The third stage of this season’s ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating takes place this weekend in Shenzhen, China.
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2026 SKATE CANADA INTERNATIONAL: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
This season’s ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating moves on to its second stage for Skate Canada International which takes place in Kelowna, British Columbia.
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2026 GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
Grand Prix de France once more is this season’s ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating opener and is taking place in Angers for the fifth year in a row.
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Lara Naki Gutmann: With Olympic Medal In Hand Italian Sets Her Sights Higher
By Hiro Yoshida
With a home Olympic and a European medal under her belt from last season, Italy’s Lara Naki Gutmann is only getting started as she looks ahead to the future.
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Gilles & Poirier: After Reaching Wuthering Heights, Ice Dance Duo Take Time To Reflect
By Hiro Yoshida
In June Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier announced their decision to sit out the upcoming season’s ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. It will come as no surprise to anyone who followed their rollercoaster 2025-2026 to understand why the Canadians are now taking a break to reflect on what they accomplished.
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Bruno Marcotte: Olympic Gold Medal Coach Eyes New Challenges
By Hiro Yoshida
As the guiding hand behind Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, Bruno Marcotte reached the pinnacle of his coaching career when his charges staged a comeback for the ages at this year’s Milano Cortina Olympic Games walking away with Japan’s first title in the pairs event.
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2026 WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
The 2025/2026 season draws to a close this week as the World Figure Skating Championships return to Prague, Czech Republic for the first time in 33 years.
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2026 JUNIOR WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
The stars of tomorrow close out their season this week at the ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.
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Loena Hendrickx: Olympic Take Three In Milan
By Hiro Yoshida
The past twelve months have been perhaps the most challenging of Loena Hendrickx’s career. After overcoming injury, rehabilitation, illness and the small matter of having to earn her spot at this month’s Olympics, the Belgian skater is ready to leave it all out on the ice in Milan this week.
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Karina Akopova & Nikita Rakhmanin’s Long Road to Armenia and Olympic Ice
By Maria Bagdasarova
(Featured Photo: © Asatur Yesayants / YantsImages )
At the Milano Cortina Olympics, Karina Akopova and Nikita Rakhmanin are the first pair skaters to represent Armenia at the Games since 2002. The pair secured their Olympic quota at the ISU Skate to Milano qualifying competition in Beijing in September 2025, re-establishing themselves on the international stage after more than a three-year hiatus. The path to the moment when Karina Akopova and Nikita Rakhmanin finally sat in a kiss-and-cry with “Armenia” next to their names was far from straightforward. As they prepare to compete on the Olympic ice this weekend, they have a clear objective in mind: to represent Armenia with confidence and pride on the world’s biggest stage.
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