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: “I set myself one of the goals for the next season: to beat in jumps all those girls with whom I train in Moscow.”
Daniel Grassl about living in Moscow and training in the group of Eteri Tutberidze. View this post on [...]
Kaori Sakamoto: “I think this time to completely overwrite my memories from the last Worlds held in Saitama. I want to save good memories and overwrite the bad ones.”
Article and small interview with Kaori Sakamoto ahead of World Championships. View this post on Instagram [...]
Mai Mihara: “I want to deliver my best performance at the World Championships, which is my long-awaited dream. I don’t want to just participate, I want to show my best skating.”
Article and small interview with Mai Mihara ahead of World Championships. View this post on Instagram [...]
Shoma Uno: “Once at competitions Lambiel, invited me to a restaurant to talk. “Don’t aim for perfection too much. Perfection is something that awaits you after you’ve done everything, not something you aim for.” he said.”
Article and small interview with Shoma Uno ahead of World Championships. View this post on Instagram [...]
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 [...]
Kana Muramoto and Daisuke Takahashi: “I love the music of ‘The Phantom of the Opera,’ so I had always wanted to skate to it again someday.”
Article and small interview with Kana Muramoto and Daisuke Takahashi ahead of World Championships. View [...]
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: [...]
Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara: “When we competed at the Four Continents for the first time in our debut season, we talked to each other about wanting to become the kind of skaters who could attend press conferences someday.”
Article and small interview with Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara ahead of World Championships. View this post [...]
Sota Yamamoto: “I feel like I’ve grown a lot this season. So I want to practice without any regrets and do my best at the World Championships. I want to show an even stronger version of myself.”
Article and small interview with Sota Yamamoto ahead of World Championships. View this post on Instagram [...]
Rinka Watanabe: “There are times when I wonder if I’m good enough, but standing on the ice at competitions I’m proud to be able to see the scenery that I saw from the outside nine years ago.”
Article and small interview with Rinka Watanabe ahead of World Championships. Reasons for a breakthrough season and [...]
“When I thought about what was lacking, I realized it was confidence. So, I switched my focus on my strengths” Kazuki Tomono “god of pinch hitters” makes his road to Worlds as a direct qualifier for the first time
Article and small interview with Kazuki Tomono ahead of World Championships. View this post on Instagram [...]
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva: “A solo show like Hanyu did? I have no idea how he survived it. It’s insanely difficult! Even doing three programs in the show are very difficult to skate physically.”
Interview with Elizaveta Tuktamysheva. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Elizaveta [...]
“Once I had to undress at the airport and walked wearing just a bra” Evgenia Medvedeva shared another embarrassing story
Evgenia Medvedeva shared embarrassing stories on the TV show and told how she had to undress at the airport because [...]
“I now distinguish which actions of athletes or their behaviors require condemnation and which ones do not need to be focused on.” Alexei Mishin about his coaching longevity
Alexei Mishin told the secret of his coaching longevity. photo Dmitrii Chelyapin / MatchTV source: 78.ru On [...]
Natalia Bestemyanova: “Trusova has problems with being overweight, psychological difficulties. But she didn’t get what she wanted, so she’ll definitely come back.”
Natalia Bestemyanova summed up the season in figure skating, shared her opinion on Kamila Valieva, Anna Shcherbakova [...]
“We originally planned that Aleksa would represent Canada. There’s less competition and now she also can compete internationally.” Canadian coach Martine Dagenais who works in Russia together with her husband Alexandr Volkov.
Interview with Canadian coach Martine Dagenais who works in Russia together with her husband Alexandr Volkov. [...]
“Evgenia, why did you miss the warm-up at the World Championships? I didn’t have time to pee.” Medvedeva shared another embarrassing story on TV show, this time about 2016 Worlds
Evgenia Medvedeva shared embarrassing stories on the TV show and told how she was late for the warm-up at Worlds [...]
Yuzuru Hanyu: “I hoped that this program of “Notte Stellata” would deliver a little hope, like a star, for people suffered from 3/11 earthquake and also those who only know about it from the news.”
Yuzuru Hanyu about "Notte Stellata" Ice Show. photo sportishka.com source: mainichi.jp ! Please take into [...]
Alina Zagitova: “As a professional athlete, I saw nothing but ice rink. I didn’t have any friends, and I focused entirely on figure skating. This certainly helped to achieve result, but at the same time I missed something.”
Interview with Alina Zagitova for Voice magazine. View this post on Instagram A post shared by [...]
Swedish figure skater Anita Ostlund suffered violence from her mother. Mother has already been sentenced.
Translation of the article about Swedish figure skater Anita Ostlund who suffered violence from her mother. [...]