Mao Asada and Yuzuru Hanyu thrilled their home crowd Thursday in Fukuoka, Japan, the two Japanese skaters jumping out to healthy leads following their respective short programs at the Grand Prix Final.
Battling nerves and an experienced foe, 15-year-old Yulia Lipnitskaya skated to a gold-medal win Saturday afternoon at the Rostelecom Cup in Moscow, becoming just the second woman this season to win two Grand Prix golds.
At the end of her short program, 15-year-old Yulia Lipnitskaya of Russia draws a heart on the ice, then scoops shavings off the rink, sprinkling them over her to finish.
Figure skating lands in Moscow for the sixth Grand Prix of the season, the last qualifier for the Grand Prix Final, which is set for Dec. 5-8 in Japan.
Out of superlatives to describe Patrick Chan’s performance at the Trophee Eric Bompard in Paris, one had to turn to the made-up variety: “Chan-tastic!”
With an injured Yuna Kim pulling out of the Trohpee Eric Bompard in Paris, the stage was handed over to American Ashley Wagner as the favorite and the American delivered Friday, leading after the Ladies’ short program.
Feeling the push of the crowd-in-waiting in figure skating, Patrick Chan delivered a short program with the highest score ever recorded Friday afternoon at the Trophee Eric Bompard, putting the reigning and three-time world champion safely in first place at the Grand Prix event.
Back in the city of love, American Ashley Wagner would very much like to defend her title this weekend at the Trophee Eric Bompard, the fifth Grand Prix of the figure skating season.
Americans Meryl Davis and Charlie White glided to their 14th straight Grand Prix gold medal in ice dance, a streak that dates back to the beginning of the 2009 season, Sunday at the NHK Trophy in Japan.
Skating to “The Best of Plushenko,” the best of Yevgeny Plushenko was on display at a small figure skating event in Riga, Latvia, Friday night, where the 31-year-old Russian completed his comeback to competitive skating with a win.
A pair of Japanese skaters took healthy leads at the NHK Trophy Friday in Tokyo, Daisuke Takahashi and Mao Asada, both medalists at the 2010 Vancouver Games, claiming first place after the short program.
Thirty-one-year-old Yevgeny Plushenko made his comeback a reality Thursday at a small event in Riga, Latvia, the 2006 Olympic champion skating at the Volvo Cup.
