short programme at the Sochi Olympics to gain the best score of her career in the free skate, is now wavering on whether to retire......

Korean officials seek 'Queen Yuna' enquiry

The outcry over the judging in the women's Olympic figure skating competition took a new turn on Friday when South Korea's skating union requested an investigation into whether it was run fairly.......