All posts tagged "Mai Mihara"
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3.8KFigure Skating NewsJapan’s Mai Mihara reclaims Four Continents title
Japan’s Mai Mihara reclaimed the Women’s title at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships on Saturday in Tallinn, Estonia. Haein Lee of South Korea...
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3.4KFigure Skating NewsSakamoto reclaims title at Japanese Nationals
Kaori Sakamoto reclaimed the Women’s title at the 2021–22 Japan Figure Skating Championships on Saturday at the Saitama Super Arena. Wakaba Higuchi...
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2.0KFigure Skating NewsShcherbakova snags Gran Premio d’Italia title
Russia’s Anna Shcherbakova rose from third to snag the Women’s gold at the 2021 Gran Premio d’Italia (Grand Prix of Italy) in...
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2.9KFigure Skating NewsRussia’s Kamila Valieva wins gold at Skate Canada in debut
Kamila Valieva of Russia dominated the Women’s event, taking the gold at in her Grand Prix debut at 2021 Skate Canada on...
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1.4KFigure Skating NewsRika 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 National Figure Skating Championships on...
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1.1KFigure Skating NewsRika 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 the 2020-21 Japanese National Figure...
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1.2KFigure Skating NewsSakamoto claims ladies’ title at 2020 NHK Trophy
Kaori Sakamoto of Japan maintained her overnight lead to win the Ladies at the 2020 NHK Trophy after the Free Skate on...
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797Figure Skating NewsKihira 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 from fifth to capture the...
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857Figure Skating NewsSakamoto 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 title at the 2018-19 Japanese Figure...
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569Figure Skating NewsJapan’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 Kihira moved up from second to...
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612Figure Skating NewsMai 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 virtual tie with teammate Rika...
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404Figure Skating NewsKihira 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, and jumped from fifth to...
Did you Know?
Timothy Goebel (USA) became the first man to land a ratified quadruple Salchow (1998 Junior Grand Prix Final). He was also the first skater to land three quadruple jumps (a quad Salchow in combination, a quad toe loop, and a quad Salchow) in a program (long program) at 1999 Skate America. Goebel is also credited as being the first American to land a quadruple jump (a quad Salchow in combination with a double toe loop) in competition (1998 Junior Grand Prix Final), and in doing so, became the first skater to land a quad Salchow in combination in competition. Who does your favorite quad? Discuss here!