All posts tagged "Elizabet Tursynbaeva"
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513Did You Know?Figure Skating: Ladies and the Quad Jump
It was three-time world silver medalist Surya Bonaly of France who began attempting a quadruple jump several times in figure skating competition...
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327Figure Skating NewsZagitova pounces on World gold in Saitama
Alina Zagitova of Russia pounced on the gold medal in the Ladies’ event at the 2019 World Figure Skating Championships on Friday...
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333Figure Skating News
Zagitova after Worlds short program: ‘It was a good performance’
Russia’s Alina Zagitova took a comfortable lead in the Ladies’ event at the 2019 World Figure Skating Championships on Wednesday. Kaori Sakamoto is...
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257Figure Skating News
Kihira captures gold in Anaheim in debut at Four Continents
2019 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships Ladies’ Free Skate In her debut at this event, Japan’s Rika Kihira rose from fifth to capture the...
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305Figure Skating News
Bradie Tennell takes slight lead in Anaheim
2019 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships Ladies’ Short Program USA’s Bradie Tennell holds a slight lead after the Ladies Short Program at the 2019...
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151Figure Skating News
Japan’s Mai Mihara mines gold in 4CCs debut
A year ago, Japan’s Mai Mihara didn’t even know if she was ever going to compete again, and now she topped the...
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122Figure Skating News
Medvedeva flawless; U.S. ladies pull weight for North America
A fighting free skate from USA’s Ashley Wagner, along with a redemptive skate from teammate Gracie Gold, helped Team North America secure...
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169Figure Skating News
Medvedeva earns top ladies’ score in Spokane
Shortly after finishing her short program to “Melodies of the White Nights,” Russia’s Evgenia Medvedeva smiled and raised her arms in celebration...
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324Figure Skating News
Tursynbaeva ready to impress after confident senior debut
Last season, Kazakhstan‘s Elizabet Tursynbaeva finished fourth at the 2015 ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships and won medals in every other...
Did you Know?
Timothy Goebel (USA) became the first man to land a ratified quadruple Salchow (1998 Junior Grand Prix Final). He was also the first skater to land three quadruple jumps (a quad Salchow in combination, a quad toe loop, and a quad Salchow) in a program (long program) at 1999 Skate America. Goebel is also credited as being the first American to land a quadruple jump (a quad Salchow in combination with a double toe loop) in competition (1998 Junior Grand Prix Final), and in doing so, became the first skater to land a quad Salchow in combination in competition. Who does your favorite quad? Discuss here!