Tag Archives: 2014 Grand Prix Final in Barcelona

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,…