A star is born: Ami Nakai. A photo-story
Every little thing about Ami Nakai and her array of movement is just exquisite. Is it as if every performance is made of hundreds, thousands of beautiful moments, while still being flowy, and liquid, and…
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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…
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…
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…