Features on Grand Prix Finalists (Sr and Jr)

[ladyjane]

ISU is currently featuring junior skaters. Yesterday the Korean Kim twins: https://isu-skating.com/figure-skat...-and-yuseong-double-power-on-and-off-the-ice/

Today Rio Kanata: https://isu-skating.com/figure-skating/news/rio-nakata-a-new-star-in-the-making/

I think they're in anticipation of the Junior Grand Prix Final.

 

[Anna K.]

I have a sneaky feeling that features on seniors are also on the way.

 

[ladyjane]

I renamed the thread! Thanks @Anna K.!
Features on srs too. Starting with...Laurence and Guillaume.

Laurence Fournier Beaudry & Guillaume Cizeron’s magic moment

After skating together for only nine months, ice dancers Laurence Fournier Beaudry & Guillaume Cizeron of France win their first international competition together, which happened to be the ISU Grand Prix de France. Just a few weeks later, the new couple strikes gold again at the ISU Grand Prix...

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[ladyjane]

And here's the next one: Alysa Liu

Alysa Liu writes the next chapter of her incredible story

She was a skating wunderkind, winning the U.S. Nationals at age 13 and becoming the first female skater to land a triple Axel and a quadruple jump in one program. When she was 16, she retired from skating after competing at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games and taking a World bronze medal. Two years...

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[ladyjane]

And the next is: Mikhail!

Mikhail Shaidorov jumps into history

2025 ISU Four Continents Champion, 2025 ISU World silver medalist, ISU Grand Prix Finalist ... Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Shaidorov celebrated a big break-through in the past season not only results-wise. The 21-year-old from Almaty also made history by becoming the first skater to land unique...

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[ladyjane]

Next on: the Japanese trailblazers in pairs.
https://isu-skating.com/figure-skating/news/the-trailblazers-riku-miura-ryuichi-kihara/

 

[ladyjane]

Eating Japanese (Nagoyan) food is next, as well as coffee places and sights with 2 current finalists and one from last year discussing places in their home town of Nagoya.

Skaters' City Guide with Ryuichi Kihara, Yuma Kagiyama & Rino Matsuike

Japanese top skaters Ryuichi Kihara, Yuma Kagiyama and Rino Matsuike are sharing their tips for Nagoya where the ISU Grand Prix Final takes place this week. Nagoya is the home town of Ryuichi Kihara, the two-time ISU World Pair Skating Champion with Riku Miura. Multiple ISU World medalist Yuma...

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