Finnish lawyer appealed to WADA with a proposal to suspend the coaches of underage athletes caught using illegal drugs from international competitions
Finnish lawyer Lauri Tarasti has approached the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) with a proposal to suspend the coaches [...]
“While the work is going on. For now I monitor. It doesn’t mean that I took her.” Buyanova about working with Alena Kostornaia
Elena Buyanova spoke about working with Alena Kostornaia. View this post on Instagram A post [...]
Valentin Piseev: “Changing of sport citizenship by leaders? I don’t rule out that some of the leaders will leave, but not massively.”
Honorary President of the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKR) Valentin Piseev spoke about the possible change of [...]
Elena Radionova: “If world figure skating loses its Russian audience, then sponsors and advertising will leave. So they created such a difficult situation themselves.”
Bronze medalist of the World Championships Elena Radionova believes that world figure skating creates a difficult [...]
Irina Rodnina: “In a situation when the security and interests of the country and the entire nation are at stake, changing the sports citizenship isn’t the right thing to do.”
Three-time Olympic champion, State Duma deputy Irina Rodnina also spoke about the possible change of citizenship by [...]
Tatiana Tarasova: “ISU offenders are taking the lives of our athletes. We are not to blame for this, but the ISU. They are the traitors. In this case, the change of sports citizenship won’t be considered a betrayal.”
Tatiana Tarasova expressed her opinion about whether Russian skaters could start changing sports citizenship due to [...]
“I had a boyfriend from the age of 17 until almost 19. Neither coaches nor friends knew about it.” Evgenia Medvedeva about personal life and hot photoshoot
Evgenia Medvedeva interview and hot photoshoot for Maxim magazine. View this post on Instagram A [...]
“No one knows what awaits us, so I will look at the situation” Anna Shcherbakova about possible retirement
Anna Shcherbakova answered a question about a possible retirement. The figure skater admitted that ban of Russians [...]
Zoe Jones: “At my 42, I would still skate, to be honest. But we’re a pair, and I don’t have the right to hold a person if he is tired of the sport.”
Zoe Jones, representing the UK in pair with the Christopher Boyadji, intends to retire. The World Championships now [...]
Annabelle Morozov teamed up with David Narizhny
New ice dance team appeared in Russian ice dance. Annabelle Morozov and David Narizhny. Nikilai Morozov told about [...]
“It was very interesting to work with Kostornaia, she’s a high-level athlete and able to show any artistic image.” Elena Radionova choreographed a gala program for Alena Kostornaia
Bronze medalist of the 2015 World Championships Elena Radionova choreographed a gala program for European champion [...]
WADA expects RUSADA to complete investigation into Valieva case by August 8
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) expects the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) to complete its investigation into [...]
Veronika Zhilina “In Plushenko’s group If something hurts we reduce the load. In “Khrustalny”, if something hurts, you still have to jump.”
Interview with Veronika Zhilina. Coached by Evgeni Plushenko 13-year-old figure skater Veronika Zhilina told about [...]
Mikhail Kolyada: “I feel that I haven’t reached my maximum. I don’t want to end my career. I really enjoy skating.”
Mikhail Kolyada isn't going to end his professional career and will continue to work with Alexei Mishin. photo by [...]
“ISU thinks we’ll stop skating, right? They don’t know us, as we used to beat them, so we will continue beating them.” Tarasova about decision not to nominate Russian athletes and coaches for ISU awards
Russian coaches and specialists commented on the decision not to nominate Russian athletes and coaches for ISU [...]
Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov: “Classical compositions almost always win. It used to be super popular, now we’re trying to make it more modern.”
Interview with Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov. View this post on Instagram A post [...]
Maxim Trankov: “We are the best in figure skating. The ban of Russian skaters from competitions harms the development of world figure skating.”
The ban of Russian figure skaters from international competitions harms, first of all, the development of world figure [...]
Alexei Mishin: “The isolation of our skaters from the rest of the world is certainly negative, but not fatal.”
Alexei Mishin told what his group is doing in isolation. View this post on Instagram A post [...]
Alexander Gorshkov: “The Channel One Cup will be held in Saransk, the same dates as World Championships. Is it a coincidence or not? I’ll leave for you to guess.”
The Channel One Figure Skating Cup in Saransk will take place on a timeframe similar to the World Championships in [...]
Russian figure skaters representing Georgia prepare for the World Championships in Italy
Russian figure skaters representing Georgia arrived in Bergamo, Italy to prepare for the World Championships. [...]
“Neither Russian skaters nor Eteri Tutberidze will emigrate and change sports citizenship” Russian functionaries
The head of the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR), Alexander Gorshkov, assured that not a single member of the [...]
“White Raven is a masterpiece in the world of figure skating!” Belgian choreographer Adam Solya about working with the group of Alexei Mishin
The Belgian choreographer Adam Solya, expressed his admiration for the Mikhail's Kolyada skating and his "White Raven" [...]
Kostornaia moved from Tutberidze to Buyanova
source: MatchTV Kostornaia moved from Eteri Tutberidze to Elena Buyanova View this post on Instagram [...]
ISU won’t allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to participate in ISU competitions
The International Skating Union (ISU) has announced that it will not allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to [...]