Sota Yamamoto: “I feel like I’ve grown a lot this season. So I want to practice without any regrets and do my best at the World Championships. I want to show an even stronger version of myself.”

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Article and small interview with Sota Yamamoto ahead of World Championships. View this post on Instagram [...]

Rinka Watanabe: “There are times when I wonder if I’m good enough, but standing on the ice at competitions I’m proud to be able to see the scenery that I saw from the outside nine years ago.”

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Article and small interview with Rinka Watanabe ahead of World Championships. Reasons for a breakthrough season and [...]

“When I thought about what was lacking, I realized it was confidence. So, I switched my focus on my strengths” Kazuki Tomono “god of pinch hitters” makes his road to Worlds as a direct qualifier for the first time

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Article and small interview with Kazuki Tomono ahead of World Championships. View this post on Instagram [...]

Elizaveta Tuktamysheva: “A solo show like Hanyu did? I have no idea how he survived it. It’s insanely difficult! Even doing three programs in the show are very difficult to skate physically.”

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Interview with Elizaveta Tuktamysheva. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Elizaveta [...]

“Once I had to undress at the airport and walked wearing just a bra” Evgenia Medvedeva shared another embarrassing story

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Evgenia Medvedeva shared embarrassing stories on the TV show and told how she had to undress at the airport because [...]

“I now distinguish which actions of athletes or their behaviors require condemnation and which ones do not need to be focused on.” Alexei Mishin about his coaching longevity

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Alexei Mishin told the secret of his coaching longevity. photo Dmitrii Chelyapin / MatchTV source: 78.ru On [...]

Natalia Bestemyanova: “Trusova has problems with being overweight, psychological difficulties. But she didn’t get what she wanted, so she’ll definitely come back.”

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Natalia Bestemyanova summed up the season in figure skating, shared her opinion on Kamila Valieva, Anna Shcherbakova [...]

“We originally planned that Aleksa would represent Canada. There’s less competition and now she also can compete internationally.” Canadian coach Martine Dagenais who works in Russia together with her husband Alexandr Volkov.

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Interview with Canadian coach Martine Dagenais who works in Russia together with her husband Alexandr Volkov. [...]

“Evgenia, why did you miss the warm-up at the World Championships? I didn’t have time to pee.” Medvedeva shared another embarrassing story on TV show, this time about 2016 Worlds

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Evgenia Medvedeva shared embarrassing stories on the TV show and told how she was late for the warm-up at Worlds [...]

“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

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Translation of the article in Russian media about mental health issues figure skaters face; with the comments from [...]

Yuzuru Hanyu: “I hoped that this program of “Notte Stellata” would deliver a little hope, like a star, for people suffered from 3/11 earthquake and also those who only know about it from the news.”

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Yuzuru Hanyu about "Notte Stellata" Ice Show. photo sportishka.com source: mainichi.jp ! Please take into [...]

Alina Zagitova: “As a professional athlete, I saw nothing but ice rink. I didn’t have any friends, and I focused entirely on figure skating. This certainly helped to achieve result, but at the same time I missed something.”

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Interview with Alina Zagitova for Voice magazine. View this post on Instagram A post shared by [...]

Swedish figure skater Anita Ostlund suffered violence from her mother. Mother has already been sentenced.

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Translation of the article about Swedish figure skater Anita Ostlund who suffered violence from her mother. [...]