Category Archives: FEATURES

L’Apprenti Sorcier in Champéry. Key word: magic. Key word: light

Did this really happen? L’Apprenti Sorcier in Champéry, Switzerland – this thing of magic, at the beginning of August, did it really happen? I have a brochure with the schedule and a badge that says…

Meet Nikita Sheiko and his skating family: “This season, we want medals on the Junior Grand Prix circuit, not just participate”

Embed from Getty Images Who is this teenager, only 16 years of age, but so mature and so ambitious? The surprise winner of the European Youth Olympic Festival, in 2023, in Pontebba, Italy. A customary…

The men’s free skate at 2024 Worlds in Montreal? One for the ages

You know, skating can be thrilling in so many ways. Through living the music and every detail of the choreography, through incredible technique, through human and sports stories, through winning over adversity, overcoming challenges, testing…

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…