All posts tagged "Takahito Mura"
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Shoma Uno defends title at Japanese Nationals
Figure Skating News Shoma Uno won his second consecutive title at the 2017-18 Japanese National Figure Skating...
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Uno wins national title; hopes to improve consistency
Despite the withdrawal of Olympic and World Champion Yuzuru Hanyu from the men’s event, the depth of...
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Spain’s Fernandez takes second Grand Prix gold in France
Spain’s Javier Fernandez won his second Grand Prix gold medal in what was a strong Men’s competition...
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Chan charms for sixth Skate Canada gold
Canadian Patrick Chan repeated as Skate Canada champion with a long program, which despite some problems –...
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Takahito Mura skates for his family
Although Japan’s Takahito Mura has been competing at the international senior level since 2008, it wasn’t until...
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Mura surprises with victory in Paris
Takahito Mura of Japan surprised many by winning his first Grand Prix medal, the gold, in Paris...
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Mura gains consistency
Takahito Mura has been a part of the strong Japanese men’s figure skating team since 2006 when...
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Despite Chan’s lead, men’s short belonged to Japan at 4CCs
Reigning World Champion Patrick Chan, 21, took the lead after the short program at the 2012 Four...
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Strong season debut for Virtue and Moir at Finlandia Trophy
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada easily danced to victory at Finlandia Trophy this weekend, proving...
Did You Know?
The backward outside death spiral was invented in 1928 by Germany’s Charlotte Oelschlägel (August 14, 1898 – November 14, 1984) and Curt Neumann (although it was first performed with the skaters holding both hands and the woman not fully lowered toward the ice). They performed the first one-arm death spiral in Budapest in 1928.
Canadian pair Suzanne Morrow and Wallace Diestelmeyer are credited with being the first pair to perform the element in competition at the 1948 Olympics.
Ludmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov (USSR) are credited for creating three versions of the death spiral: Cosmic spiral (backward inside), Life spiral (forward inside), and Love spiral (forward outside).
Who does your favorite death spiral? Discuss here!
