Following the World Team Trophy in April, Jeremy Abbott attended a party thrown by his official Japanese fan club. More than 70 fans dined with the American skater at a Tokyo sushi bar that they had decorated with banners. Abbott posed with the fans for...
It appears that Mao Asada has rediscovered her winning rhythm this season. After claiming the Grand Prix Final and Japanese national titles in December, Asada dominated the 2013 Four Continents Championships in Osaka, Japan the following month. For the first...
Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu is enjoying the most successful season of his young career. Consistency has paid off, earning him a podium finish at every competition he has contested. After mining silver at the highly competitive Grand Prix Final and winning the national...
Just two weeks after the Grand Prix Final, Russia's top skaters returned to the Iceberg Palace in Sochi for Russian nationals. Plushenko Claims 10th Title Evgeni Plushenko did it one more time. Coming off an injury, the 30-year-old veteran pulled himself...
She may be just 14, but Russia’s Julia Lipnitskaia, a junior diamond in the rough last year, has sparkled this season and has set the skating world on its ear. The 2012 World junior champion showed an uncanny consistency last season, not making a single...
Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin were known in the early days of their career for their strong technical skills. Textbook triple throws and two different side-by-side triple jumps (toe and Salchow) set them apart from their contemporaries. But as the...
The Russian Federation held its annual test event in mid-September and while many current stars were featured a few were missing due to injuries. The official test event, which is open to the public and the press, is a smart move drawing attention to the...
A spectacular figure skating show took place during the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Though it got off to a slow start during its run (July 29 to August 7), the musical became very popular with the international audiences in the British capital. The show...
“My biggest strength, fortunately, that has come along with me also during the difficult times, is the passion to skate really well. “It hasn’t been always easy, because I was one of the first Italian ladies that got this far. Therefore I had to get used...
When Carolina Kostner captured the World title in Nice, France in March, her victory represented not only the highlight of a long and successful career but also a captivating moment for the sport of figure skating in general. Ever since the Italian star...
When Tatiana Volosozhar’s former partner retired she refused to accept that her skating career was over. in her heart she knew there were greater moments ahead. All she needed was a new partner and the one person she had in mind was Maxim Trankov who almost...
China’s Wenjing Sui and Cong Han have been turning heads ever since they hit the international scene in the fall of 2009. Though the diminutive Sui, 16, and Han, 19, who hail from the city of Harbin in northern China teamed up a mere five years ago, they...
Julia Lipnitskaia is one of the amazing young phenoms Russia is showcasing this season on the international circuit. The petite 13-year-old has remarkable poise and a precision that is rare for a skater her age and behind the blonde hair and blue eyes lies...
The 2012 ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships opened in Minsk, Belarus, on February 27 with the preliminary rounds for men, ice dance and pairs. Canada's Nam Nguyen won the men's preliminary round followed by Korea's June Hyoung Lee and Michael...
When figure skating first became a competitive sport in 1896, costumes, as we know them today, were nonexistent. In the early days, ladies dressed in traditional ankle-length skirts, while men performed in suits. It was not until the legendary Sonja Henie...
People were talking about Elizaveta Tuktamysheva long before she hit the junior circuit last season. A year later, at age 14, the rising Russian star lived up to the hype at her debut on the senior international circuit, claiming gold at both her Grand Prix...
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