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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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.
(more…)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.
(more…)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.
(more…)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.
(more…)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.
(more…)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!
(more…)By Hiro Yoshida
Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama has figure skating in his DNA and, at this week’s World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, the sixteen year old is aiming for the highest spot on the podium. (more…)