Tag Archives: Dmitri Aliev

THE OLYMPIC SEASON IN PHOTOS. Men at 2021 Finlandia Trophy

For Jason Brown, recently named in the US Olympic Team, the road to Beijing started four years ago, when he decided to make a fundamental training change, move to Toronto Cricket Club – and start…

Dmitri Aliev: “Fate has gifted me with figure skating”

It was fate – he says, when talking about his skating journey. A phone call the family received from coach Evgeni Rukavicin in Saint Petersburg. Dmitri Aliev was 13 at the time, living with his…

Photo-stories from Graz (Part One): the men’s event

You know the outcome of the competition – Dmitri Aliev stood atop of the podium at this year’s edition of the Europeans, surrounded by teammate Artur Danielian (silver) and Georgia’s Morisi Kvitelashvili (bronze). And while…

2020 Europeans: golden competition for the Russian skaters

Towards the end of the championships a joke made its way into the press room of Steiermarkhalle, the arena hosting the 2020 Europeans – it was as if we’d been a part of the Russian…

Torino 2019: the culmination of the Grand Prix Series. A photo-story.

We’ll start with a warning: this story features more than 200 photos of the 24 individual skaters, pairs and ice dance teams that qualified for this edition of the (senior) Grand Prix Final – so…