by admin | Feb 2, 2022 | Representation, SEW
In what’s expected to be a groundbreaking display of technical ability, a young but mighty trio of Russian figure skaters are set to light up the ice at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Led by 15-year-old Kamila Valiyeva, 17-year-old reigning world champion Anna...
by admin | Jan 26, 2022 | Representation, SEW
On Feb. 15, a woman will almost certainly land a quadruple jump in Olympic figure skating competition for the first time. But she will not be the first woman to attempt a quad at the Olympics. That honor belongs to Surya Bonaly. The star French skater of the 1990s is...
by admin | Jan 25, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Wendy Marco stood on the ice at the Washington Capitals’ practice facility in early January and faced a group of 7- and 8-year-olds as she explained the difference between a verb and a noun. Learning, Marco explained, is a verb. It is an action and something that...
by admin | Jan 25, 2022 | Representation, SEW
When Josh Groban’s cover of the 1965 song “The Impossible Dream” blares from the loudspeakers at Beijing’s Capital Indoor Stadium on Feb. 18, its lyrics will ring true for the Winter Olympian figure skaters Hailey Kops and Evgeni Krasnopolsky. That’s because as...
by admin | Jan 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
Immediately following the 2018 Olympics, few saw Kamila Valieva as a medal contender for the next Winter Games. Probably because she was 11 years old. Now, not only is Valieva is the odds-on favorite to earn women’s singles gold at the upcoming Games – she may...
by admin | Jan 17, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Kamila Valieva underlined her status as the favorite for the women’s Olympic figure skating gold medal as she won the European title by a commanding 22-point margin on Saturday. Valieva continued Russian domination of women’s figure skating by completing...
by admin | Jan 14, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Kamila Valieva bettered her own world-best score in the women’s short program to take the lead Thursday at the European figure skating championships. It was another successful day for Russia, which also swept the podium in the pairs event. Read More
by admin | Jan 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Three-time world champion Nathan Chen proclaimed 17-year-old Ilia Malinin to be the future of U.S. Figure Skating. Maybe so, but Malinin’s present won’t include the Beijing Olympics. That distinction belongs to Chen, who won his sixth straight national...
by admin | Jan 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW
It’s been a long wait for 25-year-old Mariah Bell. For the first time in the nine years she’s been a senior competitor, Bell has won the U.S. women’s figure skating national title following the conclusion of the women’s free skate on Friday...
by admin | Jan 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Thursday night at the U.S. Olympic figure skating trials, as younger women started to secure their places on the 2022 Olympic team, another woman, an older skater with the name that everyone still knows, offered a glimpse of her magical past on her singular journey...
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