Winter Olympics

Karina Akopova & Nikita Rakhmanin’s Long Road to Armenia and Olympic Ice

By Maria Bagdasarova

(Featured Photo: © Asatur Yesayants / YantsImages )

At the Milano Cortina Olympics, Karina Akopova and Nikita Rakhmanin are the first pair skaters to represent Armenia at the Games since 2002. The pair secured their Olympic quota at the ISU Skate to Milano qualifying competition in Beijing in September 2025, re-establishing themselves on the international stage after more than a three-year hiatus. The path to the moment when Karina Akopova and Nikita Rakhmanin finally sat in a kiss-and-cry with “Armenia” next to their names was far from straightforward. As they prepare to compete on the Olympic ice this weekend, they have a clear objective in mind: to represent Armenia with confidence and pride on the world’s biggest stage.

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2026 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

Italy plays host to the Winter Olympic Games for the first time in 20 years as the best figure skaters in the world strive for glory in Milan.

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Denis Ten: “Korea Is Not A Foreign Place For Me”

By Hiro Yoshida

Since winning the bronze medal at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Denis Ten has endured four years of highs and lows in competition and battled with injury. As he approaches his third Olympics in his ancestral homeland, the Kazakhstani skater has more on his mind than merely winning a medal. (more…)