Alexander Zhulin: “There are methods of encouraging judges in figure skating worldwide, of course. Again, it’s unproven, but it exists.”
Alexander Zhulin about bribes in figure skating, same-gender pairs and Ukranian team not clapping to Valieva at the [...]
Anastasia Skoptsova: “Right after the free skate, Gabriella Papadakis walked into the dressing room and took out a bottle of wine from her suitcase.”
Former ice dancer Anastasia Skoptsova shared a story about Olympic champion Gabriella Papadakis. View this [...]
“No flag, no anthem, can’t support special operations, you’re from CSKA like Trusova so you’re not allowed? Go to hell then.” Big interview with Alexandr Zhulin
Big Interview with Alexander Zhulin. About Stepanova/Bukin, Davis/Smolkin, current situation in world ice dance and [...]
Alexander Zhulin: “When I skated Vivaldi program, it pleased me a lot that when gay people found out that I was straight they would say: ‘Really? But you… Your lines are so beautiful. They were genuinely disappointed.”
Alexander Zhulin commented on the level of the reigning world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates and shared his [...]
Guillaume Cizeron: “Stephane Lambiel would love to skate a program with me? Yes! I would love that too.”
Guillaume Cizeron about plans of Gabriella Papadakis and Madison Hubbell to perform in a pair. View this [...]
Zhulin and Tarasova: “Let Cizeron team up with Scott Moir. I think they will be a good match. And let Cizeron and Moir compete against Papadakis and Hubbell.”
Alexander Zhulin and Tatiana Tarasova commented on the news that Gabriella Papadakis and Madison Hubbell is preparing [...]
“It’s just nice to explore something that exists in me but I had never explored on the ice before.” Gabriella Papadakis and Madison Hubbell about same-gender teams and their plans to perform together
Gabriella Papadakis and Madison Hubbell about same-gender teams. View this post on Instagram A [...]
“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 [...]
Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron: “We take a year off from competitions, but we remain very close to the ice.”
Interview with Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron. View this post on Instagram A post [...]
Madison Hubbell: “I really want to do a project with Gabriella Papadakis and show what two women skating together can look like.” Madison Hubbell
The Canadian Figure Skating Federation has changed the definition of a "team" in pair skating and ice dance. Here's a [...]
Maxim Staviski: “With such strong judges as Russian behind you, you need to try very hard to fall low in the final protocol.”
Two-time world champion in ice dance Maxim Staviski, who competed for Bulgaria, spoke about judging in figure skating, [...]
Gabriella Papadakis: “Making comments about people’s bodies is not okay. Not to them. Not to their back. And not even if they’re nice comments.”
Olympic champion Gabriella Papadakis supported Kaitlin Hawayek after her story about inappropriate comments from a [...]
“Aleksandra Stepanova wanted her dress to be very light, weightless. So that she seemed to dissolve in it.’ Interview with designer who created costumes for Stepanova/Bukin, Kondratiuk and Kvitelashvilli
Figure skater costume designer Evgenia Kosygina, in an interview with Match TV, told how she worked on costumes for [...]
“They may not come back at all. They can find something to their liking. I heard Cizeron sews something.” Zhulin and Averbukh about Papadakis / Cizeron to skip the next season
Alexander Zhulin and Ilia Averbukh spoke about the decision of the French duo Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume [...]
“We decided to take a short break” Papadakis and Cizeron to skip the 2022/23 season
Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron will skip the 2022/23 season. View this post on Instagram [...]
Betina Popova: “If we kept in mind the absence of leading athletes, then a lot of people wouldn’t be considered World and European champions. All victories at the World Championships are deserved.”
Betina Popova summed up the results of the World Figure Skating Championship in ice dance, noting that the Russian [...]
Gabriella Papadakis: “Russians lost a lot of trust from other skaters because of the situation in Ukraine and doping. There is less tension without them.”
Olympic champion Gabriella Papadakis spoke about the absence of Russian figure skaters at the World Figure Skating [...]
Marina Zueva: “In recent years the style has been set by Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron. But dance without soul and feelings is just movement to the music.”
Interview with Marina Zueva. About the performance of Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov and results of the [...]
Evgeni Platov: “If I had my way, I would just give Hanyu and Chen two gold medals, I respect both of them so much.”
Interview with two-time Olympic Champion Evgeni Platov. About Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron, Victoria [...]
Alexander Zhulin: “With Papadakis/Cizeron missing the European Championships, it was insanely important to remove their direct competitors -Sinitsina/Katsalapov as far as possible.”
Interview with Alexander Zhulin. About his autobiography “Dancing on the ice of life. I know everything about [...]
“More experienced pair should perform in the team event.” Igor Shpilband about Davis/Smolkin, Olympics and Papadakis / Cizeron
Interview with Igor Shpilband. About Davis/Smolkin, Olympics and Papadakis/Cizeron. View this post on [...]
Ilia Averbukh about Papadakis and Cizeron: “I believe that it’s necessary to skate and compete, not to run away from each other. This shows that they’re afraid of our guys.”
Russian coaches about the withdrawal of Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron from the European Championships [...]
“For a long time queue in ice dance and unspoken nuances have been preventing Gabriella and Guillaume from getting fair scores.” Interview with Catherine Papadakis
Interview for Russian media with Catherine Papadakis, mother of Gabriella Papadakis and a skating coach. About her [...]
“Age is just the numbers in the passport. Raising age minimum is wrong from the sports point of view.” opinion of Russian coach who works in America and coaches Gracie Gold
Russian coach who now works in America Pavel Filchenkov about raising the age minimum, interest in figure skating in [...]