Sports Pulse: USA TODAY Sports reporter Rachel Axon breaks down the IOC's decision to ban Russia from the Winter Olympics. USA TODAY Sports
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Mirai Nagasu. Ashley Wagner. Bradie Tennell. Karen Chen. Polina Edmunds. Mariah Bell.
Elite U.S. athletes all, their names are not nearly as famous as those of their iconic predecessors: Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill, Kristi Yamaguchi, Michelle Kwan, Tara Lipinski, Sarah Hughes.
Will they ever be? There’s almost no chance of that. The axis of power in women’s figure skating has left the United States and moved east to Russia and Asia.