Adelia Petrosyan: “When it comes to programs and music, it’s primarily a collaboration with my coaches. They suggest music, and more often than not, we choreograph the routine to that specific music.”
Translation of Adelia Petrosyan's comments about how she started doing figure skating. original source: Moscow [...]
Dario Cirisano: “I didn’t have a burning desire to leave Russia, nor was I chasing international competitions at the time.”
Translation of Dario Cirisano's comments about ending his partnership with Denisa Cimlova and returning to [...]
“It’s a genre I haven’t explored before, so I’m still struggling with the artistic aspect. This program is all about making a strong initial impression.” Kaori Sakamoto about her free program
Translation of Kaori Sakamoto’s comments about start of the season and her new free program. original source: [...]
“Until we win in Ukraine, nothing will change.” Alexander Zhulin about the news that ISU didn’t discuss the return of Russian skaters to international competitions
Translation of Alexander Zhulin's comments about the ISU hasn't discussed the issue of allowing Russian skaters to [...]
Marin Honda: “In my program, I wanted to convey the theme of the light and shadow of my skating life.”
Translation of Marin Honda's comments about her new programs and goals for the season. original source: [...]
“They have improved in skating skills. However, it seems that they didn’t fully develop the choreography, both with Michael Jackson and ‘Swan Lake.'” Ekaterina Bobrova about Davis/Smolkin
Translation of Ekaterina Bobrova's comments about Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin original source: Championat - [...]
Yuma Kagiyama: “Competing internationally, I want to stand out with my programs and Carolina Kostner taught me a lot in terms of skating and artistic expression.”
Translation of Yuma Kagiyama's comments about working with Carolina Kostner and his goal to stand out on the [...]
“Imagine you’ve dedicated 20 years of your life to becoming an Olympic champion… And then someone at the IOC just says, ‘You’re great, but no.'” Evgenia Medvedeva about suspension of Russian athletes
Translation of Evgenia Medvedeva’s comment about suspension of Russian athletes from international [...]
“If I can show the audience colors and expressions they’ve never seen from me before, then that would be great.” Sota Yamamoto about “NEW Sota” as his theme of the season
Translation of Sota Yamamoto’s comment from a press conference for the start of 2023/24 GP season. original [...]
“From a very early age, I was restricted in my diet. That’s because someone once said I had bad genetics.” Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva about her struggle with eating disorders
Translation of Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva's comment about her struggle with eating disorders. original source: Okko [...]
Evgenia Medvedea: “Every time I tell people that a child doesn’t want to spend hours on the ice and struggle with triple jumps, they ask, ‘But how do champions emerge?’ Well there’re Russian and Soviet school for that.”
Translation of Evgenia Medvedeva’s comments about raising champions. original sources: "Without Comments" Youtube [...]
Alexandra Trusova: “In the shape I was in back at the Olympics I’d participate in jumping competition and I’d like to compete with Chen, Malinin, Hanyu and Uno it it was international.”
Translation of Alexandra Trusova’s comments about quadruple and quintuple jumps and her attitude to jumping [...]
“Every season, the theme becomes about always surpassing our past performances. This time, we also want to improve in artistic expression.” Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara about “83.150” theme of the season
Translation of Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara’s comment from a press conference for the start of 2023/24 GP [...]
Kaori Sakamoto: “After a bad performance, I allow myself to cry as much as I want on that day and let out all the negativity. “
Translation of Kaori Sakamoto’s comment from a press conference for the start of 2023/24 GP season. original [...]
“I haven’t been able yet to create something that I can be completely satisfied with or that I want to watch again.” Shoma Uno about “self-satisfaction” as a goal for the season
Translation of Shoma Uno's comment from a press conference for the start of 2023/24 GP season. original source: [...]
Irina Rodnina: “Perhaps in figure skating, we should also expect the admission of our juniors, just like in football. International federations understand that they made a lot of emotional mistakes.”
Translation of Irina Rodnina's comment regarding possible return of Russian junior skaters on international [...]
“It’s impossible to get used to such attention; it touches me deeply every time. But it’s not only pleasant; it also comes with great responsibility.” Anna Shcherbakova about her popularity in China
Translation of Anna Shcherbakova's comment about her popularity in China. original source: sports.ru [...]
“Is it a beauty contest or should we look for skating skills?” Betina Popova about Davis/Smolkin placing above the Taschlers at the Nepela Memorial
Translation of Betina Popova's comment about performance and scores of Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin at the Ondrej [...]
“Aleksandra especially enjoys being in the new group because she’s surrounded by men every day: young, handsome, and talented.” Dmitrii Kozlovskii about training in Tutberidze’s group
Europe and Russia's pairs skating champion, Dmitrii Kozlovskii, who skates with Aleksandra Boikova, talked about their [...]
Kaori Sakamoto: “Now, after graduating, I think I’ll have more time to focus on skating. I want to make effective use of it.”
Kaori Sakamoto about graduation from university and participation in the upcoming Japan Open. View this [...]
“I don’t understand why we are not competing. When they will allow us to compete again? We need specific dates.” Tarasova and Zhulin on upcoming ISU council
Alexander Zhulin and Tatiana Tarasova commented on the talks that ISU may allow Belarusian athletes to participate in [...]
Tatiana Tarasova: “When you go to a training session of American male single skaters, you see how they jump: quadruple, quadruple, quadruple. It’s different for us.”
Tatiana Tarasova compared men's single skating in Russian and USA. View this post on Instagram A [...]
“Be cool like Lady Gaga!” Interview with Mao Shimada about JGP, programs and the aim of winning
Translation of the interview with Mao Shimada. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mao [...]
Alena Kostornaia: “I think it’s a good trend – to maintain the content’s complexity, but not unrealistically huge, because it’s very injury-prone.”
source: Okko Sports View this post on Instagram A post shared by @kostornaiakunitsateam.official [...]