“At first, we really struggled, and there was even a time when both of us fell headfirst on the ice. It was an extremely difficult challenge.” Shoma Uno and Marin Honda debuted a new ice dance program at the “Ice Brave2” choreographed by Jean-Luc Baker
Shoma Uno and Marin Honda debuted a challenging new ice dance program at the "Ice Brave2" show, with Uno expressing [...]
“Hooray, finally! I’m here. The feelings are amazing. I think this is the best thing that has happened in my life during all this time.” Kamila Valieva on returning to competition
Kamila Valieva expressed her joy and gratitude after returning to competition following her suspension, describing her [...]
“We couldn’t have dreamed of better training partners and better competitors. They’ve supported us from the beginning, when we announced our return.” Laurence Fournier-Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron on Madison Chock and Evan Bates
Laurence Fournier-Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron on European Championships and Olympic preparation. original source: [...]
Carolina Kostner: “The mistake is thinking that a success, or achieving a goal, changes us. In reality, I think the change happens before and then allows you to live that important moment with presence and clarity.”
Carolina Kostner reflects on her lifelong journey in figure skating. original source: vanityfair.it dd. 24th [...]
Riku Miura: “I like being thrown and spun around. Kids who love amusement park rides would enjoy pairs skating.”
Riku Miura, competing in her second Olympics with partner Ryuichi Kihara, is known for her resilience, cheerful [...]
Gabriella Papadakis: “Relationship within skating pairs are difficult, complex, and we have no tools to manage them. All this in a competitive system with almost no limits. It’s an open door to all kinds of human excesses.”
Olympic champion Gabriella Papadakis reveals the toxic dynamics and personal struggles she experienced in figure [...]
Lara Naki Gutmann: “The hardest thing is showing four years of work in three minutes. You can be the best in training, but if you don’t manage competition well, it becomes impossible. I wouldn’t eliminate it, though – it’s part of the game.”
Interview with Lara Naki Gutmann for Venity Fair Italy. She shares insights into her training, music choices, [...]
Ilia Averbukh: “I think the main drawback of the current judging system is that we don’t know which judge gave which score. In the old system, we knew that a representative from a certain country gave you a certain score.”
Choreographer Ilia Averbukh named the main drawback of the judging system in figure skating. original source: [...]
Gabriella Papadakis: “Guillaume’s public statements reflect the relationship we had. All the arguments are the same ones he used in our relationship to minimize my words, to discredit me, and that were part of his control.”
Olympic champion Gabriella Papadakis reveals the toxic dynamics and personal struggles she experienced in her [...]
“I changed my free skate because I felt it was a program where I could honestly tell my own story.” Junhwan Cha on bringing back “Balada para un Loco” free program
Junhwan Cha will include three quadruple jumps in his programs at the 2026 Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo Winter [...]
“Winning the medal in Beijing was a great turning point. Now, every category is stronger, so if we all unite, I hope we can win a medal of an even better color than last time.” Kaori Sakamoto on the Olympic Team event
Kaori Sakamoto, who will represent Japan in women’s figure skating at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics, has expressed [...]
Matteo Rizzo: “Skating is happiness – has it always been that way? I’d be lying if I said yes, no, but that’s normal. There have been some very tough moments when I almost hated it, and that’s normal too. But it’s nice that I can say that for me now it’s happiness.”
Interview with Matteo Rizzo for Venity Fair Italy. Italian figure skater Matteo Rizzo discusses the importance of [...]
“Ice dance was a series of tough challenges, but each one led to new horizons and became a precious program where we grew a lot.” Marin Honda on her ice dance experience with Shoma Uno
Marin Honda shared a video on Instagram showing her and Shoma Uno’s progress in ice dance, reflecting on their [...]
Alexander Zhulin: “At the Europeans, I would have boldly put Stepanova and Bukin in second place behind Cizeron.” and “Cizeron – yes, he’s good. As for Chock and Bates, they’re a good pair, but for me, they’re not as good as Cizeron.”
Alexander Zhulin believes that Aleksandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin could have taken second place at the 2026 European [...]
Kaori Sakamoto: “2013 Nationals was the first and only competition we skated together, and seeing her ‘Hymne à l’amour’ made me fall in love with it. From then on, I wanted to be like Akiko-san.”
Kaori Sakamoto on Akiko Suzuki and her free program to “Hymne à l’amour” original source: Tokyo Sports, 16th [...]
“Even after my first GP Final win, I thought my free skate was great, but watching it before Worlds, I felt, ‘It’s just jumps.’ I started to wonder if this was really the kind of performance I wanted.” Shoma Uno on his career path and Olympic experience
Shoma Uno on his career journey and Olympic experience. original source: sportiva.shueisha.co.jp dd 27th January [...]
“This is the ISU admitting its own helplessness, that they can’t judge fairly. If they have to separate the jumpers from the skaters.” Yagudin criticized the initiative to introduce technical and artistic programs
Olympic champion Alexei Yagudin criticized the initiative to introduce technical and artistic programs at ISU figure [...]
Georgii Reshtenko: “As Michal Brezina told me back in Beijing even if we went to Milan, it would just be as tourists. He said I have a young body, I can keep skating, and there’s another Olympic season ahead.”
European bronze Medalist Reshtenko Speaks Out About Missing the Olympics. original source: Championat [...]
Kao Miura: “Following the recent results, I’ve received some rather aggressive comments. While I understand some of the feelings behind them, I hope people will stop sending abusive messages about things unrelated to skating.”
Kao Miura, who will represent Japan in men’s figure skating at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics, has shared his [...]
“I’ll be behind the scenes supporting Team Italy, feeling a bit like a mentor and a mother hen. I started my Olympic career in Turin, so for me, it’s like closing a circle.” Carolina Kostner on her role at Milan-Cortina
Carolina Kostner reflects on her enduring passion for figure skating, her evolving roles ahead of the Milan-Cortina [...]
“When I started restoring my jumps, I lost my sense of rotations in the air. I just kept trying, doing lots of double jumps, trying to find where the triple rotations were.” Alexandra Trusova on restoring her jumps after giving birth
Beijing 2022 silver medalist Alexandra Trusova spoke about how she restored her jumps after giving birth. original [...]
Junhwan Cha: “Yuna Kim is the GOAT, and she was a hero to me. Beyond her technical perfection, she always inspired me with her ability to bring out different concepts, and I love that kind of creative challenge in figure skating.”
Junhwan Cha won the silver medal at the Four Continents Championships with a season-best performance, reflecting on [...]
Haein Lee: “I’ve waited eight years for the Olympics, so I’m really happy to finally compete. I want to skate with no regrets and stay healthy and focused on what comes after the Olympics.”
Haein Lee finished fifth in the women’s singles at the Four Continents Championships, reflecting on her performance, [...]
“The first few times were very scary, even though now I realize these aren’t super difficult lifts. The first time I did one, I screamed across the ice.” Anna Shcherbakova on doing lifts with a non-professional partner on a TV show
Anna Shcherbakova said she agreed to take part in the TV project “Ice Age” because she wanted to challenge [...]