Category Archives: IN FOCUS: YUZURU HANYU

An out of this world Yuzuru Hanyu broke record after record in Nagano

Let me put it this way: is there a record Yuzuru Hanyu can’t break? After this year’s edition of NHK Trophy in Japan, the answer is a definite No. The 20-year-old skater from Sendai (he’ll…

Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu enters history. Again.

He owned the previous World record score for the short program, Yuzuru Hanyu, with the 101.45 points awarded to him in Sochi, at 2014 Olympics – but after a stunning, jaw-dropping routine at NHK Trophy…

2015 Worlds: Goodbye, Shanghai!

Late as it might be, and with the 2015/2016 skating season already on track, we are bringing you the joy, the colors of the Gala in Shanghai. We’re in Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, on March…

The men’s event at 2015 Worlds: when stars collide

A summary of the men’s competition at 2015 Worlds will be, at least at this moment in time, utterly futile; everyone knows by now the history of Spanish figure skating is no longer deprived of…

2014 Grand Prix Final: my personal list of (mostly Japanese) joys

What a roller coaster of a week this has been – and I loved every second of it. Of course, through the thousands of seconds spent in Barcelona, at this year’s edition of the Grand…