All posts tagged "Koshiro Shimada"
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Japan’s Shimada feels stronger after tough senior debut season
On a sunny day in July, Japan’s Koshiro Shimada is practicing skating skills, jumps, and his programs...
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Hanyu takes lead; Uno impresses at Japanese Nationals
2019-20 Japanese Figure Skating Championships Men’s Short Program After withdrawing from the last three consecutive championships, four-time...
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Hanyu takes 18-point lead at NHK Trophy
2019 NHK Trophy Men’s Short Program Two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan is in first place...
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Hiwatashi captures Men’s title at Junior Worlds
USA’s Tomoki Hiwatashi won the gold in the Men’s event at the 2019 Junior World Figure Skating Championships...
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Pulkinen in true form at Junior Worlds
The 2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships kicked off with the Men’s Short Program in Zagreb, Croatia,...
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Uno wins third consecutive national title in Osaka
2018-19 Japanese Figure Skating Championships Men Shoma Uno captured his third consecutive national title this weekend at...
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‘Dark horse’ Gogolev wins men’s Junior Grand Prix title
2018-19 Junior Grand Prix Final of Figure Skating Junior Men’s Free Skate Canada’s Stephen Gogolev, who was an...
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USA’s Pulkinen leads men in Junior Grand Prix Final
2018-19 Junior Grand Prix Final of Figure Skating Junior Men’s Short Program USA’s Camden Pulkinen currently sits in first...
Did You Know?
Elaine Zayak (CAN), the 1982 World champion and 1981 U.S. National champion, was the first woman to consistently land many triple jumps in her programs. Zayak lost three toes on her left foot (her takeoff foot) in a lawn mower accident at the age of two. On the advice of her doctors, she began figure skating as physical therapy. Her left boot was stabilized with a wood mold to compensate for the irregularity in the shape of her left foot.
