A blood screening programme establishing a haematological profile for athletes has been scrapped by the International Skating Union (ISU) in favour of the athlete biological passport.

Lillehammer 1994 ladies singles gold medallist Oksana Baiul is reportedly set to feature in a film about former figure skater Sonja Henie.

Olympic bronze medallist Joannie Rochette is one of two figure skaters who will be inducted into Skate Canada's Hall of Fame.

United States figure skater Gracie Gold is to take time off five months before the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics to seek "professional help".

Canada has announced its short track speed skating team for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, following the 2018 team selections held in Montreal.

Canadian figure skaters Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir have selected music from the movie Moulin Rouge to compete to during the 2018 Olympic season.

Russia will be without two of its Olympic figure skating gold medallists from Sochi 2014 at Pyeongchang 2018, including individual women's champion Adelina Sotnikova.

Four Olympians - John Robert "JR" Celski, Jessica Kooreman, Katherine Reutter-Adamek and Lana Gehring - are in the 10-strong American short track squad for the upcoming International Skating Union World Cup season, which starts in Budapest on September 28.

Charles Hamelin has qualified for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games after finishing second overall at the Canadian short track speed skating team selections at the Maurice-Richard Arena in Montreal.

Olympic bronze medallist Joannie Rochette is among six new entries into the Skate Canada Hall of Fame.

Viktor Ahn, the world's most successful Olympic short track speed skater with six gold medals, will have the opportunity to seek more at next year's Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang after being named in the Russian team.

Reigning world and Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu has announced the piece of music he will be skating to during the free programme at Pyeongchang 2018.

Shawn Holman has been appointed as chief sport officer (CSO) at Speed Skating Canada.

South Korea have recruited another foreign athlete to represent them in next year's Winter Olympic Games by granting a passport to American ice dancer Alexander Gamelin.