All posts tagged "2017 NHK Trophy"
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Virtue and Moir defend NHK title
Figure Skating News A cut above the rest of the competition, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir defended...
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Veteran Voronov takes first Grand Prix gold
Figure Skating News The men’s event at 2017 NHK Trophy was marred by the sudden withdrawal of...
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Medvedeva scores another victory in Japan
Figure Skating News While Russia’s Evgenia Medvedeva wasn’t perfect on Osaka, Japan, her performances were still enough...
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Sui and Han dominate pairs in Osaka with record score
Figure Skating News Sui Wenjing and Han Cong picked up their second ISU Grand Prix gold medal...
Did You Know?
Axel Paulsen (18 July 1855 – 9 February 1938) of Norway, who was both a speed skater and figure skater, invented and first publicly landed the Axel jump in 1882 at the World Championships in Vienna (while wearing speed skates). He was inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1976.
