“I was shocked beyond words. My shoelace broke during the flip jump. ” Nobunari Oda’s Journey to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics
Nobunari Oda’s Journey to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics and Two Encounters with Retirement original source: [...]
“She had so many concerns about her ankle. The fact that she delivered this performance at exactly the right moment should not be underestimated. It’s been incredibly tough for her.” Former figure skater Katrien Pauwels on Loena Hendrickx
Loena Hendrickx Secures Olympic Spot original source: Sporza dd. September 21st 2025 View this post on [...]
“She’s simply the best – she still has that incredible talent and radiant presence on the ice. The only question is: how much does her recovery allow her to showcase that now?” Belgian commentator Inge Van Meensel on Loena Hendrickx
Loena Hendrickx eyes last chance for Olympic Qualification original source: Sporza dd. September 18th 2025 [...]
Vaitsekhovskaya on Arutyunyan no longer listed as Malinin’s coach: “Only two coaches can accompany a skater at the Olympics. It seems Tatiana Malinina wants to witness her son’s victory in person, not on TV.”
Why Rafael Arutyunyan’s name may have disappeared from Ilia Malinin’s coaching team profile. Original source: [...]
“Partner used to support the coach, saying, ‘If you don’t want her to yell at you like that, lose weight.'” Article about Russian pair skater Julia Antipova who almost died because of anorexia
Translation of an article about Russian pair skater Julia Antipova who almost died because of anorexia. photo Ria [...]
Yuzuru Hanyu’s “One Year as a Professional Skater” has an economic impact of approx. 124 million USD! Data analysis reveals an extraordinary effect beyond expectations
Translation of the article about the economic effect of Yuzuru Hanyu's "One Year as a Professional Skater." photo [...]
Yuma Kagiyama and Kao Miura had a one-week training camp working on the programs with Shae-Lynn Bourne
Yuma Kagiyama and Kao Miura work on their programs with Shae-Lynn Bourne. View this post on Instagram [...]
“Health and psyche cannot be returned.” Article in Russian media about mental health issues figure skaters face in their careers, eating disorders, depression and panic attacks
Translation of the article in Russian media about mental health issues figure skaters face; with the comments from [...]
Hungarian parents opposed the dominance of immigrants from Russia in figure skating and the abusive coaching methods
Figure skating school in Budapest is accused of inviting too many Russian skaters to represent Hungary and abusive [...]
“I dream of returning home and training on the home rink.” How Ukrainian figure skating survives during the war.
Translation of the article about how Ukrainian figure skating survives during the war. photo vikna tv source: [...]
“I’m a coach, not a neighbor’s aunt.” Translation of an article about Mie Hamada
Translation of the article about Japanese coach Mie Hamada mada published in Russian media. photo by Atsushi Tomura [...]
“Tutberidze can’t refuse to work with Valieva, because in this case, the blame for everything that happened to the athlete will fall on the coach.” Elena Vaitsekhovaskaya about prospects of Kamila Valieva to continue her sports career
Russian journalist Elena Vaitsekhovaskaya about prospects of Anna Shcherbakova, Alena Kostornaia, Alexandra Trusova [...]
“Trusova returned to Khrustalny on her own terms. They tolerated her, difficult character is difficult character, but five quads are five quads. But will they tolerate now?” Vaitsekhovaskaya about prospects of Alexandra Trusova to continue her sports career
Russian journalist Elena Vaitsekhovaskaya about prospects of Anna Shcherbakova, Alena Kostornaia, Alexandra Trusova [...]
“Alena already had experience of not getting to the Olympics and managed to understand that people don’t die because of this.” Elena Vaitsekhovaskaya about Kostornaia’s prospects to continue her sports career
Russian journalist Elena Vaitsekhovaskaya about prospects of Anna Shcherbakova, Alena Kostornaia, Alexandra Trusova [...]
“It’s possible that Sherbakova’s injury is a consequence of prerotations and underrotations.” Elena Vaitsekhovaskaya about prospects of Anna Shcherbakova to continue her sports career
Russian journalist Elena Vaitsekhovaskaya about prospects of Anna Shcherbakova, Alena Kostornaia, Alexandra Trusova [...]
Aleksandra Boikova: “We’ll pass the doping test with tears” the story of a figure skater who failed to realize her Olympic dream
Article in Russian media about Alexandra Boikova, her path in sports and Olympics. View this post on [...]
Nathan Chen SP for season 2019-2020. Review [+video]
It's finally that time of the season when we see the new programs for the first time. Sometimes you immediately fall [...]
Satoko Miyahara SP 2019-2019 [+video]
Satoko Miyahara's short program for the season 2019-2020. Video + review. Music: Yalla, Tabla & Percussion [...]
NHK Trophy 2018 short review
In course of time for every skating fan comes a moment when he need to reconsider his relationships with figure skating [...]
Skate America 2018 review
I think I should make some changes in my CV and lits "figure skating" as my "bad habit". It's addictive and it for sure [...]
Ladies’ new programs for 2018-2019 season [short review]
Suddenly I've realized that I've been doing many translations and haven't done any review for a while. So I'm going to [...]
World Championships 2018 review
*Censored*......Worlds...Ouch. Having watched 5 b-events, grand-prix, final, Europeans, couple of nationals, Four [...]
US Nationals 2018 review
I just watched the entire US Nationals, got a lot of pleasure and emotions and ready to share them. Living quite [...]
Grand-prix Final 2017 review
I love figure skating, but honestly, I had not a lot of enthusiasm to watch Grand Prix Final. Because of several [...]