Tag Archives: Maxim Trankov

2014 Worlds in Saitama: no reason to disregard the event. On the contrary

The defending World champions won’t be in Saitama – and, except for Yuzuru Hanyu, the Olympic champions won’t be there either. Still, there’s a ton of reasons why you shouldn’t overlook this year’s edition of…

Mission impossible for the Germans, a well-deserved silver for Ksenia and Fedor and a long expected gold for Tatiana and Maxim

I have to be honest with you: the Pairs Olympic Final left me emotionally drained. I shared the joy and the enthusiasm of Ksenia and Fedor at the end of their free program (this was…

Top 10 Best Moments of the Europeans

Of course, this is a personal, purely subjective list of beautiful, emotional moments in Budapest – as I experienced them, throughout an entire week spent in Syma Sport Centre, hosting this year’s edition of the…

Who’s afraid of colors? Actually, not them.

One thing is sure: when it comes to the colors of the costumes, these Europeans have been anything but dull. Just look at Sergei Voronov’ pants: a powerful red that will stay in your mind.…

It’s decided: Evgeni Plushenko will attend his fourth Olympics

After months of uncertainty, a decision was finally made as regards Russia’s sole berth in the figure skating men’s event at Sochi Olympics: the veteran Evgeni Plushenko was nominated to be a part of the…