Tag Archives: 2014 Grand Prix Final

Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron, aiming for the podium in Stockholm

They are young and beautiful, as the song says, and they are already making a name for themselves. Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron took the figure skating world by storm last season, with their freshness,…

The 2014 GPF on Instagram: a short recap of the week in Barcelona

Here you are: a recap of the 2014 Grand Prix Final in Barcelona, putting into the spotlight the pictures from our Instagram account. You’ll thank me later for this colored retrospective: though some of them…

World silver medalist Tatsuki Machida abruptly retires

This piece of news came as a shock: at the end of Japanese Nationals and after the teams for Worlds and Four Continents had been announced, 24-year-old Tatsuki Machida stepped on to the ice 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…

2014 Grand Prix Final in Barcelona: Olé, olé y olé!

No better place to skate a Flamenco/Paso Doble than Barcelona, in a crowded, supportive arena, tapestried with Spanish flags. I came to understand that last week, at this year’s edition of the Grand Prix Final,…