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Tuktamysheva edges out Kostornaia for Rostelecom Cup gold

Russia’s Elizaveta Tuktamysheva rose from second to clinch the gold after the Ladies’ Free Skate concluded on...
Kostornaia in command at Rostelecom Cup

Alena Kostornaia of Russia dominated the Ladies event in the Short Program at the 2020 Rostelecom Cup...
Kostornaia takes gold in Russian sweep at Europeans

2020 Europeans Ladies’ Free Skate Alena Kostornaia maintained her lead after the Short Program to win the...
Kostornaia leads Russian sweep at Europeans

2020 Europeans Ladies’ Short Program Alena Kostornaia led a Russian sweep after the Ladies’ Short Program on...
Shcherbakova defends national title in Krasnoyarsk

2020 Russian Nationals Ladies’ Free Skate Anna Shcherbakova repeated as Russian National Champion Saturday in Krasnoyarsk while...
Spectacular Kostornaia storms to lead at Russian Nationals

2020 Russian Nationals Ladies’ Short Program A spectacular Alena Kostornaia stormed to a ten-point lead in the...
Alena Kostornaia leads Russian sweep for Ladies’ gold in Torino

2019-20 Grand Prix Final Ladies’ Free Skate Overnight leader Alena Kostornaia maintained her first spot on the podium...
Kostornaia leads Russian sweep after Ladies Short Program in Torino

2019-20 Grand Prix Final Ladies’ Short Program Alena Kostornaia leads a Russian sweep for the top three...
2019-20 Grand Prix Final Preview: Ladies

The A-squad takes over The young Russian “A-squad” took over in the 2019-20 ISU Grand Prix of...
Kostornaia wins second consecutive Grand Prix gold in Sapporo

2019 NHK Trophy Ladies’ Free Skate Russia’s Alena Kostornaia maintained her overnight lead in Sapporo, Japan, to...
Kostornaia sets new record at 2019 NHK Trophy

2019 NHK Trophy Ladies’ Short Program Russia’s Alena Kostornaia leads the Ladies’ after the Short Program took...
Russia’s Alena Kostornaia takes gold in Grand Prix debut

2019 Internationaux de France Ladies’ Free Skate In her Grand Prix debut, Russia’s Alena Kostornaia took the gold...
Alena Kostornaia of Russia leads ladies in Grand Prix debut

2019 Internationaux de France Ladies’ Short Program In her Grand Prix debut, Russia’s Alena Kostornaia sits in...
Anna Shcherbakova runs off with Russian National title in debut

2019 Russian Figure Skating Championships Ladies’ Free Skate The 2019 Russian National Championships concluded with a dramatic...
Zagitova skates to confident lead in Saransk as Medvedeva falters

2019 Russian Figure Skating Championships Ladies’ Short Program Olympic Champion Alina Zagitova skated to a confident lead...
Kostornaia takes gold in Junior Ladies in Vancouver

2018-19 Grand Prix Final of Figure Skating Junior Ladies’ Free Skate The Russian ladies dominated the Free...
Russia’s Kostornaia leads junior ladies in Vancouver

2018-19 Junior Grand Prix Final of Figure Skating Junior Ladies’ Short Program Alena Kostornaia is currently leading a...
Trusova takes ladies title with two quads at Junior Worlds

2018 World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Ladies Russia’s Alexandra Trusova took the Ladies title at the 2018 World...
Zagitova continues her victory streak at home

Figure Skating News In the final event of the 2018 Russian National Figure Skating Championships, Alina Zagitova...
Alexandra Trusova leads Russian sweep at Junior Grand Prix Final

It was a Russian sweep in the Ladies’ event at the 2017-18 Junior Grand Prix Final of...

Daisuke Takahashi became the first Japanese single men’s figure skater to win an Olympic medal (the bronze) at the 2010 Winter Olympics. He was also the first Asian man to win a World title at the 2010 World Championships. At the 2012–13 Grand Prix Final, Takahashi made history again as the first Japanese man to win a gold medal in the event, an addition to his previous accomplishment of being the first Japanese man to medal at the event in 2005.

More on Daisuke Takahashi in the GS Forum!