Tag Archives: Yuzuru Hanyu

Gold in Beijing: Nathan Chen has climbed his Mount Olympus

Nathan Chen’s expression at the start of his “Rocket Man” free skate at the Olympics? I’ve got this. Embed from Getty Images by Florentina Tone He looks relaxed, he looks confident – and he has…

Men’s short program at the Olympics? We’re in awe!

They say you can’t win a competition with your short program only – but you may just lose the actual chance to fight for the gold. by Florentina Tone It was the case with skating…

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…

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,…

2019 Skate Canada: quad-queen Alexandra Trusova debuts with a bang

You know what? Even Matt Bellamy, lead singer of Muse, congratulated Alexandra for her win at Skate Canada, three quads landed, thanking the 15-year-old for using one of his songs, “Pray (High Valyrian)”, in her…