Kazakhstan’s Olympic Medalist Skater Denis Ten Stabbed to Death

Figure Skating – Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics – Men Single Skating short program competition – Gangneung Ice Arena - Gangneung, South Korea – Feb. 16, 2018 - Denis Ten of Kazakhstan performs. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo

ALMATY, Kazakhstan—Denis Ten, an Olympic bronze medalist figure skater, was stabbed to death on Thursday in his native Kazakhstan.

Police in Almaty said Ten, 25, was knifed during a struggle with two men he had caught trying to steal the mirrors on his car. Police have opened a murder investigation.