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• “I don’t want anyone to pity me – that’s not why I decided to share my story. But I really want to help those who are going through the same challenges I faced.” Diana Davis openly discusses living with third-degree sensorineural hearing loss
• “They need to understand: there will be those who try to undermine them, to set them up in any way. No one will treat us as friends. It’s a snake pit.” Slutskaya on Petrosian and Gumennik at the Olympics
• Allison Reed and Saulius Ambrulevicius: “All success is based on trust – in your preparation, your program, and each other. We did all that.”
• The ISU is aware of the IOC’s recommendation to allow Russian juniors to compete and will consider it at the appropriate time
• Elizaveta Tuktamysheva: “After a show, a man approached my car and asked if he could have coffee with me. I’ve been stalked by that man for more than half a year now. He doesn’t let me live a normal life.”

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• Casual Observer on The ISU is aware of the IOC’s recommendation to allow Russian juniors to compete and will consider it at the appropriate time
• ioanykie on Kaori Sakamoto “I cried so much at this Grand Prix Final, I must have lost 30% of my body’s water.” and “At Nationals I want to deliver a performance that people will say, ‘This is Sakamoto.’”
• ioanykie on Ilia Malinin: “Skating is a part of my life, so I always have practice or competitions, even on my birthday. Right now, I’m at about 85% – I haven’t reached my ideal condition yet. At the Olympics, I want to be at 120%.”
• ioanykie on Mone Chiba: “There’s no time to dwell on disappointment. I have no choice but to climb back up from here. Right now, this is the most critical period of my skating life – almost a matter of life and death.”
• ioanykie on “Did I just ask her, “Do you want to skate with me?” Literally, yes. With a glass of wine, of course (laughs).” Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron on how their friendship quickly turned into a professional partnership

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Recent Posts

• “I don’t want anyone to pity me – that’s not why I decided to share my story. But I really want to help those who are going through the same challenges I faced.” Diana Davis openly discusses living with third-degree sensorineural hearing loss
• “They need to understand: there will be those who try to undermine them, to set them up in any way. No one will treat us as friends. It’s a snake pit.” Slutskaya on Petrosian and Gumennik at the Olympics
• Allison Reed and Saulius Ambrulevicius: “All success is based on trust – in your preparation, your program, and each other. We did all that.”
• The ISU is aware of the IOC’s recommendation to allow Russian juniors to compete and will consider it at the appropriate time
• Elizaveta Tuktamysheva: “After a show, a man approached my car and asked if he could have coffee with me. I’ve been stalked by that man for more than half a year now. He doesn’t let me live a normal life.”
• Daniel Grassl: “I try to take inspiration from Jannik Sinner’s words. I like when he says to dare more, to challenge yourself, even if sometimes that means losing. But that’s the trick to getting stronger.”
• “Even if it’s just while we’re performing, or while people are watching the show, I want them to feel hope.” Yuzuru Hanyu will host his ice show “Yuzuru Hanyu Notte Stellata 2026” in March

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• Casual Observer on The ISU is aware of the IOC’s recommendation to allow Russian juniors to compete and will consider it at the appropriate time
• ioanykie on Kaori Sakamoto “I cried so much at this Grand Prix Final, I must have lost 30% of my body’s water.” and “At Nationals I want to deliver a performance that people will say, ‘This is Sakamoto.’”
• ioanykie on Ilia Malinin: “Skating is a part of my life, so I always have practice or competitions, even on my birthday. Right now, I’m at about 85% – I haven’t reached my ideal condition yet. At the Olympics, I want to be at 120%.”
• ioanykie on Mone Chiba: “There’s no time to dwell on disappointment. I have no choice but to climb back up from here. Right now, this is the most critical period of my skating life – almost a matter of life and death.”
• ioanykie on “Did I just ask her, “Do you want to skate with me?” Literally, yes. With a glass of wine, of course (laughs).” Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron on how their friendship quickly turned into a professional partnership
• ioanykie on Tatiana Tarasova: “Malinin took figure skating into a new, completely different world. What I saw truly stunned me. I can’t say it inspired me… I thought: how and what do we teach children now?”
• Cathy Sides on “At 15, he wanted to quit skating and do football. Now he wants to jump seven quads.” Interview with grandfather of Ilia Malinin
• Kerstin Kretzschmar on Elena Kostyleva’s Mother: “I want to see Elena fail with Plushenko. And tears in the kiss-and-cry. Maybe she needs to go through this, otherwise nothing good will come of her.”
• ioanykie on “The list will be updated in accordance with the decisions of the commission on granting neutral status. We have nothing further to add.” There is still no clarity on whether coaches of the Russian skaters will be allowed to attend the 2026 Olympics
• Judith on Irina Kostyleva: “Petrosian’s success with Tutberidze is because she communicates very closely with her mother. There were girls who were five times more talented. But Tutberidze communicated with Adeliia’s mother, and that’s why Adeliia succeeded.”

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