In her Grand Prix debut, Russia’s Alena Kostornaia took the gold at 2019 Internationaux de France in Grenoble on Saturday night in the Ladies’ Free Skate. Teammate and 2018 Olympic Champion Alina Zagitova settled for silver, while USA’s Mariah Bell maintained third overall to earn the bronze.
Alina Zagitova of Russia pounced on the gold medal in the Ladies’ event at the 2019 World Figure Skating Championships on Friday night in Saitama, Japan with nearly 13 points to spare. Elizabet Tursynbaeva of Kazakhstan took the silver, becoming the first lady from Kazakhstan to win a […]
In her debut at this event, Russia’s Sofia Samodurova captured her the Ladies’ title at the 2019 European Figure Skating Championships on Friday in Minsk, Belarus. Teammate Alina Zagitova had a sub-par performance to slip to second for the silver, while Viveca Lindfors of Finland […]
Anna Shcherbakova took many by surprise when she won the title at Russian Nationals (senior level) in her debut at the event. The ladies’ competition at this event is incredibly competitive, and big names such as Olympic Champion Alina Zagitova and two-time World Champion Evgenia […]
Kaori Sakamoto edged out Rika Kihira to claim her first national title at the 2018-19 Japanese Figure Skating Championships on Saturday night in Osaka, while Satoko Miyahara earned the bronze. With the top five medal contenders all having either one or more medals from Four […]
The Russian National Championships concluded with a dramatic Ladies Final with quad queens Anna Shcherbakova and Alexandra Trusova taking gold and silver. Alena Kostornaia repeated as the bronze medalist while Olympic Champion Alina Zagitova faltered and finished off the podium. Two-time World Champion Evgenia Medvedeva […]
Rika Kihira of Japan continued to ride the wave of gold-medal success this season in Vancouver, Canada, clinching a victory at her first Grand Prix Final. While she botched the opening triple Axel, Kihira followed up with a precise triple Axel-double toe loop combination and […]
Alina Zagitova of Russia won gold at 2018 Rostelecom Cup on Saturday night, remaining undefeated in her third event of the season. Teammate Sofia Samodurova maintained second overall to win silver, while Eunsoo Lim of South Korea edged out Alexia Paganini of Switzerland for the […]
Alina Zagitova of Russia pocked her fifth consecutive Grand Prix gold medal at 2018 GP Helsinki, and has yet to be defeated in any Grand Prix event. Teammate Stanislava Konstantinova rose from fourth to capture the silver, while Kaori Sakamoto of Japan catapulted from seventh to third to win the […]
She was not supposed to be sitting here, in a coach’s office at a skating club in Canada. Yevgenia Medvedeva is Russian, just 18 years old, figure skating world champion in 2016 and 2017, and only eight months ago winner of the singles silver medal at the […]
Olympic figure skating champion Alina Zagitova was flawless in her first competition this season, winning Nebelhorn Trophy in Germany and moving comfortably atop the world rankings.
Brian Orser knows the period after the Olympics brings changes in coach-skater relationships, so he anticipated getting inquires from some athletes who might be interested in working with him.
