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• Catching up with Alysa Liu

  14-09-2025 03:47 via goldenskate.com
  Alysa Liu
  Fresh off her world title, USA’s Alysa Liu is stepping into the new season with equal parts excitement and challenges. In this candid interview, the U.S. Champion opens up about the unusual struggles she’s faced with her skates, how it feels to compete when her jumps “just don’t feel normal,” and why pushing through fear often brings out her best.
  Away from the rink, Liu reflects on a whirlwind off-season filled with media events, travel, and chance encou
  
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• Six times supreme: Kaori Sakamoto owns Japanese Nationals again

  23-12-2025 16:31 via goldenskate.com
  2025-26 Japanese Nationals: Women’s Figure Skating
  In an epic women’s battle for the Japanese Olympic team, 2022 Olympic bronze medalist Kaori Sakamoto triumphed on Sunday at Yoyogi. In doing so, she secured her fifth consecutive national title, becoming the first Japanese woman since Midori Ito to achieve the feat. Three-time Junior World champion Mao Shimada shone in silver, while 2025 World bronze medalist Mone Chiba fought her way onto the podium in third.
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• Yuma Kagiyama claims second national title in Olympic-year showdown

  22-12-2025 20:28 via goldenskate.com
  2025-26 Japanese Nationals: Men’s Figure Skating
  Olympic silver medalist Yuma Kagiyama captured the gold medal at the 2025–26 Japanese National Championships on Saturday in Tokyo, Japan. Two-time Grand Prix Final bronze medalist Shun Sato earned a well-deserved silver, while and Kao Miura rounding out the podium with bronze.
  Bound by friendship and rivalry, the three skaters all claimed their places on Japan’s men’s Olympic team as “months of pressure and
  
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• Nagaoka and Moriguchi secure national title; Miura and Kihara withdraw due to injury

  22-12-2025 20:10 via goldenskate.com
  2025-26 Japanese Nationals: Pairs’ Figure Skating
  Yuna Nagaoka and Sumitada Moriguchi secured their second national victory at the 2025-26 Japanese National Figure Skating Championships. Headliners and grand slam winners Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara were forced to withdraw due to injury after the short program, The newly formed pair team of Ayumi Kagotani and Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda earned silver.
  Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara
  In the lead after the short program with a big score of 84.91, c
  
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• Yoshida and Morita defend national ice dance crown in Tokyo

  22-12-2025 16:24 via goldenskate.com
  2025-26 Japanese Nationals: Ice Dance
  Utana Yoshida and Masaya Morita defended their crown at the Japanese National Figure Skating Championships this weekend in Tokyo, Japan. Behind them, the new partnership of Ikura Kushida and Koshiro Shimada took silver, while Ayano Sasaki and Yoshimitsu Ikeda claimed bronze. Highly anticipated duo Rika Kihira and Shingo Nishiyama finished just off the podium in fourth place.
  Utana Yoshida and Masaya Morita
  Winning both segments, Yoshida and Morita showed th
  
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• Japanese Olympic selection criteria and Nationals preview

  17-12-2025 17:48 via goldenskate.com
  Olympic Selection Criteria and Nationals Preview: Who Will Make Team Japan?
  With the 2026 Milano Olympic Games just around the corner, Japan continues to shine bright as one of the world’s leading nations in figure skating. With one of the deepest pools of talent in the world, the Japanese Skating Federation now faces challenging choices for its Olympic team, set to officially be announced at the end of this week.
  To spare fans a nervous breakdown, we’ve put together a clear guide s
  
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• Stéphane Lambiel: Guiding the next generation with vision

  16-12-2025 06:29 via goldenskate.com
  Stéphane Lambiel: Guiding the next generation with vision
  Stéphane Lambiel—Olympic silver medalist, two-time world champion, and one of figure skating’s most celebrated artists—has left an unmistakable mark on the sport. Now, as a revered coach and choreographer, he continues shaping the future of skating with the same passion that defined his competitive career.
  During his visit to the 2025 Warsaw Cup with promising protégé Ean Weiler, Lambiel spok
  
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• Finding his moment: Lukas Britschgi on joy, pressure, and growth

