MOSCOW — Miki Ando of Japan was skating for a world title. In her heart, she also was competing for those in her wounded homeland. Ando defeated Olympic champion Kim Yu-na of South Korea, prevailing ...

MOSCOWMOSCOW — Miki Ando of Japan has won the gold at the figure skating world championships in Moscow, her second world title. Olympic champion Kim Yu-na had gone into Saturday’s free skate with a ...

Miki Ando of Japan during an exhibition event in Tokyo on April 22, 2012. Ando has revealed she secretly had a baby during a break from competition, but vowed to come back and seek a spot in next year ...

BEIJINGBEIJING — Former world champion Miki Ando dominated Saturday’s free skate despite a watered-down routine to win the Cup of China. Ando, who had been in third place after Friday’s short program, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... READING, Pa.—There are so many ups and downs in figure skating, and Miki Ando knows about all of them. On and off the ice. Ando has gone from rising star to ...

YOKOHAMA, JAPAN - AUGUST 22: Miki Ando of Japan performs during ‘Friends on Ice 2013' at Shin-Yokohama Skate Center on August 22, 2013 in Yokohama, Japan. (Photo by Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images) Getty ...

Six-year-old Lexi Levene now has an Olympian's autograph on one of her tiny ice skates. Lexi and her mother Kristin Burkhart, of New Canaan, were two of the dozens of people who turned out to the Boys ...

Freed from the constraints of competition, retired athletes often change directions. Some go into business, a few into TV, others into coaching or various endeavors. For two-time world champion Miki ...

It used to be you made an announcement when you got married, or divorced, or had a baby, or graduated from university, or celebrated an anniversary. But with Instagram, you tell the world when you've ...

Japan's Miki Ando stands on the podium after winning the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Moscow, on April 30, 2011. Ando has revealed she secretly had a baby during a break from competition, ...