By Hiro Yoshida
Of all the incredible comebacks in figure skating, Deanna Stellato-Dudek’s ranks highly on the scale of defying the odds and conventional wisdom. As she and partner Maxime Deschamps make their first ever Grand Prix Final appearance in Turin, Italy, the pair believe that the best is still yet to come.
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This weekend’s NHK Trophy in Sapporo, Japan is the last opportunity for skaters to book their places at the Grand Prix Final in Turin, Italy next month. Here are a few of the ways things could pan out. (more…)
The culmination of both the Grand Prix and Junior Grand Prix series took place in Vancouver, Canada over the weekend with a breakthrough performance from a French duo being the standout moment from the event. (more…)
We take a quick look back at what happened in the world of skating over the course of the past week. (more…)
We take a quick look back at what happened in the world of skating over the course of the past week. (more…)
We take a quick look back at what happened in the world of skating over the course of the past week. (more…)
There has been no rise more meteoric this season than that of France’s Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron. From 13th place at the World Championships in Japan in March of last year, they made everybody sit up and take notice when they claimed gold at Cup of China in November and defeated World champions Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte in the process. They proved that they are going to be a force to be reckoned over the coming years by subsequently winning the Trophee Eric Bompard and taking bronze in the Grand Prix Final in Barcelona. Romain Haguenauer, the man behind the team, believes that they timed this season to perfection.
“It’s a new Olympic cycle so we knew it was the time to be good. You always have to be good, but if they wanted to aim for a high place at the next Olympics they had to start this season because so many couples stopped competing.”
In the second part of our review of the ISU Grand Prix Final 2014, we take a look at the ice dance and pairs events.
Skating broke new ground this past weekend with Spain hosting a major senior competition for the first time. In the first part of our review of the ISU Grand Prix Final of Figure Skating, we take a look back at the men and ladies’ events.
Here’s a short recap of some of the things that happened during the past week in the world of figure skating.
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