The three U.S. women who will be going for Olympic gold when their figure skating competition begins Tuesday night are role models for a whole new generation.

Nathan Chen, Nancy Kerrigan and Peggy Fleming are among the figure skaters added to the cast of a benefit event this weekend in Washington, D.

A figure skating tribute will take place in Washington, D.

She is an exceptional athlete who has already won gold and silver in the Beijing Olympics.

Most of NBC’s announcers for the Winter Olympics in Beijing are going to be stationed stateside.

Tara Lipinski was a sprightly 15-year-old ballerina-on-ice when she won figure skating gold at the 1998 Nagano Olympics and Sarah Hughes but a year older when she did the same thing four years later in Salt Lake City.

Multiple medals at the World Figure Skating Championships are rare for the United States. Madison Hubbell and Zach Donohue collected bronze in ice dance. Hubbell and Donohue figure to be tested by Madison Chock and Evan Bates, with whom they have swapped U.S. titles in recent years. Hubbell and Donohue edged Chock and Bates in January at nationals, reversing the finish for each couple in 2019. “Madison Chock and Evan Bates have only competed once this season, where Madison Hubbell and Zach Donohue have been stellar in their events, and I think the momentum is in their favor.