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1d ago
Ilia Malinin talks history-making victory after winning 1st World Figure Skating title – Source, Good Morning America
‘Succession’ Theme Helped Ilia Malinin Score Men’s Figure Skating Title: “I Don’t Even Have a Subscription to HBO” by Justin Hagey, The Hollywood Reporter
“I want to be ready for when the Russian girls return to the competitions.” Kaori Sakamoto about working on quad loop – Source, English Translation of a Sports.ru article @ FS-Gossips.com
“The Canadians are ahead of their time, I couldn’t even dream of such a program. It’s a unique, outstanding piece of art.” Tarasova about G ..read more
Blazing Blades
2d ago
To encourage an open conversation about body empowerment, we spoke to U.S. Figure Skating’s head of sports psychology, Caroline Silby, Ph.D., CMPC and U.S. Figure Skating registered dietitians Carrie Aprik, MS, CSSD, ISAK 2 and Adena Neglia, MS RDN, CDN about how coaches and parents can best support their athletes foster a healthy relationship with their bodies.
by Abby Farrell,
When athletes chronically feel dissatisfied with their body, view body size and shape changes as unnatural and reflective of their commitment to success or think there is only one body size or shape that leads to desi ..read more
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2d ago
by Shafiq Najib, Suzanne Yeo, and Alondra Valle
Ilia Malinin, 19, opens up about his history making-victory after winning his first world title.
While competing at the World Figure Skating Championship on Saturday, Malinin delivered a record-breaking performance, landing six quadruple jumps in a single program with a quad axel and finishing with a free-skate score of 227.79, the highest points ever achieved in the competition.
Read more and watch GMA video @ Good Morning America ..read more
Blazing Blades
2d ago
The Adelaide Glaciarium – by Ryan Stevens, Skate Guard
Chaeyeon Kim: “I never expected to win a medal at this Worlds so it was a really new and joyful experience and I still can’t believe it.” English Source, FS-Gossips.com
“I won’t be able to watch this performance for another ten years.” Shoma Uno about his FP at Worlds – English Source, FS-Gossips.com
Haein Lee: “I’ve been looking forward to this competition a lot and I’ve prepared just as much, but I’m a little heartbroken because the results were not good. – English Source, FS-Gossips.com
Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier: “We have our first ..read more
Blazing Blades
3d ago
In figure skating, artificial intelligence may be introduced into judging. What’s the risk here? – by Rustam Imamov, Sport-Express.ru
Figure skater Malinin spoke about his goals for the next season – Victoria Kravchenko, Sport-Express.ru
Malinin’s manager believes that the skater will complicate his programs even more – by Ana Gorshkova, Sport-Express.ru
Japanese figure skater fell ill at the World Championships. Figure skater Kihara felt ill at the World Championships; he and his partner did not attend the awards ceremony – Source, Rsport.ria.ru
They deified early: the world record of the Rus ..read more
Blazing Blades
4d ago
This week, the top skaters in the world competed at the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships. Deanna Stellato and Maxime Deschamps, Ilia Malinin, Kaori Sakamoto and Madison Chock and Evan Bates won gold in front of the Montreal crowd. We break it all down on a special edition of ‘This and That ..read more
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4d ago
Team USA Makes History with Two World Championship Golds – by Troy Schwindt, USFS Fan Zone
‘Quad God’ Ilia Malinin (USA) jumps to first World title – Source, ISU.org
Madison Chock/Evan Bates (USA) claim second World title – Source, ISU.org
Adam Siao Him Fa: “I remembered how Nathan Chen skated at the Olympics, and his example inspired me a lot.” – Source, A translation of Mayha Bagriantseva’s article @ Sports.ru on FS-Gossips.com
Best rental in figurine history! Ilya Malinin is truly the god of quads – by Maria Selenkova, Sports.ru
World Figure Skating Championships 2024. Malinin, Chan, Sakamo ..read more
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5d ago
by Astrid Soderstrom, Jura Synchro
Craving for a peek behind the cultures of our ISU Senior teams preparing for the Worlds? We asked them of the quirks of their skating language, and got responses that spoke of creativity, vivid imagination, and individual coaches’ influence – but also of similarities between the teams.
Read the article @ JuraSynchro.com ..read more
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5d ago
With six quad jumps, Ilia Malinin wins first figure skating world title – by Les Carpenter, The Washington Post
Ilia Malinin wins first world figure skating title with historic six quadruple jumps – Source, NBCSports.com
US prodigy Ilia Malinin drills six quads to win first world figure skating title – by Bryan Armen Graham, The Guardian.com
World Figure Skating Championships: Madison Chock and Evan Bates capture second consecutive ice dance crown – by Nick McCarvel, Olympics.com
Kaori Sakamoto (JPN) claims third straight World title – Source, ISU.org
Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps give Canada first ..read more