Tag Archives: Kaori Sakamoto World champion

(Hi)Stories made in Saitama, at 2023 World Championships

We called them (Hi)Stories – because history was made by so many skaters in Saitama, at this year’s edition of the World Championships, and so many athletes, coaches, teams and federations have a reason to…

On dreams, goals and confidence. Notes on the women’s event at Lombardia Trophy

What might have been seen as an upsetting start of the season for the World champion – Kaori Sakamoto finished second in Bergamo, behind Rinka Watanabe – was, in fact, layered in Kaori’s conviction that…

Inside competitive mind. Top skaters share their thoughts at the beginning of the season

Interviews, short stories, photos featuring Kaori Sakamoto, Charlène Guignard and Marco Fabbri, Adam Siao Him Fa, Matteo Rizzo, Ekaterina Kurakova, Amber Glenn, Wakaba Higuchi, Nikolaj Memola, Allison Reed and Saulius Ambrulevicius in Bergamo. Plus: the…

Kaori Sakamoto’s triumph at Worlds. Photo-highlights from the women’s event

This was Kaori Sakamoto’s Season, no doubt about it: Olympic bronze medalist in Beijing and winner of the World title in Montpellier. The peak of her career so far – and such a promise for…