Figure Skating News
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4.7KJapan’s Kaori Sakamoto reclaims national title
2022-23 Japanese Nationals: Women’s Recap World Champion Kaori Sakamoto reclaimed the throne at the 91st National Championships (第９１回全日本フィギュアスケート選手権大会) on Saturday. The competition...
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4.2KMuramoto and Takahashi claim first national title
2022-23 Japanese Nationals: Ice Dance Recap The ice dance team of Kana Muramoto and Daisuke Takahashi impressed the judges with passionate performances...
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10.7KSofia Akateva skates off with gold in senior Russian National debut
2023 Russian Nationals: Women’s Recap Fifteen-year-old Sofia Akateva skated off with gold in her debut at the senior-level Russian National Championships on...
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4.4KDramatic tie-breaking win for Semenenko at Russian Nationals
2023 Russian Nationals: Men’s Recap Evgeni Semenenko took the men’s Russian National title in what turned out to be a dramatic tie-breaking...
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3.4KBoikova and Kozlovskii snatch pairs’ gold at Russian Nationals
2023 Russian Nationals: Pairs’ Recap In what turned out to be a very close competition, Aleksandra Boikova and Dmitrii Kozlovskii snatched the Pairs...
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4.0KKhudaiberdieva and Bazin crowned new Russian Ice Dance Champions
2023 Russian Nationals: Ice Dance Recap Tears flowed in abundance for Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva and Egor Bazin, who were crowned the new Russian...
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3.4KCatching up with Ilia Malinin
Ilia Malinin: 2022-23 Grand Prix Final Interview USA’s Ilia Malinin talks about his experience in Torino, Italy, at the 2022-23 Grand Prix...
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3.7KMihara surprises in Torino; captures gold
2022-23 Grand Prix Final: Women’s Free Skate Japan’s Mai Mihara surprised in Torino, Italy, at the 2022-23 Grand Prix Final, capturing the...
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3.2KGilles and Poirier dance to Grand Prix Final gold
2022-23 Grand Prix Final: Free Dance Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Canada danced their way to Grand Prix Final gold in...
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3.7KUno wins first Grand Prix Final gold
2022-23 Grand Prix Final: Men’s Free Skate Shoma Uno of Japan finally won his first Grand Prix Final gold medal in Torino,...
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3.6KJapan’s Sakamoto takes short program in Torino
2022-23 Grand Prix Final: Women’s Short Program Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto took the lead in the Women’s short program at the 2022-23 Grand...
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2.8KGilles and Poirier lead with narrow margin in Rhythm Dance
2022-23 Grand Prix Final: Rhythm Dance Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Canada took the lead in the Ice Dance event by...
Did you Know?
Shizuka Arakawa became the first Japanese figure skater to win an Olympic gold medal at the 2006 Olympics (where she was the only Japanese medalist at that Olympics). One of her trademark moves is the Ina Bauer with a full backbend.