Men

Martinez remains optimistic despite injury

Michael Christian Martinez, who hails from Muntinlupa, Philippines, had a busy season the first half of the...
Canada’s Nadeau ready for senior challenge

After three years of competing on the junior level, Canada’s Nicolas Nadeau is now being pushed out...
Sota Yamamoto sets sights on Junior World title

Japan’s Sōta Yamamoto, who debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) two years ago, has his...
Nam Nguyen: ‘Everything will be bigger’

Canada’s Nam Nguyen, who will be competing in his second year as a senior, is working even...
Adam Rippon lets go of ‘doubt’

USA’s Adam Rippon had a season filled with ups and downs last year, however, he came through...
Han Yan aims to make history for China

The past 2014-15 season did not go as planned for China’s Han Yan, who described it as...
Ronald Lam retires from competitive skating

Hong Kong’s Ronald Lam, who initially represented Canada on the international level from 2007-2010, is retiring from competitive...
Glacier Falls next stop for Nathan Chen

While bad luck and injuries have plagued USA’s Nathan Chen this past year, the 2014 World Junior...
Hanyu: ‘Failure is the stepping stone for success’

The 2014-15 season was certainly not a mundane one for Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu, who had a spectacular...
Latvia’s Deniss Vasiljevs draws attention

When Latvian skater Deniss Vasiljevs performed at the 2015 ISU World Junior Championships earlier this year in...
Next in line: Shoma Uno

Shoma Uno is the fifth Men’s World Junior Champion from Japan, following the footsteps of Daisuke Takahashi...
Ten aims high for Shanghai

Kazakhstan’s Denis Ten, who kept a relatively low profile during the first half of this season, took...
Jason Brown: ‘It paid off’

Jason Brown won his first national title at the 2015 U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Sunday night...
Amodio readies for fifth Europeans

Florent Amodio won gold, bronze and silver at the European Championships in the years 2011 to 2013,...
Pitkeev looking for strong debut at Europeans

There is currently a lot of talk about the depth in Russian Ladies figure skating, however, the...
Spain’s Fernandez aims for third European title

At 23 years old, Javier Fernandez has already secured his place in figure skating history as the...
Takahito Mura skates for his family

Although Japan’s Takahito Mura has been competing at the international senior level since 2008, it wasn’t until...
Olympic Champion Hanyu keeps up the challenge

Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan reached the pinnacle of figure skating when he won Olympic gold in Sochi...
One step at a time for Japan’s Kozuka

Last season Japan’s Takahiko Kozuka had to deal with the biggest disappointment of his career: despite finishing...
Japan’s Machida out of the shadows

Japan’s Tatsuki Machida, who has regularly been in the shadow of his famous teammates Mao Asada, Miki...

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Elaine Zayak (CAN), the 1982 World champion and 1981 U.S. National champion, was the first woman to consistently land many triple jumps in her programs. Zayak lost three toes on her left foot (her takeoff foot) in a lawn mower accident at the age of two. On the advice of her doctors, she began figure skating as physical therapy. Her left boot was stabilized with a wood mold to compensate for the irregularity in the shape of her left foot.