Kaori Sakamoto: “There was a period when I struggled with my inner demons and almost gave up. But now I feel more confident.”
Kaori Sakamoto about her performance at the 2023 World Championships. View this post on Instagram [...]
Nina Mozer: “The guys who became world champions are worthy, with a full set of elements. So I don’t agree that our pairs would have had no equal at Worlds.”
Coach Nina Moser said that she was not sure that Russian pairs would have no equal at the World Figure Skating [...]
“With Russian athletes, Sakamoto still could possibly be on the podium, but hardly on the first place.” Russian coaches and former skaters reacted to the victory of Kaori Sakamoto at the 2023 World Championships
Russian coaches and former skaters reacted to the victory of Japanese Kaori Sakamoto at the 2023 World [...]
Daniel Grassl: “Eteri was pleased after my performance. She always treats me well, I really like her, I really like to train under her guidance.”
Daniel Grassl about his work with Eteri Tutberidze. View this post on Instagram A post shared by [...]
Kaori Sakamoto: “What happened today in the free program, at first it was like a nightmare. The same mistake I made right here in Saitama 4 years ago. If you knew how nervous I was.”
Kaori Sakamoto about her performance at the 2023 World Figure Skating Championships. View this post on [...]
Loena Hendrickx: “The main thing is that I skate with pleasure again, as if I fell in love with skating and competing again. There was a period when I lost this feeling.”
Loena Hendrickx about her performance at the 2023 World Figure Skating Championships. View this post on [...]
Isabeau Levito: “I’m just terribly upset, I myself gave away the chance for a medal. I won’t be able to forget that, alas.”
Isabeau Levito about her performance at the 2023 World Figure Skating Championships. View this post on [...]
“The level of competition at the World Championships is high in all disciplines. It’s a great honor to be here and show your best competing with the best in the world.” Evan Bates about the absence of Russians
Evan Bates answered a question from a Japanese journalist about the absence of Russians and its impact on the state of [...]
“Gubanova can face biased judging because everyone knows that she is Russian anyway” Alexei Zheleznyakov, choreographer of Tutberidze’s group
Alexei Zheleznyakov, choreographer of the Eteri Tutberidze group, assessed the prospects of ex-Russians, as well as [...]
Tatiana Tarasova: “Grassl didn’t leave any particular impression. He jumps with difficulty. Does he have a chance to compete for medals? No.”
Tatiana Tarasova believes that Daniel Grassl has no chance to compete for medals at the World Championships. photo [...]
Shoma Uno: “In the last 10 days, because of this fall in training, I was really in terrible shape. So I turned on the “I go to fight” mode. And it helped.”
Shoma Uno about his skating in the short program at 2023 World Championships in Saitama. View this post on [...]
Ilia Malinin: “I think today was just the best skating in my career. I’ve been working like crazy for the last two weeks.”
Ilia Malinin about his skating in the short program at 2023 World Championships in Saitama. View this post [...]
Daniel Grassl: “It’s great that all my coaches were able to come here. Although I must admit that it made me nervous. I wanted to perform at my maximum in their presence.”
Daniel about his skating in the short program at 2023 World Championships in Saitama. View this post on [...]
Jason Brown: “I’ve done so many shows in Japan this season that today I just said to myself, “Okay, let this be another show for the audience.” I’m happy to be on the competitive ice again.”
Jason Brown about his skating at 2023 World Championships in Saitama. View this post on Instagram [...]
Alexei Zheleznyakov: “World Championships is inferior without Russians. When the main skaters in the world are not in the mix nobody benefits from this. Ratings are falling.”
Alexei Zheleznyakov, choreographer in the group of Eteri Tutberidze about 2023 World Championships. source: [...]
Kaori Sakamoto: “I keep in mind the last World Championship in Saitama, four years ago, and remember the disappointment from that performance. Today I’m here to rewrite that page of my history.”
Kaori Sakamoto commented on her performance in the short program at the 2023 World Championships. View this [...]
Loena Hendrickx: “The season turned out to be quite difficult, I felt the pressure, everyone told me that I was one of the favorites, and this greatly interfered.”
Loena Hendrickx commented on her performance in the short program at the 2023 World Championships. View [...]
Mai Mihara: “When I heard my name at the arena and saw the flags, posters from the fans, I almost burst into tears of happiness.”
Mai Mihara commented on her performance in the short program at the 2023 World Championships. View this [...]
Riku Miura: “When I saw the scores on the monitor in the kiss&cry, I couldn’t help jumping from joy. But I didn’t know that only we can see the scores so far, so I had to jump twice.”
Riku Miura's comment after the short program at 2023 World Championships. View this post on Instagram [...]
Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier: “You know, it’s hard to train when you’re broken inside. Yes, we try to work hard and well — to make Todd proud of us. We feel that he is with us.”
Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier spoke about the difficulties at the 2023 World Championships. View this [...]
Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier: “Illnesses and injuries can happen at any time. But that’s not the end of the world. It was even good that we skipped the Four Continents, we’re much less tired than we usually are by the end of March.”
Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier talked about how they prepared for the 2023 World Championships. View this [...]
Madison Chock and Evan Bates: “We didn’t get the free dance right away. We were told a few times that maybe we should consider changing it. But we saw its great potential.”
Madison Chock and Evan Bates bout their preparation for the 2023 World Championships. View this post on [...]
Daniel Grassl: “After the European Championships, it wasn’t easy for me; to be honest, I felt that I was in a pit. I even doubted whether I should go to the World Championships.”
Italian figure skater Daniel Grassl shared his goals for the 2023 World Championships. View this post on [...]
Alexei Urmanov: “I don’t give a damn about Russian figure skaters, I’m here at the World Championships. Of course I will watch it.”
Alexei Urmanov about World Championships and absence of Russian skaters there. photo Pavel Lisicin / RIA source: [...]