All posts tagged "Kaori Sakamoto"
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2021 World Team Trophy: Day 3
The 2021 ISU World Team Trophy concluded with the Ladies’ and Pairs’ Free Skate in Osaka, Japan,...
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2021 World Team Trophy: Day 1
The 2021 ISU World Team Trophy kicked off a three-day competition with the Rhythm Dance, followed by...
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Anna Shcherbakova takes world title in FSR sweep
The Ladies’ event concluded with the Free Skate at the 2021 ISU World Figure Skating Championships on...
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World debutant Shcherbakova delivers in Stockholm
The Ladies’ Short Program kicked off the 2021 ISU World Figure Skating Championships on Wednesday in Stockholm,...
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Quad and Triple Axel Battle Ahead for Ladies in Stockholm
A battle of quads and triple Axels is what is usually expected from the Men’s event at...
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Rika Kihira defends title at Japanese Nationals
Defending champion Rika Kihira held onto to her title for a second consecutive win at the 2020-21 Japanese...
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Rika Kihira takes lead to defend her crown at Japanese Nationals
Defending champion Rika Kihira is currently in first place after the Ladies’ Short Program took place at...
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Sakamoto claims ladies’ title at 2020 NHK Trophy
Kaori Sakamoto of Japan maintained her overnight lead to win the Ladies at the 2020 NHK Trophy...
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Sakamoto soars to lead at NHK Trophy
Kaori Sakamoto leads the Ladies after the Short Program concluded at the 2020 NHK Trophy in Osaka,...
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Kihira defends title at Four Continents
2020 Four Continents Ladies’ Free Skate Japan’s Rika Kihira defended her title on Saturday afternoon, while new-comer...
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Japan’s Kihira leads ladies at Four Continents
2020 Four Continents Ladies’ Short Program Rika Kihira of Japan took the lead in the Ladies’ Short Program...
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Rika Kihira claims first Japanese National title
2019-20 Japanese Figure Skating Championships Ladies’ Free Skate Surprises were in abundance at the 2019-20 Japanese Figure...
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Rika Kihira leads ladies at Japanese Nationals
2019-20 Japanese Figure Skating Championships Ladies’ Short Program Rika Kihira took first in the Ladies’ Short Program...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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!
