“I can do blond hair only for the current period. I still want to compete, I hope I can slowly return to it at my own pace.” Wakaba Higuchi about her new hair color and desire to continue skating
Wakaba Higuchi about getting blonde hair and her thoughts on returning to competitions. View this post on [...]
“I really didn’t expect the gold medal. I just wanted to medal.” Haein Lee about winning Four Continents Championships
South Korea's Haein Lee about winning gold at the Four Continents Championships 2023 in Colorado, USA. View [...]
“All season we were making fun of foreign pairs, but it becomes clear that pair skating in the “non-Russian” space isn’t a stagnation, but a clear moving forward.” Russian journalist Elena Vaitsekhovskaya
Russian sports journalist Elena Vaitsekhovskaya about the level of competition in pair skating at international [...]
“At 15, he wanted to quit skating and do football. Now he wants to jump seven quads.” Interview with grandfather of Ilia Malinin
Interview with grandfather of Ilia Malinin. Valeri Malinin told about Ilia's mother's path in figure skating, [...]
Anna Cappellini: “Isn’t it just wonderful that we can enjoy watching Daisuke Takahashi skate again? Hopefully, he’s setting an example for others to try this path.”
Former Italian ice dancer and now a coach Anna Cappellini about Daisuke Takahashi doing ice dance. View [...]
“If Khudaiberdieva/Bazin were now at the European Championships, they would have been the third. If there was a Russian judge.” coach Denis Samokhin
Coach Denis Samokhin believes that Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva and Egor Bazin could have been in the top three at the [...]
“It’s a fact that we finished among the medalists. Without a medal, it doesn’t feel real.” Ryuichi Kihara about not getting Olympic medals due to Valieva’s doping case
Ryuichi Kihara about still not getting the Olympic medal that Japanese team won at the Beijing Olympics. [...]
Ivan Bukin: “We didn’t leave! We will try to make it possible to compete next season.”
Interview with Ivan Bukin. About the current season and the desire to return to competitive activities in the [...]
“Trusova achieved brilliant results, showing five quads at the Olympics. But I think that Malinin’s 4.5 axel was so revolutionary that it outweighed the jury’s opinion.” Sports agent Ari Zakarian about ISU Awards
Sports agent Ari Zakarian about why Alexandra Trusova didn't get into the list of nominees for "Special Achievement" [...]
“Senior skaters are not opposed to pattern dance, but they didn’t want it to necessarily be levels – to give them more creativity and freedom.” Interview with Shawn Rettstatt
Interview with Mr. Shawn Rettstatt – Chair of ISU Ice Dance Technical Committee about changes in ice dances. [...]
Kamila Valieva: “Today is exactly one year since we won the team event at the Beijing Olympics! Incredible emotions after the performance and the understanding that we are the first.”
Kamila Valieva shared her memories of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. View this post on Instagram [...]
Evgenia Medvedeva: “One girl in the Olympic season decided to shoot TikTok, fell during the dance sand broke her toe. The preparation for the Games was undermined.”
Evgenia Medvedeva spoke about the curious injury of one of the athletes. View this post on Instagram [...]
Tatiana Tarasova: “Ilia Malinin has nothing to do with the Russian figure skating school. He is an American athlete with Russian parents.”
Tatiana Tarasova said that the American Ilia Malinin has nothing to do with the Russian school of figure skating. [...]
“To be honest, I have always rooted for Nathan and looked up to him. I’m very happy that he won the Olympics.” Trusova about men’s single skating
Alexandra Trusova about men's single skating. View this post on Instagram A post shared by [...]
“The results of the award are fair. Why not Shcherbakova? She hasn’t been skating long enough yet.” Tatiana Tarasova about Nathan Chen winning the ISU Most Valuable Skater nomination
Tatiana Tarasova spoke about the results of the ISU Skating Awards. View this post on Instagram [...]
Deniss Vasiljevs: “I don’t support the admission of Russian athletes to the Olympics. Time must pass, the war must end, everyone must look at what happened and understand the situation, and only then can we start talking about it.”
Deniss Vasiljevs about European Championships, preparation for Worlds and his attitude towards possible return of [...]
“We have the same rules: cut your nails properly and no hand cream” Interview with Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara
answered questions from the fans about pair skating. View this post on Instagram A post shared [...]
Ekaterina Bobrova: “Without Russians women’s single skating rolled back for 8-10 years. This’s degradation.”
Sochi 2014 Olympic champion in the team event Ekaterina Bobrova shared her opinion about the level of women's single [...]
Anastasiia Gubanova: “I came to life at these European Championships. This victory is like a second breath for me.”
Interview with 2023 European champion Anastasiia Gubanova. View this post on Instagram A post [...]
Daisuke Takahashi: “I will retire from ice dance when I stop dancing.”
Kana Muramoto and Daisuke Takahashi about ice dance. View this post on Instagram A post [...]
“Grassl hasn’t notified us yet of his intention to train with Tutberidze till the end of the season. But if he does this, then we will support him.” Comment from the Italian Ice Sports Federation
The Italian Ice Sports Federation (FISG) commented on the intention of figure skater Daniel Grassl to continue [...]
“I hope that our pair with Georgy Kunitsa will be able to be competitive and interesting and will enter the competitions.” Alena Kostornaia resumed training in pair skating
Alena Kostornaia resumed training in the group of Sergei Roslyakov after a break for vacation. View this [...]
“I did not win silver but lost gold.” Loena Hendrickx about European Championships, breakup, having “twisties” and negative reactions from Russia
Loena Hendrickx and her coach and brother Jorik Hendrickx about preparation and performance at the European [...]
“Victory of Anastasiia Gubanova proves once again that the Russian coaching technique works.” Evgeni Rukavitsin about the victory of his athlete, Georgian figure at the European Championships
Coach Evgeni Rukavitsin spoke about the victory of his athlete, Georgian figure skater Anastasiia Gubanova, at the [...]