All posts tagged "Mai Mihara"
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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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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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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 Kihira wins second Grand Prix gold in Grenoble
2018 Internationaux de France Ladies Figure Skating In her first season on the Grand Prix circuit, Japan’s Rika...
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Mai Mihara front runner in Ladies’ event at Internationaux de France
2018 Internationaux de France Ladies Figure Skating Mai Mihara of Japan hold the lead in what is a...
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Kihira captures gold at NHK Trophy after two triple Axels
2018 NHK Trophy Ladies Figure Skating Rika Kihira of Japan upstaged her more-established training partner, Satoko Miyahara,...
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Virtual tie for Tuktamysheva; Miyahara at NHK Trophy
2018 NHK Trophy Ladies Figure Skating Less than a tenth of a point separates Russia’s Elizaveta Tuktamysheva...
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Zabiiako and Enbert lead Pairs at NHK Trophy
2018 NHK Trophy Pairs Figure Skating Just one week after winning the Grand Prix of Helsinki, Russia’s...
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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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Zagitova catapults to gold in France
Figure Skating News Russia’s Alina Zagitova rose from fifth place to capture her second consecutive Grand Prix...
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Zagitova captures gold in Grand Prix debut
Figure Skating News Alina Zagitova jumped from fourth place after the short program to win the ISU...
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Japan wins World Team Trophy
Japan’s up and coming Mai Mihara and Wakaba Higuchi carried their team to the gold medal at...
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Medvedeva sets new record score at 2017 Worlds
Perhaps with the pressure of Peyongchang looming, many of the Ladies medal favorites succumbed when they took...
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Medvedeva leads ladies in Helsinki
In a performance both charming and chilling, Russia’s Evgenia Medvedeva was foot perfect to win the Ladies...
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2017 World Figure Skating Championships: Ladies Preview
Ladies: Medvedeva and the Battle for Silver and Bronze Helsinki last hosted the World Figure Skating Championships...
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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,...
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Miyahara claims third consecutive national title
Having captured the national title for the last two years, Satoko Miyahara, the reigning Grand Prix Final...
Did You Know?
Irina Slutskaya (RUS) was the first female skater to land a triple Lutz-triple loop combination at the 2000 Grand Prix Final. Slutskaya is also credited for: inventing the double Biellmann spin with foot change, the first Russian woman to win the European title (1996), being the first (and only) lady ever to win seven European titles.
More on Irina Slutskaya in the GS Forum.
