Category Archives: Ostrava 2017

Team Papadakis-Cizeron-Haguenauer. Journey to the Top

World renowned coach and choreographer, one of the main figures at Ice Academy of Montreal, Romain Haguenauer is commonly referred to as the longtime coach of Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron. But not just that.…

Vanessa James, Morgan Ciprès: “the best possible start for the Europeans”

The French said that themselves, at the end of their short program, not really knowing they’ll be the overnight leaders in Moscow – Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov were still to skate at the time.…

Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Sørensen: “We’re in it for the long haul”

By now, Laurence has calmed herself down, and it’s Nikolaj who becomes a bundle of nerves. Cause that’s their „thing” while heading to an event: a week before, she’s really stressed, „I know it’s like…

Marie-France Dubreuil: “Gabriella and Guillaume have the talent, but they also have the innocence”

This is the story of “G and G”, Gabriella and Guillaume, as told by Marie-France. From the moment they arrived in Montreal, for choreography, in June 2014, to present times, in Ostrava, at Europeans. It…

Sara Hurtado and Kirill Khaliavin: “At this point we just keep building in us”

Meet Spain’s newest ice dance couple: Sara Hurtado and Kirill Khaliavin. Winning National Championships in December, they travelled to their first Europeans as a team, in Ostrava – and this is them sharing their story…