We take a quick look back at what happened in the world of skating over the course of the past week. (more…)
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Mari Vartmann & Ruben Blommaert – “We are always having fun”
By Hiro Yoshida
While the fortunes of German pairs skating have risen and fallen constantly over the past few decades, it looks like things are on the upswing again with Aliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot taking bronze at the 2016 World Championships after a long and hard fought battle to be granted permission to skate internationally. While Savchenko and Massot made the headlines, another new German pair quietly made a promising international debut last season.
That Was The Week That Was In Figure Skating (12-18 September 2016)
We take a quick look back at what happened in the world of skating over the course of the past week. (more…)
That Was The Week That Was In Figure Skating (5-11 September 2016)
We take a quick look back at what happened in the world of skating over the course of the past week. (more…)
That Was The Week That Was In Skating (29 August – 4 September)
We take a quick look back at what happened in the world of skating over the course of the past week. (more…)
That Was The Week That Was In Skating (22-28 August 2016)
We take a quick look back at what happened in the world of skating over the course of the past week. (more…)
Jorik Hendrickx – “It always feels to me like I am trying to catch up”
By Hiro Yoshida
After knee injury and a subsequent surgery curtailed his 2014/2015 season and forced him out of both European and World Championships, Belgium’s Jorik Hendrickx has had an entirely more fulfilling 2015/2016 so far. It has been a record breaking and successful few months for the Belgian.
Hendrickx made his competitive return to the ice at the Nebelhorn Trophy at the end of September 2015 where he finished eighth. When he suffered the injury back in November 2014, he never imagined that it would take him so long to recover. (more…)
Michal Brezina – “I need to find a way to make the people that I skate for proud again”
By Hiro Yoshida
It’s the morning after the night before in Bratislava, Slovakia at the European Championships and Michal Brezina is coming to terms with having had one of the worst skates of his career the day before. From being 3rd after the short programme, he plummeted down the rankings when not a single jump in his free skating routine went according to plan. He ended up in 10th place overall.
“I feel a lot better. I needed some time to be alone and really think about what happened,” Brezina said. “I had a drink with my coach and my dad. That helped me sleep a little bit, but not for too long.”
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2016 Europeans Review Part 2 (Ladies)
As expected, the ladies event was dominated by Russia and it was a Russian who stood on the highest step on the podium for the third consecutive year. It was also notable that Elizaveta Tuktamysheva was not here to defend her title.
Evgenia Medvedeva (more…)
2016 Europeans Review Part 1 (Men)
A cold snap with freezing fog enveloped Bratislava as everyone arrived for the European Championships, but as the week wore on temperatures gradually rose. It was no different inside the Ondrej Nepela Arena where the battle to be crowned European champion in all four categories was hotly contested.
2016 Europeans Men Medallists (more…)
