April 02, 2014 An Open Letter to ISU Council Members and ISU Figure Skating Federations: Reject Ottavio Cinquanta’s Recent Proposals and Request His Resignation By Claire Cloutier Last week, the figure skating season ended with the World championships in Saitama, Japan. Normally in the skating world, this is a time of relaxation for skaters and coaches who have finished their season’s work, and a...
Japan's figure skaters seemed to shine at the 2014 World Figure Skating Championships which took place in their own country last week. In addition, the event seemed to make it possible for some skaters who did not skate well at the Sochi Olympics to "redeem themselves" by showing the world what they could do. ... read more ... Read Full Post ...
Just a little over twenty years ago, the Tonya and Nancy figure skating scandal really did happen. The "plot" included a hit man, a get-away car, jealousy, mystery, stupidity, confessions, the FBI, anonymous letters to the press, and evidence found in a dumpster! To help us remember, I've put together a step-by-step journey through that story. It seems like fiction (or perhaps an April...
With the conclusion of the gala exhibition on Sunday another World Championships came to a close. I am sure it will come as no surprise to anyone that there was a capacity crowd in place for this fabulous show. More than 18,000 spectators attended each day during the course of the competition, but even more fans could have been in the arena if the VIP section, which was shamefully half-full for the...
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We would like to welcome Jordan Moeller to Figure Skaters Online. He is the 2014 U.S. junior silver medalist and finished in 9th place at his Junior World Championships this month. ...
2014 World Figure Skating Championships concluded in Saitama, Japan. Top 10 results for men, ladies, ice dance and pairs are below....
It felt a bit strange having a free dance at a World Championships without Meryl Davis and Charlie White and Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, but oh, what an interesting event it turned out to be. The previous four World titles had been carved up between the two North American teams and it was time for new champions to be crowned. Just over a point divided the top three teams after the short dance, so...
Canadians Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje captured silver in ice dance at the world figure skating championships Saturday, missing the gold by a mere 0.2 points. ...
Free dance (FINAL)1. Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte ITA - 175.43 WATCH2. Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje CAN - 175.41 WATCH3. Nathalie Pechalat/Fabian Bourzat FRA - 175.37 WATCH4. Elena Ilinykh/Nikita Katsalapov RUS - 174.38 WATCH5. Madison Chock/Evan... ...
Ladies' free (FINAL)1. Mao Asada JPN - 216.69 WATCH2. Julia Lipnitskaia RUS - 207.50 WATCH3. Carolina Kostner ITA - 203.83 WATCH4. Anna Pogorilaya RUS - 197.50 WATCH5. Gracie Gold USA - 194.58 WATCH6. Akiko Suzuki JPN - 193.72... ...
Short dance (FINAL)Q1. Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte ITA - 69.70 WATCHQ2. Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje CAN - 69.20 WATCHQ3. Nathalie Pechalat/Fabian Bourzat FRA - 68.20 WATCHQ4. Madison Chock/Evan Bates USA - 67.71 WATCHQ5. Elena Ilinykh/Nikita... ...
Men's free (FINAL)1. Yuzuru Hanyu JPN - 282.59 WATCH2. Tatsuki Machida JPN - 282.26 WATCH3. Javier Fernandez ESP - 275.93 WATCH4. Maxim Kovtun RUS - 247.37 WATCH5. Jeremy Abbott USA - 246.35 WATCH6. Takahiko Kozuka JPN - 238... ...
Friday night at the Saitama Super Arena and once more there was a packed house from the first flight. Everyone wanted to see whether Yuzuru Hanyu, Japan's first male Olympic figure skating champion, could take his first World title, or if the overnight leader Tatsuki Machida would hold on to his lead from the short. It was going to be close no matter what, but no one expected just how close it would...
As I watched the ladies free here in Saitama, I could not help but think back to the last post-Olympic Worlds in this nation. There, in Makuhari, Chiba, another neighboring prefecture of Tokyo, a young Japanese skater by the name of Yuka Sato skated off with the gold on the heels of a fifth place finish at the 1994 Olympic Winter Games. After her world record breaking short program here, and with the...
Japanese teenager Yuzuru Hanyu barely topped the free skate Friday in Saitama, Japan to become the first man in 12 years to win the Olympic and world figure skating titles in the same year. ...
When you cover an event like the World Figure Skating Championships, it's all go, go, go. Whether it's watching the events, heading to the mixed zone to get comments from skaters or attending the press conferences, the schedule is really packed. So with that in mind, I popped out to the local convenience store before the competition began to grab something to eat when I had a minute to myself. Japanese...
When you cover an event like the World Figure Skating Championships, it's all go, go, go. Whether it's watching the events, heading to the mixed zone to get comments from skaters or attending the press conferences, the schedule is really packed. So with that in mind, I popped out to the local convenience store before the competition began to grab something to eat when I had a minute to myself. Japanese...
Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy captured a fifth World title at their 10th World Championship appearance to close out a memorable career. Fittingly enough, it was also with one of their highest scoring programs ever as the Germans accumulated 145.86 points for their free skating to finish their final competition with a total of 224.88 points. Aside from a minor mistake by Szolkowy (he singled a...
Pairs' free (FINAL)1. Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy GER - 224.88 WATCH2. Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov RUS - 215.92 WATCH3. Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford CAN - 210.84 WATCH4. Kirsten Moore-Towers/Dylan Moscovitch CAN - 205.52 WATCH5. Cheng Peng... ...