Category Archives: INSIDE SKATING CLASSICS

A year in the life of Julia Sauter. And her ultimate goal: earning a spot for Romania at 2026 Olympics

Julia Sauter has had a rough year, with doubts, anxiety and sleepless nights. But also coaching changes she felt she needed in order to move on, and an acute sense of urgency to find her…

Josefin Taljegard: “The Olympics next year? I feel like I would want to do it, and I may still continue to fight for it”

Josefin Taljegard could have said No to this interview. After all, she came to Bucharest, at 2025 Bellu Memorial, straight from Road to 26 Trophy in Assago (photo above), the end of a tour de…

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,…

Kana Muramoto and Daisuke Takahashi: following the gold fish

Taking the time to reassess Kana Muramoto and Daisuke Takahashi’s second season as a team – the one in which they missed the much-desired trip to the Olympics, but went to Four Continents and Worlds…