All posts tagged "Shizuka Arakawa"
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Figure Skating News
2004 World Figure Skating Championships: Ladies Highlights
Shizuka Arakawa of Japan was the surprise winner in the ladies event, winning her first world title, while USA’s Sasha Cohen and...
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Figure Skating News
Japan’s Arakawa Finishes Long Season
For Japan’s Shizuka Arakawa, the 2002-2003 figure skating season was a long one. “Worlds was my 11th competition for the year in...
Did you Know?
Guo Zhengxin (CHN) is the first skater to land two quads in a single performance (free skate) at the 1997 World Championships: a quad toe, plus a quad toe-double toe combination, thus also making him the first to land a single quad and a quad in combination together in one performance. The following year, he became the first skater to land a quadruple toeloop-double toeloop combination at the Olympic Games (1998, Nagano). Who do you think has the best quad today? Discuss!