Category Archives: EUROPEANS

Coach Cédric Tour on Adam Siao Him Fa: “There’s something changed in him this season: now he understands he can win”

For a little while, Adam Siao Him Fa was on the entries list of 2024 Bellu Memorial in Otopeni, Romania – and that was a source of great enthusiasm for us at Inside Skating. Eventually,…

History made for Romanian women’s skating at 2024 Europeans – on many different levels, for many different reasons

You know that by now: Julia Sauter finished 2024 Europeans in Kaunas with yet another historical performance for the country she’s been representing for more than a decade. This 9th place in Lithuania, the best…

In focus: Julia Sauter and Ana Sofia Beschea, Romania’s skaters at 2024 Europeans

This will be Julia Sauter’s 7th Europeans – and Ana Sofia Beschea’s first. The 26-year old and the 19-year old are representing Romania at this year’s edition of the Europeans, in Kaunas, Lithuania – and…

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.…

Dmitri Aliev: “Fate has gifted me with figure skating”

It was fate – he says, when talking about his skating journey. A phone call the family received from coach Evgeni Rukavicin in Saint Petersburg. Dmitri Aliev was 13 at the time, living with his…