LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Alexei Yagudin won the short program Tuesday ... ahead of France’s Brian Joubert, whose quad combination contained a double. Ilya Klimkin also hit a quad-triple ...

With Yagudin out, France's Brian Joubert won the men's program. Alexander Abt of Russia was second, and Matt Savoie of Peoria, Ill., was third. Two-time U.S. champion Michael Weiss was fifth.

"I can't control myself . . . Every movement I do . . . it hurts a lot." In Yagudin's absence, France's Brian Joubert earned the Skate America title; Russia's Alexander Abt finished second and ...

Yagudin said he was born with a bad right hip ... I couldn't just watch the other guys compete.'' Brian Joubert of France was in second place and Russia's Alexander Abt was third.

The surprise of the night was 18-year-old Brian Joubert of France, who got a standing ovation, which Yagudin didn't. Although print media haven't been privy to any ordinals this week, an ABC ...

In his absence, Brian Joubert of France won the title. “I am worried,” Yagudin said. “It’s like darkness in front of me. But I really believe I will be back. I’ll try to do everything to ...

VANCOUVER, B.C., March 20 -- Bolstered by his three consecutive world titles but little else, Russia's Alexei Yagudin had no idea how he would fare tonight when skating onto the ice for the men's ...

Yagudin fought through his final free program ... In a startling ascent to the top of European figure skating, France’s Brian Joubert, 17, won the bronze at his first European championships.

Five days ago, Olympic figure skating champion Alexei Yagudin was expressing relief that the pain in his right hip seemed to be going away. Friday night, after winning the men’s short program at ...

The challenge wasn’t landing quadruple jumps and impressing judges. No, Alexei Yagudin’s biggest battle last weekend was erasing the doubts in his head. He knew he could beat skating rival ...