Tag Archives: Karen Chen

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…

THE OLYMPIC SEASON IN PHOTOS. Women at 2021 Finlandia Trophy. In focus: Russia’s Kamila Valieva

At 2006 Olympics in Torino, Russia was winning three of the four gold medals on the table, through Evgeni Plushenko in the men’s event, Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin in pairs, Tatiana Navka and Roman…

Yuzuru Hanyu: return with laurels at NHK Trophy

The last time Yuzuru Hanyu had competed in NHK Trophy was in November 2016, in Sapporo – he won the gold medal in Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena, more than 30 points over Nathan Chen,…

Defying gravity: new jumping contest to inject „a modern edge of daredevil athleticism” to the sport of figure skating

Remember when Surya Bonaly performed her famous back flip during the free skate at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano – even though the move was considered illegal and could only be done in exhibitions…? Well,…

14-year-old Wakaba Higuchi strikes bronze in her debut at the Junior Worlds

The podium in the ladies’ event in Tallinn, at this year’s edition of the Junior Worlds, looks like a copy of the one in Barcelona, at the Junior Grand Prix Final: as in December, Russia’s…