Reviews

“Partner used to support the coach, saying, ‘If you don’t want her to yell at you like that, lose weight.'” Article about Russian pair skater Julia Antipova who almost died because of anorexia

Posted on 2023-08-02 • 2 comments
julia antipova / russia / pair figure skating

Translation of an article about Russian pair skater Julia Antipova who almost died because of anorexia. photo Ria [...]

Yuzuru Hanyu’s “One Year as a Professional Skater” has an economic impact of approx. 124 million USD! Data analysis reveals an extraordinary effect beyond expectations

Posted on 2023-07-21 • 3 comments

Translation of the article about the economic effect of Yuzuru Hanyu's "One Year as a Professional Skater." photo [...]

Yuma Kagiyama and Kao Miura had a one-week training camp working on the programs with Shae-Lynn Bourne

Posted on 2023-05-19 • No comments yet

Yuma Kagiyama and Kao Miura work on their programs with Shae-Lynn Bourne. View this post on Instagram [...]

“Health and psyche cannot be returned.” Article in Russian media about mental health issues figure skaters face in their careers, eating disorders, depression and panic attacks

Posted on 2023-03-16 • 1 comment

Translation of the article in Russian media about mental health issues figure skaters face; with the comments from [...]

Hungarian parents opposed the dominance of immigrants from Russia in figure skating and the abusive coaching methods

Posted on 2023-02-20 • 1 comment

Figure skating school in Budapest is accused of inviting too many Russian skaters to represent Hungary and abusive [...]

“I dream of returning home and training on the home rink.” How Ukrainian figure skating survives during the war.

Posted on 2022-12-20 • No comments yet

Translation of the article about how Ukrainian figure skating survives during the war. photo vikna tv source: [...]

“I’m a coach, not a neighbor’s aunt.” Translation of an article about Mie Hamada

Posted on 2022-12-19 • No comments yet

Translation of the article about Japanese coach Mie Hamada mada published in Russian media. photo by Atsushi Tomura [...]

“Tutberidze can’t refuse to work with Valieva, because in this case, the blame for everything that happened to the athlete will fall on the coach.” Elena Vaitsekhovaskaya about prospects of Kamila Valieva to continue her sports career

Posted on 2022-08-23 • No comments yet

Russian journalist Elena Vaitsekhovaskaya about prospects of Anna Shcherbakova, Alena Kostornaia, Alexandra Trusova [...]

“Trusova returned to Khrustalny on her own terms. They tolerated her, difficult character is difficult character, but five quads are five quads. But will they tolerate now?” Vaitsekhovaskaya about prospects of Alexandra Trusova to continue her sports career

Posted on 2022-08-22 • 1 comment

Russian journalist Elena Vaitsekhovaskaya about prospects of Anna Shcherbakova, Alena Kostornaia, Alexandra Trusova [...]

“Alena already had experience of not getting to the Olympics and managed to understand that people don’t die because of this.” Elena Vaitsekhovaskaya about Kostornaia’s prospects to continue her sports career

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Russian journalist Elena Vaitsekhovaskaya about prospects of Anna Shcherbakova, Alena Kostornaia, Alexandra Trusova [...]

“It’s possible that Sherbakova’s injury is a consequence of prerotations and underrotations.” Elena Vaitsekhovaskaya about prospects of Anna Shcherbakova to continue her sports career

Posted on 2022-08-21 • 2 comments
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Russian journalist Elena Vaitsekhovaskaya about prospects of Anna Shcherbakova, Alena Kostornaia, Alexandra Trusova [...]

Aleksandra Boikova: “We’ll pass the doping test with tears” the story of a figure skater who failed to realize her Olympic dream

Posted on 2022-03-09 • No comments yet

Article in Russian media about Alexandra Boikova, her path in sports and Olympics. View this post on [...]

Nathan Chen SP for season 2019-2020. Review [+video]

Posted on 2019-08-05 • 3 comments

It's finally that time of the season when we see the new programs for the first time. Sometimes you immediately fall [...]

Satoko Miyahara SP 2019-2019 [+video]

Posted on 2019-05-29 • 4 comments

Satoko Miyahara's short program for the season 2019-2020. Video + review. Music: Yalla, Tabla & Percussion [...]

NHK Trophy 2018 short review

Posted on 2018-11-12 • 4 comments

In course of time for every skating fan comes a moment when he need to reconsider his relationships with figure skating [...]

Skate America 2018 review

Posted on 2018-10-23 • 6 comments

I think I should make some changes in my CV and lits "figure skating" as my "bad habit". It's addictive and it for sure [...]

Ladies’ new programs for 2018-2019 season [short review]

Posted on 2018-09-26 • No comments yet

Suddenly I've realized that I've been doing many translations and haven't done any review for a while. So I'm going to [...]

World Championships 2018 review

Posted on 2018-03-29 • 7 comments

*Censored*......Worlds...Ouch. Having watched 5 b-events, grand-prix, final, Europeans, couple of nationals, Four [...]

US Nationals 2018 review

Posted on 2018-01-10 • 10 comments

I just watched the entire US Nationals, got a lot of pleasure and emotions and ready to share them. Living quite [...]

Grand-prix Final 2017 review

Posted on 2017-12-12 • 8 comments

I love figure skating, but honestly, I had not a lot of enthusiasm to watch Grand Prix Final. Because of several [...]

NHK Trophy 2017 review

Posted on 2017-11-17 • 3 comments

I'm not a morning person, so competitions in Japan are always a challenge for me. But this challenge was accepted. This [...]

Cup of China 2017 review

Posted on 2017-11-07 • 3 comments

We're in the middle of Gran-prix series, oh time flies so fast. What to say, competitions become weirder and [...]

Skate Canada 2017 review

Posted on 2017-10-31 • 11 comments

I love watching competitions in Canada and USA, because for me it's night and late night, so I can sit and watch and no [...]

Rostelecom Cup 2017 review

Posted on 2017-10-24 • 7 comments

The big season has started and I'm ready to share my impressions about Rostelecom Cup. Lyrical digression. Japanese [...]