- Hubbell and Donohue first after Rhythm Dance at 2020 Skate America
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- Chen ‘sensational’ in Short Program at 2020 Skate America
- Mariah Bell leads ladies at 2020 Skate America
- Quick-start for Russia’s Khudaiberdieva and Bazin
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All posts tagged "Rika Kihira"
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Kihira defends title at Four Continents
Embed from Getty Images 2020 Four Continents Ladies’ Free Skate Japan’s Rika Kihira defended her title on...
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Japan’s Kihira leads ladies at Four Continents
Embed from Getty Images 2020 Four Continents Ladies’ Short Program Rika Kihira of Japan took the lead in...
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Rika Kihira claims first Japanese National title
Embed from Getty Images 2019-20 Japanese Figure Skating Championships Ladies’ Free Skate Surprises were in abundance at...
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Rika Kihira leads ladies at Japanese Nationals
Embed from Getty Images 2019-20 Japanese Figure Skating Championships Ladies’ Short Program Rika Kihira took first in...
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Alena Kostornaia leads Russian sweep for Ladies’ gold in Torino
2019-20 Grand Prix Final Ladies’ Free Skate Overnight leader Alena Kostornaia maintained her first spot on the podium...
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Kostornaia leads Russian sweep after Ladies Short Program in Torino
2019-20 Grand Prix Final Ladies’ Short Program Alena Kostornaia leads a Russian sweep for the top three...
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2019-20 Grand Prix Final Preview: Ladies
The A-squad takes over The young Russian “A-squad” took over in the 2019-20 ISU Grand Prix of...
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Kostornaia wins second consecutive Grand Prix gold in Sapporo
2019 NHK Trophy Ladies’ Free Skate Russia’s Alena Kostornaia maintained her overnight lead in Sapporo, Japan, to...
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Kostornaia sets new record at 2019 NHK Trophy
2019 NHK Trophy Ladies’ Short Program Russia’s Alena Kostornaia leads the Ladies’ after the Short Program took...
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Russia’s Trusova snags gold in Grand Prix debut at 2019 Skate Canada
2019 Skate Canada Ladies’ Free Skate Alexandra Trusova of Russia rose from fourth to snag the gold...
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Japan’s Rika Kihira grabs lead at 2019 Skate Canada
2019 Skate Canada Ladies’ Short Program Rika Kihira of Japan 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...
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Zagitova after Worlds short program: ‘It was a good performance’
Russia’s Alina Zagitova took a comfortable lead in the Ladies’ event at the 2019 World Figure Skating...
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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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Bradie Tennell takes slight lead in Anaheim
2019 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships Ladies’ Short Program USA’s Bradie Tennell holds a slight lead after the Ladies...
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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 Rika Kihira reigns in Vancouver
2018-19 Grand Prix Final of Figure Skating Ladies’ Free Skate Rika Kihira of Japan continued to ride...
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Kihira edges out Zagitova for lead in Vancouver
2018-19 Grand Prix Final of Figure Skating Ladies’ Short Program Japanese sensation Rika Kihira continued to galvanize...
Did You Know?
Axel Paulsen (18 July 1855 – 9 February 1938) of Norway, who was both a speed skater and figure skater, invented and first publicly landed the Axel jump in 1882 at the World Championships in Vienna (while wearing speed skates). He was inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1976.
