Figure skaters Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud look to claim a spot on Canada's team for the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Smart/Dieck Surprise with Breakout Season
“We learned a big lesson this year: Material matters,” Olivia Smart said in the mixed zone at the 2025 ISU World Championships in Boston, MA. “No matter the skate, no matter what you do on that day, the material and the program you present have got to be strong. It truly makes such a difference …
Lim/Quan Talk About Citizenship Journey
Ice dancers Hannah Lim and Ye Quan have represented South Korea for three seasons now, and Lim has South Korean citizenship through her parents. But this week’s ISU Four Continents marks the first time Quan will compete internationally as a citizen of South Korea. It seems particularly fitting, then, that the event takes place in …
Alysa Liu: On & Off the Ice
Alysa Liu, two-time U.S. National champion, recently returned to competitive figure skating after a two-year break. We chat with Alysa about her life since the Beijing Olympics, her interests and passions, and how her skating is going this season.
Oona & Gage Brown: “We try to find joy in whatever we’re doing”
Oona & Gage Brown open up about how they're staying motivated to compete at the 2025 Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships, despite ongoing financial challenges.
Bratti/Somerville Talk About Their Rollercoaster Year
U.S. ice dancers Emily Bratti & Ian Somerville talk about their career highlights and challenging moments in 2024.
Zingas and Kolesnik: “We’re here for the long run”
U.S. ice dancers Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik talk about his move from Ukraine, how the war affects him, and their partnership and programs.
Fabbri/Ayer: “We plan to turn everyone’s heads”
Competitive ice dance is all about female and male partners creating beautiful shapes and stories together on the ice. Behind the scenes, however, the sport has struggled with issues of gendered power imbalances, and Olympic champion Gabriella Papadakis recently wrote about how female partners are often undervalued. Fortunately, this is not the case for rising …
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Golubeva/Giotopoulos Moore: “We’re trying to mature our skating”
This week in Halifax, a new season starts for Anastasia “Nastia” Golubeva, 18, and Hektor Giotopoulos Moore, 22, who represent Australia. It’s the couple’s fourth season competing together, and their results have been good: They placed 8th at Worlds in 2023 and 10th at last spring’s Worlds. This season, they hope for continued growth. Golubeva …
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Vaananen/Clerici: “We know we can win and compete at higher levels”
In recent decades, Finland has taken an ever-greater role in ice skating, hosting major events and fielding successful skaters. Kiira Korpi and Laura Lepisto won medals in women’s singles, Juulia Turkkila/Matthias Versluis are top ice dancers, and of course, Finnish synchronized skating teams have won nine World championships. But pairs skating has not been part …
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