Latvia played host to the third part of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating where four categories were contested in its capital Riga. (more…)
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Hills Alive With Sound Of Skating In Salzburg
The second stage of the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating rolled into Salzburg, Austria this weekend with some more superb performances from the rising stars of the sport. (more…)
Junior Grand Prix Kicks Off Down Under
This weekend saw the first titles decided in the 2017/2018 ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating with a whole host of new talent vying for top honours in Brisbane, Australia. (more…)
Dmitri Aliev – Focused On A Dream
By H. Olenina
With a silver medal at the 2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Dmitri Aliev finished his junior career on a high. As he makes the transition to the senior ranks, he looks back on the first part of his career and forward to a promising future. (more…)
Carolina Kostner Resets Her Goals
By Hiro Yoshida
No-one in figure skating would have been surprised if Carolina Kostner had decided to hang up her skates following the 2014 Olympics. The much-admired Italian had fulfilled all the promise she had shown since competing in the junior ranks by winning a World Championship title in 2012, five European golds and claiming Olympic bronze in Sochi three years ago. (more…)
2017/2018 Grand Prix Assignments Unveiled
Following the World Championships in Helsinki earlier this year and a few weeks of speculation, the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating assignments were announced on Friday afternoon. The scene for the opening act of the 2017/2018 Olympic season has now been set. (more…)
Alexander Samarin – Moving On Up
By H. Olenina
At the 2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Taipei, Alexander Samarin capped off his career in the junior ranks with a bronze medal. As the Russian becomes a fully fledged senior skater next season, he reflects on his season and looks forward on where life on the ice has taken him thus far. (more…)
Record Breaking Worlds Wraps Up In Helsinki
After a drama filled four days of competition in Helsinki, Finland, the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2017 came to a conclusion with a flurry of world records. (more…)
Kiira Korpi Finds New Joy In Skating
By Hiro Yoshida
When she competed as part of a golden generation of Finnish female figure skaters, Kiira Korpi struggled through the latter years of her career with injuries. While her name will not be on the entry list at this week’s World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland, she will be involved in a number of ways. (more…)
Julianne Séguin & Charlie Bilodeau Back on Track
By Hiro Yoshida
After an absence of two years, Canada’s Julianne Séguin and Charlie Bilodeau will once again be competing at a World Championships when they take to the ice in the pairs event this week in Helsinki, Finland. (more…)