  13-12-2025 09:16 via goldenskate.com
  Finding his moment: Lukas Britschgi on joy, pressure, and growth
  At this year’s Warsaw Cup Challenger event, 2025 European champion Lukas Britschgi reflected on the pressures of carrying a continental title and the unlikely road that brought him there. Between practice sessions in a crowded single-rink arena, the Swiss skater spoke openly about expectations, dreams for the upcoming championships, and what life after competition might look like.
  A Familiar Stop with a Special Crowd
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• USA’s Alysa Liu captures Grand Prix Final crown

  06-12-2025 22:51 via goldenskate.com
  2025-26 Grand Prix Final: Women’s Figure Skating
  USA’s Alysa Liu captured her first Grand Prix Final crown in the Women’s event in Nagoya, Japan, on Saturday. Japan’s Ami Nakai rose from third place to earn the silver in her debut at this event, while veteran teammate Kaori Sakamoto rose from fifth for the bronze.
  Alysa Liu
  The 2025 World champion gave a mature and solid performance to “Promise” by Laufey in the short program. She landed a
  
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• USA’s Ilia Malinin lands record seven quads at Grand Prix Final

  06-12-2025 21:29 via goldenskate.com
  2025-26 Grand Prix Final: Men’s Figure Skating
  USA’s Ilia Malinin landed a record of seven solid quads in the free skate, rebounding from third place to capture his third consecutive Grand Prix Final title on Saturday. Yuma Kagiyama of Japan pocketed the silver, while teammate Shun Sato earned the bronze.
  Ilia Malinin
  The two time and current World champion placed third (94.05) in the short program after two mistakes. He slightly underrotated his opening quad Axel, st
  
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• Madison Chock and Evan Bates deliver at Grand Prix Final

  06-12-2025 20:11 via goldenskate.com
  2025-26 Grand Prix Final: Ice Dance
  USA’s Madison Chock and Evan Bates delivered two exceptional performances to win their third consecutive Grand Prix Final title on Saturday in Nagoya, Japan. France’s new team of Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron claimed the silver, while Great Britain’s Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson repeated for bronze at this event.
  Madison Chock and Evan Bates
  Three-time World champions earned a new season’s best in their
  
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• Japan’s Miura and Kihara reclaim Grand Prix Final title

  05-12-2025 15:44 via goldenskate.com
  2025-26 Grand Prix Final: Pairs’ Figure Skating
  Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara reclaimed the Grand Prix Final title in the Pairs’ discipline on home ice on Friday in Nagoya, Japan. Sara Conti and Niccolo Macii of Italy earned the silver, while Germany’s Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin rose from fifth to claim the bronze.
  Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara
  The current World champions placed first in the short program by a very narrow margin with 77.32 points. They fough
  
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• Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron take second consecutive Grand Prix gold at Finlandia Trophy

  22-11-2025 23:09 via goldenskate.com
  2025 Finlandia Trophy: Ice Dance
  Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron of France took their second consecutive Grand Prix gold on Saturday in Helsinki, Finland. Canada’s Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Canada earned the silver, while USA’s Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik captured the bronze.
  Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron
  The 2025 Grand Prix de France champions showed good blade and body control in their fun rhythm dance to Madonna’s &ldq
  
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• Mone Chiba strikes Grand Prix gold again in Helsinki

  22-11-2025 22:21 via goldenskate.com
  2025 Finlandia Trophy: Women’s Figure Skating
  Mone Chiba of Japan struck gold again, winning her second consecutive Grand Prix gold at 2025 Finlandia Trophy in Helsinki. USA’s Amber Glenn  placed second, while Japan’s Rino Matsuike soared from sixth to third place overall for the bronze.
  Mone Chiba
  Chiba turned out the backend of her opening triple flip-triple toe and received an edge call on a triple Lutz, but those where the only errors in
  
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• Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama defends Finlandia Trophy title

  22-11-2025 18:43 via goldenskate.com
  2025 Finlandia Trophy: Men’s Figure Skating
  Yuma Kagiyama of Japan defended his title at 2025 Finlandia Trophy on Saturday in Helsinki, taking his eighth Grand Prix gold medal. France’s Adam Siao Him Fa earned the silver, while Stephen Gogolev of Canada pocketed the bronze—the first Grand Prix medal of his career.
  Yuma Kagiyama
  The 2025 NHK Trophy champion opened his jazzy short program with a solid quad toe-triple toe, but then took a fall on a quad Salchow that was slig
  
