- Shcherbakova of Russia captures gold at Skate America in Grand Prix debut
- USA’s Nathan Chen takes third consecutive Skate America gold
- China’s Peng and Jin win first Grand Prix gold at 2019 Skate America
- Hubbell and Donohue win second consecutive Skate America gold
- USA’s Bradie Tennell leads at 2019 Skate America
- Hubbell and Donohue: ‘We have so much progress to make’
All posts tagged "Kaori Sakamoto"
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Shcherbakova of Russia captures gold at Skate America in Grand Prix debut
2019 Skate America Ladies’ Free Skate In her debut on the Grand Prix circuit, Anna Shcherbakova of...
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USA’s Bradie Tennell leads at 2019 Skate America
2019 Skate America Ladies Short Program USA’s Bradie Tennell took the lead in the Ladies’ Short Program...
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Team USA wins fourth World Team Trophy gold
The 2019 ISU World Team Trophy concluded on Saturday with the Pairs’ and Ladies’ Free Skate in...
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Team USA grabs lead in World Team Trophy
The 2019 ISU World Team Trophy kicked off a three-day competition with the Rhythm Dance, followed by...
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Zagitova pounces on World gold in Saitama
Alina Zagitova of Russia pounced on the gold medal in the Ladies’ event at the 2019 World...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Sakamoto shakes it up at Japanese Nationals; win’s first title
2018-19 Japanese Figure Skating Championships Ladies Kaori Sakamoto edged out Rika Kihira to claim her first national...
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Japan’s Rika Kihira reigns in Vancouver
2018-19 Grand Prix Final of Figure Skating Ladies’ Free Skate Rika Kihira of Japan continued to ride...
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Kihira edges out Zagitova for lead in Vancouver
2018-19 Grand Prix Final of Figure Skating Ladies’ Short Program Japanese sensation Rika Kihira continued to galvanize...
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Zagitova wins fifth Grand Prix gold in Helsinki
2018 GP Helsinki Ladies Figure Skating Alina Zagitova of Russia pocked her fifth consecutive Grand Prix gold...
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Miyahara takes second Skate America gold
2018 Skate America Ladies Figure Skating Japan’s Satoko Miyahara maintained her overnight lead to win her second consecutive...
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Miyahara leads the ladies at Skate America
2018 Skate America Ladies Figure Skating The Ladies’ Short Program took place Saturday evening after the Men’s...
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Zagitova edges out Medvedeva for Olympic gold
2018 Winter Olympics: Figure Skating News The Figure Skating event at the 2018 Winter Olympics concluded with...
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Zagitova sets record in Ladies Figure Skating in Pyeongchang
2018 Winter Olympics: Figure Skating News Alina Zagitova (OAR) took the lead in the Ladies Figure Skating...
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Canada takes gold at 2018 Olympics in figure skating team event
2018 Winter Olympics: Figure Skating News Team Canada dominated the Team Event in Figure Skating throughout the...
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Sakamoto leads ladies to Japanese sweep at Four Continents
Figure Skating News Kaori Sakamoto led the ladies to a Japanese podium sweep at the 2018 Four...
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Miyahara captures fourth national title in Tokyo
Figure Skating News Satoko Miyahara won her fourth consecutive national title at the 2017-18 Japanese National Figure...
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Miyahara wins gold in Lake Placid
Figure Skating News Japan’s Satoko Miyahara won gold at 2017 Skate America in Lake Placid, New York, while...
Did You Know?
The backward outside death spiral was invented in 1928 by Germany’s Charlotte Oelschlägel (August 14, 1898 – November 14, 1984) and Curt Neumann (although it was first performed with the skaters holding both hands and the woman not fully lowered toward the ice). They performed the first one-arm death spiral in Budapest in 1928.
Canadian pair Suzanne Morrow and Wallace Diestelmeyer are credited with being the first pair to perform the element in competition at the 1948 Olympics.
Ludmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov (USSR) are credited for creating three versions of the death spiral: Cosmic spiral (backward inside), Life spiral (forward inside), and Love spiral (forward outside).
Who does your favorite death spiral? Discuss here!
