“If you have a goal or a desire, don’t give up; pursue it. This is your life!” article about ice dancer Solene Mazingue who was in coma after a fall on the ice but still dreams about the Olympics
Translation of the article about Estonian ice dancers Solene Mazingue and Marko Jevgeni Gaidajenko. View [...]
Daisuke Takahashi: “Because of an injury I felt the pressure of whether I could make it to the 2010 Olympics. I left home, ran away due to the pressure, and became unreachable for about two weeks.”
Daisuke Takahashi about pressure before the Olympics. View this post on Instagram A post shared [...]
Aleksandr Galliamov: “It’s great to have sparring partners. Boikova/Kozlovskii and our pair were pushing each other up. The guys left, but this is sports.”
Interview with Aleksandr Galliamov about new program and preparation for the season. View this post on [...]
Anna Shcherbakova: “I still don’t have a clear answer whether I will compete this season.”
Anna Shcherbakova admitted that she doesn't know whether she will compete in the new season. View this post [...]
“I haven’t experienced anything like this before, where all the athletes support each other. It’s unusual.” Alexandra Trusova about moving to the group of Svetlana Sokolovskaya
Alexandra Trusova about moving to the group of Svetlana Sokolovskaya. View this post on Instagram [...]
“It was sad, disappointing that I devoted my whole life to figure skating and didn’t achieve what I wanted.” Ksenia Tsibinova about ending her career at a peak
Interview with single skater Ksenia Tsibinova who ended her career after showing her best results. View [...]
Kamila Valieva: “I want to express my immense gratitude to my coaches for teaching me, developing me, caring for me, scolding me, motivating me, and tolerating me. Many things in my life have happened thanks to you.”
Kamila Valieva thanked her coaches on the Day of Physical Culture. View this post on Instagram A [...]
Anjelika Krylova: “Benoit Richaud is a very good choreographer, but I would say more so for single skaters. And he’s very good at self-promotion.”
Interview with Anjelika Krylova. photo RIA Novosti source: RT dd. 22d July 2023 by Elena [...]
Evgenia Medvedeva: “When you’re skating, you still have a boss – in our case, a coach, a choreographer, a second coach. And now I’ve felt this power over my life.”
Evgenia Medvedeva stated that she has a strong character. View this post on Instagram A post [...]
Marin Honda: “I really can’t imagine myself not skating. Even though after moving to the senior level, it wasn’t always a joyful period.”
Interview with Marin Honda about her love for skating and performing in shows. View this post on Instagram [...]
“In the world of figure skating, everything happens a bit unfairly.” Interview with Ksenia Tsibinova who used to outperform Trusova and Shcherbakova and left at her peak.
Interview with signle skater Ksenia Tsibinova who left sports at her peak. View this post on Instagram [...]
“The emotions of 20-year-old athletes can differ from those of an 80-year-old coach.” Tamara Moskvina about Boikova/Kozlovskii switching to Tutberidze
Tamara Moskvina about Boikova/Kozlovskii leaving her group and switching to Eteri Tutberidze; "Barbie" and [...]
“Since Poeta is one of Stephane Lambiel’s signature pieces, skating it together comes with an overwhelming pressure.” Kana Muramoto, Daisuke Takahashi and Shizuka Arakawa about Friends on Ice show
Kana Muramoto, Daisuke Takahashi and Shizuka Arakawa about performing in Friends on Ice ice show. View this [...]
“Will there be a need to reimburse any amount for Samodelkina’s training in Russia? I don’t think we will be ready to do that.” Skating federation of Kazakhstan
In Kazakhstan, they are most likely not ready to pay compensation for Samodelkina's transfer. View this [...]
Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin: We mentioned that we didn’t rule out changing citizenship, but neither the USA nor Israel were mentioned. All this was blown up by “journalists”
Interview with Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin. About switching to Georgian team, new programs and debut competition. [...]
“There is a certain turnover in Tutberidze’s group. And I’m worried when parents’ ambitions exceed the abilities and opportunities of the child.” Irina Rodnina on Daria Usacheva’s possible retirement
Irina Rodnina commented on the information about figure skater Daria Usacheva leaving Eteri Tutberidze's group. [...]
Korean ice dancers Hannah Lim and Ye Quan give the past season “95 and 99 out of 100” for previous season and looking forward to compete at the senior level
Interview with Korean ice dancers Hannah Lim and Ye Quan. View this post on Instagram A post [...]
Daria Usacheva left the group of Eteri Tutberidze. She is likely to retire from skating.
Figure skater Daria Usacheva left the group of Eteri Tutberidze. View this post on Instagram A [...]
Haein Lee: “If I were to give a hint about my new free program, it has a ‘Gypsy-like feeling.’ If I were to express it in colors, the short program would be blue, and the free program would be red.”
Translation of an article and interview with Haein Lee. View this post on Instagram A post [...]
Nathan Chen gives advice to those who follow their dreams at the presentation of his book in Japan “Repeat ‘exploration’ to learn from failure and ‘strengthening’ to seek perfection”
Translation of an article in Japanese about Nathan Chen's picture book. View this post on Instagram [...]
Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin: “We are satisfied with our debut. We are glad that we managed to win and start the season successfully under the Georgian flag.”
Diana Davis and Gleb Smolkin on their debut representing Georgia. Also some comments from the Russian coaches. [...]
Evgenia Medvedeva: “It was mainly thanks to my speech at the closed IOC summit in Lausanne that we were allowed for team events at the 2018 Olympics.”
Evgenia Medvedeva answered questions in a quick interview. View this post on Instagram A post [...]
“Belle époque era and seeing hope beyond sadness” Jia Shin about her programs for 2023/24 season
Korean single skater Jia Shin about her programs for 2023/24 season. View this post on Instagram [...]
Mao Shimada aims to qualify for the Youth Olympics and defend her title at the World Junior Championships
Mao Shimada about summer training camp and plans for the season. View this post on Instagram A [...]