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• Germany’s Hase and Volodin capture fourth Grand Prix gold in Helsinki

  22-11-2025 18:40 via goldenskate.com
  2025 Finlandia Trophy: Pairs Figure Skating
  Germany’s Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin captured their fourth individual gold in the Grand Prix at 2025 Finlandia Trophy on Saturday. USA’s Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov placed a close second for the silver, while teammates Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea earned the bronze.
  Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin
  The 2025 Skate Canada silver medalists were near solid in their intense tango short program to
  
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• Alysa Liu closes strong; snags Skate America title

  17-11-2025 06:18 via goldenskate.com
  2025 Skate America: Women’s Figure Skating
  USA’s Alysa Liu rose from second to capture the gold in the Women’s discipline at Skate America on Sunday. Rinka Watanabe of Japan slipped to second, while Georgia’s Anastasiia Gubanova moved up a spot to claim the bronze.
  Alysa Liu
  Liu mesmerized the audience with her moving short program to “Promise” by Laufey. The 2025 World champion landed a very good triple flip and double Axel, but
  
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• USA’s Chock and Bates win fifth Skate America gold

  17-11-2025 06:00 via goldenskate.com
  2025 Skate America: Ice Dance
  USA’s Madison Chock and Evan Bates won their fifth Skate America gold in Lake Placid, New York on Sunday afternoon. Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha of Canada pocketed the silver, while France’s Evgeniia Lopareva and Geoffrey Brissaud took the bronze.
  Madison Chock and Evan Bates
  Three-time World champions earned a new season’s best in their rhythm dance to selections by Lenny Kravitz, placing first with 84.77 points. How
  
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• Kevin Aymoz captures first Grand Prix gold at Skate America

  16-11-2025 07:17 via goldenskate.com
  2025 Skate America Men’s Podium (From L to R): Mikhail Shaidorov (KAZ), Kevin Aymoz (FRA) and Kazuki Tomono (JPN).
  2025 Skate America: Men’s Figure Skating
  Kevin Aymoz of France captured his first Grand Prix gold at 2025 Skate America on Saturday night in Lake Placid, NY. Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan rose from third to claim the silver, while Japan’s Kazuki Tomono slipped to third for the bronze.
  Kevin Aymoz
  The 2022 Olympian placed second in the short program with
  
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• Japan’s Miura and Kihara grab second consecutive Skate America title

  16-11-2025 01:57 via goldenskate.com
  2025 Skate America Pairs’ Podium (From L to R): Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava (GEO), Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara (JPN) and Kelly Ann Laurin and Loucas Ethier (CAN).
  2025 Skate America: Pairs’ Figure Skating
  Japan’s Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara grabbed their second consecutive Skate America Pairs’ title on Saturday in Lake Placid, New York. Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava of Georgia slipped to second place overall for the silver, while Canada&r
  
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• Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto dominates women’s event at NHK Trophy

  08-11-2025 21:54 via goldenskate.com
  2025 NHK Trophy Women’s Podium (From L to R): Sofia Samodelkina (KAZ), Kaori Sakamoto (JPN) and Loena Hendrickx (BEL).
  2025 NHK Trophy: Women
  Japan’s Kaori Sakamoto dominated the Women’s discipline at 2025 NHK Trophy, taking her fourth gold medal at this event by over a 27-point margin. Kazakhstan’s Sofia Samodelkina captured the silver, making history by becoming the first woman from her country to win a Grand Prix medal. Belgium’s Loena Hendrickx pocketed the
  
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• Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama claims fourth consecutive gold at NHK Trophy

  08-11-2025 20:46 via goldenskate.com
  2025 NHK Trophy Men’s Podium (From L to R): Shun Sato (JPN), Yuma Kagiyama (JPN) and Lukas Britschgi (SUI).
  2025 NHK Trophy: Men’s Figure Skating
  Yuma Kagiyama of Japan claimed his fourth consecutive NHK Trophy gold in Osaka on Saturday. Teammate Shun Sato earned the silver, while Lukas Britschgi of Switzerland rose from fifth to capture the bronze.
  Yuma Kagiyama
  The 2022 Olympic silver medalist produced a rhythmic and snappy short program to “I Wish” which feat
  
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• Italian Pair Conti and Macii triumph at NHK Trophy

