All posts tagged "Ksenia Makarova"
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Figure Skating News
Kostner leads ladies at Europeans
Top favorite, Carolina Kostner of Italy, took the lead in the Ladies short program at the 2012 European Figure Skating Championships in...
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Figure Skating News
Sotnikova, Makarova come back strong at Russian Nationals
The second day of the 2012 Russian National Figure Skating Championships continued with the Ladies Short Program, which was expected to be...
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Figure Skating News
Makarova and Sotnikova a close 1-2 after Short Program
The Ladies Short Program competition turned out to be a battle between two Russian Champions. Defending champion Ksenia Makarova edged the 2009...
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Figure Skating News
Breakthrough season for Makarova
Talk about excellent timing. Ksenia Makarova has had a breakthrough this season when she made the Olympic team after being crowned the...
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Figure Skating News
Ksenia Makarova crowned new Russian Champion
Ksenia Markova of St. Petersburg (SPB) won the ladies event in a tight field of four. Alena Leonova (SPB) rose two spots...
Did you Know?
Gillis Grafström (7 June 1893 – 14 April 1938) of Sweden invented the flying sit spin and the Grafström spin, a variation of the camel spin. He won three successive Olympic gold medals in Men’s Figure Skating (1920, 1924, 1928) as well as an Olympic silver medal in the same event in 1932, and three World Championships (1922, 1924, 1929).