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Mikhail Koyada has returned to training and said he is feeling motivated and refreshed following an extended recovery from nasal surgery.
Read the article in English or Russian.
ifsmagazine.com/kolyada-return…
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Our condolences to Michael Marinaro who lost his grandmother to the coronavirus on Tuesday. lfpress.com/news/local-new…
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Adelina Sotnikova, 23, has announced the end of her skating career due to health reasons. "... I want to be healthy and happy. I’m sad and it is hard to say this...my heart breaks ... but unfortunately, my health doesn’t allow it." twitter.com/figureskatingR…
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Marin Honda skates 5th and Rika Kihira 12th in the ladies short program at #Skatecanada2019.
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Congratulations to Han Yan who announced he became a father in April.
m.weibo.cn/status/4766818…
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14 years ago today Shizuka Arakawa won Japan's first Olympic figure skating crown. “Many times I thought about quitting...I am so happy I continued. I hope this will be an inspiration for future generations of skaters.”
Arakawa won the only medal for Japan at the 2006 Olympics.
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Happy to see Kana Muramoto and Daisuke Takahashi skate so well in their debut today at NHK Trophy. #GPFigure
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Friends of Denis Ten reflect on his life and legacy in our October 2019 issue. ifsmagazine.com/ifs-october-20…
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China has cancelled the 2022 Four Continents Championships due to travel restrictions, quarantine requirements, safety concerns and logistical challenges.
The ISU has invited other ISU Members to apply to host the competition on the original dates - Jan. 17 – 22.
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A show celebrating the life of Denis Ten will take place in Almaty, Kazakhstan on July 20. IFS will be have a full report in show in the October issue.
inform.kz/en/ice-show-in…
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Nobunari Oda has filed a lawsuit against Japanese coach Mie Hamada for 11 million yen claiming her harassment forced him to quit as manager of Kansai University's skating club.
English version: mainichi.jp/english/articl…
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Alexander Kogan has confirmed the Russian website post that ISU events have been cancelled is fake news. "I was surprised to read information that the ISU will cancel international competitions to the end of 2020, but this is not true.” tass.ru/sport/8886953
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Wondering if @ryuichi_kihara can use his "I'm not quitting anytime soon" mantra to influence Kana Muramoto and Daisuke Takahashi to return to competition next season. Asking for a friend...
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IOC video interview with
@lausanne2020
gold medalist Yuma Kagiyama.
@ lausanne2020の金メダリストである鍵山ユマとのIOCビデオインタビュー。
youtu.be/_wDTx-Y6vXA
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Maria Sotskova has announced her retirement. We wish her much success as she moves on to new things in her life.
instagram.com/p/CCYeMVypSM6/…
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Some great images of Yuzuru Hanyu performing in the "Dreams on Ice" show in Yokohama on Friday, July 9.
english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/07/e…
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Canadian choreographer Shae-Lynn Bourne and her family moved to Charleston, South Carolina last February. Bourne said they wanted to be closer to the ocean, “and I wanted to be as far away from the Toronto winters as I could get.”
postandcourier.com/sports/canadia…
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Unconfirmed sources report Mikhail Kolyada has left his longtime coach Valentina Chebotareva and will now train with Alexei Mishin.
Confirmed: Mishin's group will go to Kislovodsk from July 1 to 20.
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Skaters, fans and others are rising to the call to help the Ukrainian skaters. The ice dance team of Oleksandra Nazarova/Maksym Nikitin are certainly feeling the love.
ifsmagazine.com/skating-commun…
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Happy Birthday to Shoma Uno who turned 23 today!
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The IFS December 2021 issue features our exclusive (fun) interview with Japan's Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara and their coach Bruno Marcotte following their victory at Autumn Classic International.
Orders for this issue open Mon., Oct. 18:
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The Premier of Quebec said a decision will be made today about the World Championships.
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Patrick Chan, Jeremy Abbott and Sergey Voronov performed in the inaugural Skate Nepal @ -26C on Lake Gokyo @ 4790 meters in the mountains of Everest on Feb 14. From Nepal the climb to the rink took 4 days & they skated for just 1 minute 30 seconds.
ltk-cska.ru
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Men's short program results from @lausanne2020.
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Happy 21st Birthday to @nathanwchen! Wishing you a great day another successful year in both skating and school.
Tweeting the sport of figure skating around the globe. 2023 marks our 29th anniversary covering this wonderful sport!