You must know that by now: figure skating is not at all a boring sport. It’s actually challenging, risky, demanding – and these photos do nothing but prove it.
by Florentina Tone
Penny Coomes and Nicholas Buckland
Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov
Angelina Telegina and Otar Japaridze
Lorenza Alessandrini and Simone Vaturi
Henna Lindholm and Ossi Kanervo
Federica Testa and Lukas Csolley
Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron
Julia Zlobina and Alexei Sitnikov
Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri
Ekaterina Riazanova and Ilia Tkachenko
Julia Lavrentieva and Yuri Rudyk
Miriam Ziegler and Severin Kiefer
Elizaveta Makarova and Leri Kenchadze
Maria Paliakova and Nikita Bochkov
Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy
Vera Bazarova and Yuri Larionov
Natalja Zabijako and Alexandr Zaboev
Nicole della Monica and Matteo Guarise
Mari Vartmann and Aaron Van Cleave
Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres
Maylin Wende and Daniel Wende
In the end, a triple twist and the most spectacular lift of all: that of Stefania Berton and Ondrej Hotarek.