Category Archives: 2022-2023 SEASON

Bruno Marcotte on Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara: “What really sets them apart is the lightning that happens when they skate together”

We’re talking to Bruno Marcotte literally 15 minutes after his students, Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, had been crowned Grand Prix Final champions in Olympic Palavela in Torino, Italy. Little after their relieved reaction in…

Get to know Romania’s Julia Sauter. A strong-willed, self-made skater

Two weeks before 2023 Europeans in Espoo, Julia Sauter had some roller coaster days to deal with. Emotional ones, with high highs and low lows, but some that finished with a smile in Otopeni, Romania,…

Meet Nikolaj Memola, Junior Grand Prix Final champion and history maker

When answering these questions – on December 8th, in Torino – Italy’s Nikolaj Memola hadn’t yet won the Junior Grand Prix Final gold on home ground. He was second after the short program – a…

Shoma Uno wins gold in Torino, coach Stéphane Lambiel is on cloud nine: “Shoma is not a big name from today, but for a long time already”

“What?! Shoma said he didn’t know my programs?”, amused Stéphane Lambiel stops at the door of the press conference room in Torino, hearing his name in a response by student Shoma Uno. The Japanese has…

Sota Yamamoto, 2022 Grand Prix Final silver medalist: “Once again I can aspire to be close to Shoma and increase my level further”

December 12, 2014: Japan’s Shoma Uno and Sota Yamamoto, 16 and 14 at the time, win gold and silver at the Junior Grand Prix Final held in Barcelona, Spain. The two teenagers sit in the…