While it was a busy summer for Mao Asada, the Japanese star is hoping the work she has invested will pay high dividends in the coming months. Last season was a tough one for Asada, both on and off the ice. She got off to a good start capturing silver at...
It was an emotional moment for China’s iconic pairs team Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao. After 20 years of skating together on the competitive and show stages, the duo took what is likely their final bow at “Artistry on Ice 2012: Red Temptation” in Beijing in...
The 2014 Olympic Winter Games will mark the end of an amazing amateur career for the Japanese star. “After Sochi, I quit. I don’t know yet what I will do after I finish competing. I may skate in professional shows but I do not know yet.” Heading into the...
It was a double whammy for Lucinda Ruh and her husband Antonio DeRosa when their twin girls, Angelica and Angelina, were born on May 21. Silvia Fontana and John Zimmerman celebrated the birth of their first child, a daughter, Sofia, who was born on April...
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Though her competitive career began over a decade ago, success on the senior international stage has been a long time coming for Japan’s Akiko Suzuki. Back in 2001 she won a bronze medal at the Junior Grand Prix Final and seemed headed for success. But the...
Michal Březina knew it was time for a change. After working with Petr Starec and Karel Fajfr for the past six years, Březina moved across the pond at the beginning of May to work with 1992 Olympic champion Viktor Petrenko. Read more...›
The World Junior Figure Skating Championships have come a long way since the early days. Once a competition that largely flew under the radar, the Championships now rank as one as one of the top events in the world for skating fans. And the level of talent...
Ever wondered how the International Skating Union determined selection of judges for competitions are selected? The answer to that question lies in an event that took place more than 90 years ago and a skater many have likely never heard of. To this day...
The name Gracie Gold may not be familiar to you right now, but no doubt that is about to change. Prior to this season, the only medal the Springfield, Ill. resident had ever won was pewter at the U.S. novice level. A year later she placed sixth at the 2010...
Daisuke Takahashi, 26, is the oldest man on the Japanese team, but his performances at the 2012 World Figure Skating Championships in Nice, France told another story. Heading into the event as one of the medal favorites, it could be expected that he was...
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South Korean superstar Yuna Kim has been flying under the skating radar since she stepped away from the competitive scene in 2010. The breathing room has given the 21-year-old the opportunity to explore new horizons and to give back to the sport in ways...
There could have been no better place to convene for the 2012 World Figure Skating Championships than the Côte d’Azur. The beautiful city of Nice, situated on the Mediterranean Sea, was bathed in bright sunlight and balmy spring weather the entire week...
Michelle Kwan enjoyed some downtime in mid-March cruising aboard Royal Caribbean International’s star liner Oasis of the Seas. Kwan was a guest of the cruise line while shooting a commercial that will air this summer. When the ship docked at Royal caribbean’s...
(Copyright IFS 2006) Paris, 1952 — Fifty-four years have passed since Jacqueline Du Bief won her World title. To this day, she remains the only French female skater to stand atop the podium as World champion. Du Bief, who was born in Paris, France in December...
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