Skating

From 10-year-old sweepers to Olympic hopefuls, the multiday competition in St. Louis felt bigger than a competition.

The country's top figure skaters are going toe to toe for a chance to land a spot in the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics next month. Check out the scene from inside one of the country's largest figure skating stages.

Bradie Tennell has rediscovered her love of figure skating after injuring her ankle in 2023.

A St. Louisan has built a makeshift ice rink outside her Tower Grove South home. Her kids have spent the past several days playing hockey on the rink. It comes as the city has faced freezing temperatures following the early January snowstorm.

The Olympic qualifying event is the latest in a number of high-profile athletic events that St. Louis has landed for the next couple of years.

With a score of 141-104, Arch Rival ultimately placed second in the tournament after a hard- fought bout against long-standing champions Portland’s Rose City Rollers.

Gabe Montesanti moved to St. Louis to further her education as a writer, but little did she know she would find so much more in the world of roller derby.

Forest Park leaders want to know what visitors to the park think of a plan to make the Steinberg Pavilion and Rink available year-round. Forest Park plans to make substantial renovations to the rink, which has been an attraction for more than six decades.

A historic St. Louis church-turned-skatepark caught on fire in June, leaving just a shell of a building and charred rubble. Skateboarders like Avian Duke no longer have a physical home, but he said the heart of the skating community remains.

Prominent local roller skater Xavier Alexander, known as Professor X, has been skating in St. Louis for more than 25 years.