Category Archives: FEATURES

Javier VI, King of Europe

Long after the medal ceremony has ended, when the lights are almost off in Megasport arena, and the medalists have left backstage, you can still hear a girl shouting with enthusiasm: “Jaaaaavi! Graciaaaas, Jaaaavi!”. No…

Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron: “We wanted to do something more young, more urban, more modern, more like us”

Smooth when it needed to be smooth, crisp when it needed to be crisp – Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron are in the lead in Moscow with their Ed Sheeran’s short dance; they came to…

2018 Europeans: Carolina Kostner at her finest

Waited since the beginning of the season, the duel between Eteri Tutberidze’s prodigies finally happened at Europeans – and it’s the 15-year-old Alina Zagitova who leads, by 1.7 points, over the two-time World champion Evgenia…

Javier Fernández leads the way at Europeans, young talents on the rise

As you would expect from a five-time European champion, Javier Fernández is in the lead after the men’s short program in Moscow, with 103.82 points for his embodiment of Charlie Chaplin – but it’s the…

Ode to skating, ode to Carolina Kostner

This week in Moscow, Carolina Kostner enters the 14th Europeans of her career – she made her senior debut in Malmö, Sweden, in 2003, skating to “Variations on the Canon in D” by George Winston.…