Nassau Coliseum, an arena with a tradition of icy championships, can house the figure-skating competition.

One viewer's meat being another's poison, the disks present highlights of events, with only the figure-skating competition presented in its entirety.

That attitude was tested almost at once, with the controversy surrounding the disputed judging of the pairs figure-skating competition.

Indeed, until this year no figure-skating competition outside the Olympics had ever been televised in prime time, live or otherwise.

A nervous guessing game precedes every international figure-skating competition.

Orser, the Canadian and world champion, won the short program of the men's figure-skating competition.

For the first time in three figure-skating competitions, Michelle Kwan did not fall today.

The issue reached a climax on Saturday night in the final minutes of the freestyle portion of the women's figure-skating competition.

Then it will shift to some special figure-skating competitions to fill out the football season.

Thirty years to the day later, we may get closure in a figure-skating competition.