While the cloud of war in Ukraine loomed large, the skating shone brighter than the Montpellier sun at the World Championships which finished yesterday.
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Guillaume Cizeron
2022 World Championships: Everything You Need To Know
There is always a changing of the guard at any post-Olympic World Championships, but this week’s event in Montpellier, France is taking place amidst the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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2022 Winter Olympics: Beijing Games Conclude
And just like that, another Olympics comes to an end. Beijing was not just any ordinary Olympics though. Until the moment it began there were many who doubted it would go ahead. The pandemic still managed to encroach into the skating bubble with a number of skaters sidelined by the strict protocols in place. A doping scandal shone a light on an aspect of the sport that needed to be addressed. There were moments of joy, sadness, excitement and frustration. And now it will be four years ago until we do it all again.
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Papadakis and Cizeron: Embracing Uncertainty
By Hiro Yoshida
After just missing out on gold four years ago in PyeongChang, Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron are back on Olympic ice this week in Beijing seeking the one title they need to complete their collection.
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2022 Winter Olympics: Everything You Need To Know
Fourteen years on from Beijing staging the Summer Games, this week sees the Chinese capital become the first city to also host the Winter Olympics.
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2021 Internationaux de France: Everything You Need To Know
The penultimate stage of this season’s Grand Prix Series takes us back to Grenoble which hosts the Internationaux de France for the first time in two years.
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Five Things That Had Us Talking At Gran Premio D’Italia
There was plenty of fantastic skating crammed into two days at the first ever Gran Premio D’Italia in Torino/Turin. Here are some of the amazing moments we witnessed over the weekend inside the Palavela.
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2021 GRAN PREMIO D’ITALIA: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
Although Torino (or Turin or the place where that stare took place in 2006) has hosted the Grand Prix Final twice, this is the first time the city or Italy indeed has staged a fully-fledged stand alone Grand Prix event. Grazie China!
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Pooh-ssion Lived Here!
After an absence of almost a decade top level figure skating returned to Turin’s Palavela and as ever with Grand Prix Finals the competition flew by in a blur of outstanding performances and emotional moments. (more…)
The Final Countdown: Who Will Make It To Turin?
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…)
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