Author Archives: Florentina Tone

Prague 2026: These were Kaori Sakamoto’s Worlds. But also Worlds of redemption, of celebration, of using one’s voice

To us – and many of you there, we are sure – there were Kaori Sakamoto’s Worlds. Her final competition, Kaori saying farewell (with a win, her 4th World title) to competitive skating, her fans…

Kaori Sakamoto: “In this world of figure skating, I tried to make a sunnier, brighter atmosphere, so that everybody could compete in a positive way”

On a sunny Sunday in Prague, around noon – and not just any Sunday, but the one that marked the end of 2026 World Figure Skating Championships –, I felt the luckiest journalist on Planet…

Julia Sauter – the Olympian: “My heart is full”

Two weeks after the Olympics, we finally get to talk to Julia Sauter at length about how her entire experience in Milano-Cortina has been. Remember, Julia was Romania’s flag-bearer at the Opening Ceremony on February…

Benoît Richaud about Nina Pinzarrone: “She really has a special vocabulary of movement, a special way of interacting with the audience”

This interview is short, we give you that. But it’s also very meaningful, like one of those bottles carrying a message and floating on the surface of the water until someone finds it in the…