  08-11-2025 19:46 via goldenskate.com
  2025 NHK Trophy Pairs’ Podium (From L to R): Maria Pavlova and Alexei Sviatchenko (HUN), Sara Conti and Niccolo Macii (ITA) and Wenjing Sui and Cong Han (CHN).
  2025 NHK Trophy: Pairs Figure Skating
  Sara Conti and Niccolo Macii of Italy moved up from second to first place overall to claim their second Grand Prix gold in Osaka on Saturday. Maria Pavlova and Alexei Sviatchenko of Hungary also moved up a spot to earn the silver, while China’s Wenjing Sui and Cong Han slipped to
  
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• British duo Fear and Gibson secure NHK Trophy gold

  08-11-2025 18:21 via goldenskate.com
  2025 NHK Trophy Ice Dance Podium (From L to R): Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri (ITA), Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson (GBR) and Caroline Green and Michael Parsons (USA).
  2025 NHK Trophy: Ice Dance
  Great Britain’s Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson won their fourth Grand Prix gold medal in the Ice Dance event with two charming performances at 2025 NHK Trophy in Osaka, Japan. Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri of Italy earned the silver, while USA’s Caroline Green and Michael Parsons poc
  
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• Medals awarded, world record falls on final day of Skate Canada International

  03-11-2025 20:28 via globalnews.ca
  Canadians Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier were crowned Skate Canada International champions for the sixth time in a row in Saskatoon, while Ilia Malinin smashed his own world record.
  
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• Piper and Gilles win sixth consecutive Skate Canada International gold

  03-11-2025 03:59 via goldenskate.com
  2025 Skate Canada Ice Dance Podium (From L to R): Allison Reed and Saulius Ambrulevicius  (LTU), Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier (CAN) and Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha (CAN).
  2025 Skate Canada: Ice Dance
  Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier of Canada won their sixth consecutive Skate Canada International gold in Saskatoon on Sunday.  Lithuania’s Allison Reed and Saulius Ambrulevicius earned the silver, while Canada’s Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha edged out USA’s
  
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• Ilia Malinin seizes seventh Grand Prix gold in Saskatoon

  03-11-2025 03:56 via goldenskate.com
  2025 Skate Canada Men’s Podium (From L to R): Aleksandr Selevko (EST), Ilia Malinin (USA) and Kao Miura (JPN).
  2025 Skate Canada: Men
  USA’s Ilia Malinin seized his seventh Grand Prix gold in the Men’s figure skating event in Saskatoon after a record-breaking free skate. Aleksandr Selevko of Estonia surprised with a silver medal—the first Men’s Grand Prix medal for his country, while Japan’s Kao Miura moved up one spot to capture the bronze.
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• Mone Chiba dominates women for first Grand Prix gold at Skate Canada

  02-11-2025 16:40 via goldenskate.com
  2025 Skate Canada: Women’s Podium (From L to R): Isabeau Levito (USA), Mone Chiba (JPN), and Ami Nakai (JPN).
  2025 Skate Canada: Women
  Mone Chiba of Japan dominated the Women’s figure skating event in Saskatoon, taking her first Grand Prix gold medal on Saturday. USA’s Isabeau Levito earned the silver, her sixth Grand Prix medal, while Japan’s Ami Nakai captured the bronze in her second event.
  Mone Chiba
  The 2025 World bronze medalist produced an upbeat short program
  
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• Stellato-Dudek and Deschamps win third consecutive Skate Canada title

  02-11-2025 15:44 via goldenskate.com
  2025 Skate Canada: Pairs’ Podium (From L to R): Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin (GER), Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps (CAN), and Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea (USA).
  2025 Skate Canada: Pairs
  Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps of Canada rose from second place to take their third consecutive Skate Canada title on Saturday night in Saskatoon. Germany’s Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin slipped to second for the silver after a fall in the free skate
  
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• Amber Glenn: Breathe & Believe

  29-10-2025 17:05 via goldenskate.com
  Amber Glenn
  A radiant and “happy, healthy” Amber Glenn (USA) shared her thoughts following her win at the 2025 Cup of China, reflecting on how much her life has evolved over the past few years. She spoke about the positive impact of neurotherapy on her focus and emotional balance, and how she’s learned to handle the growing attention around her with grace.
  During the lighter moments of the interview, Glenn shared her sources of inspiration, her favorite ways to unwind off the
  
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