by admin | Feb 9, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The 15-year-old figure-skating sensation whose unprecedented quad jumps powered Russia to the team figure skating gold at the Beijing Winter Olympics was reported today to have failed a drug test before competition. The report from the Inside the Games news website...
by admin | Feb 8, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Last night, the Canadian women’s hockey team played their Olympic hockey match against the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) while wearing N95 masks. Shortly before the game, all appeared to be normal with both teams taking warm ups together on the ice. But Team Canada...
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 | Feb 2, 2022 | Guest Blogs, SEW
It’s been six years since the Russian flag and national anthem were banned from the Olympics after the World Anti-Doping Agency uncovered Russia’s state-sponsored doping scheme. Although, this has hardly prevented Russian athletes from competing in international...
by admin | Jan 19, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Ksenia Efremova hadn’t even turned three years old and her mother already had the feeling her daughter was destined to become a star. One afternoon when her older brother was practicing on the tennis court, Efremova picked up one of his rackets — as she...
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 | Dec 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Kamila Valiyeva confirmed she’s a runaway Olympic favorite by winning the Russian Championships, the world’s deepest women’s figure skating competition, by the largest margin in the event’s history. Valiyeva, a 15-year-old undefeated in this her first senior season,...
by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Aliona Kostornaya, the world’s top figure skater before the pandemic hit, will miss next week’s Russian Figure Skating Championships, denting her hopes of making the three-woman team for the Beijing Winter Games. Kostornaya is out due to an injury that the Russian...
by admin | Nov 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Kamila Valieva headed a Russian women’s podium sweep at the figure skating Rostelecom Cup on Saturday to underline her status as favorite for the Olympic gold medal in Beijing. The 15-year-old Valieva landed three quadruple jumps, two of them in combinations, to...
by admin | Nov 20, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Anna Shcherbakova successfully navigated a bumpy early part of figure skating’s Olympic season. Next comes a series of bigger tests, likely climaxing at the Winter Games in February. Shcherbakova, who holds the two most prestigious titles as world champion and Russian...
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