Features [ICE TIME] Yuma Kagiyama, Kaori Sakamoto Favored to Win World Titles in France Daisuke Takahashi and Mao Asada were the first two skaters to sweep both singles titles for Japan, doing so at the 2010 world championships. Jack GallagherMarch 18, 2022
Figure Skating Wenjing Sui, Cong Han Narrowly Win Gold Medal In Pairs; Riku Miura, Ryuichi Kihara Finish 7th Sui and Han skated to “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and opened with a quadruple twist that may have proved decisive in the end. Jack GallagherFebruary 20, 2022
Figure Skating Wenjing Sui, Cong Han Set World Record in Pairs Short Program; Riku Miura, Ryuichi Kihara in Eighth “We want everybody to see the splendor, the beauty of figure skating, and also to show the style of Chinese skaters,” Sui said. Jack GallagherFebruary 19, 2022
Figure Skating Shoma Uno, Kaori Sakamoto Sweep NHK Trophy Titles for Japan Both champions won by wide margins over the second-place finishers. Jack GallagherNovember 14, 2021
Figure Skating Shoma Uno, Kaori Sakamoto in First Place After Short Programs at NHK Trophy American Vincent Zhou and Japanese teenager Mana Kawabe are both in second place heading into the free skate. Jack GallagherNovember 12, 2021
Figure Skating For Shoma Uno, A Strong Showing At NHK Trophy Could Clinch A GP Final Berth “Everything is improving now and technically spiritual,” Uno said. “The most important thing I have practiced is the quadruple salchow.” Jack GallagherNovember 11, 2021
Features [ICE TIME] Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara’s Skate America Showing Boosts Japan’s Olympic Team Medal Chances Their pairs figure skating medal was Japan’s first on the GP circuit since Narumi Takahashi and Mervin Tran claimed the silver at the NHK... Jack GallagherOctober 26, 2021
Features [ICE TIME] Yuma Kagiyama Starts His Olympic Campaign With Victory at Asian Open Trophy With all of the variables that skaters have had to deal with during the pandemic, it was a respectable start for Kagiyama, the favorite... Jack GallagherOctober 22, 2021