Category Archives: Sheffield 2026

Men in Sheffield: the battle for Olympic spots. Italy’s Nikolaj Memola and Matteo Rizzo / interview with the 2026 European silver medalist

For Italy’s Nikolaj Memola and Matteo Rizzo, 2026 Europeans acted as a skate-off – the competition that would decide who got Italy’s second men’s spot at the Olympics; with the first one already assigned to…

Women in Sheffield: the Europeans of comebacks. Plus: hands in the air for Julia Sauter

Imagine that: Estonia’s Niina Petrokina, the European champion en titre, only restarted to jump the triple Lutz and the triple Flip two weeks before 2026 Europeans (!) Two full weeks of intense training followed, with…