Follow Figure Skaters Online, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/figure-skaters-online Sat, 03 Dec 2022 07:56:56 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMKkyVmOQD-0aLDXWBZfdr71 ]]> Sat, 26 Nov 2022 18:17:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMKkyVmOQD-0aLDXWBZfdr71 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToML1VeTxXE7TAn1d0VB8z-7c ]]> Tue, 22 Nov 2022 03:48:41 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToML1VeTxXE7TAn1d0VB8z-7c https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMLppsNq0rwESrG7Iy_4u0x9 By Gina Capellazzi, Team FSO website administrator Photos by Robin Ritoss Though she came home last month from Skate America with a bronze medal, her first Grand Prix medal of her career, Amber Glenn acknowledges she made some mistakes in her skates. "Winning a Grand Prix medal is incredible, but it wasn't my absolute best...]]> Thu, 17 Nov 2022 19:26:35 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMLppsNq0rwESrG7Iy_4u0x9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMKWzpvTqIh1HRtLdxSOwF-n By Gina Capellazzi, Team FSO website administrator British Ice Skating hosted their first-ever Grand Prix event, Nov. 11-13, in Sheffield, Great Britain. The event not only was a first for Great Britain, but it featured history making skates, season debuts and a return to competition after 20-month absence. Figure Skaters Online’s Gina Capellazzi spoke with some...]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2022 04:01:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMKWzpvTqIh1HRtLdxSOwF-n https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMJEJjG1nRQw1Qpx5_w21kha By Gina Capellazzi and Maura Sullivan Hill, Team FSO Photos by Melanie Heaney and Robin Ritoss Swedish pair team Greta and John Crafoord had about a month to prepare for 2022 Skate America, from getting their pair elements back to choreographing a long program. Just a year prior, in Oct. 2021, Greta suffered a season-ending...]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2022 19:24:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMJEJjG1nRQw1Qpx5_w21kha https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMK0eKaEiJJ2JC3FFO_xyF25 ]]> Sat, 12 Nov 2022 14:26:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMK0eKaEiJJ2JC3FFO_xyF25 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMKYenpKHHc20R-xWH3zZqEA By Rylie Smith, Team FSO contributing writer Photos by Robin Ritoss The women’s event at Grand Prix de France was quite eventful with some exciting twists and turns not many saw coming. Loena Hendrickx took home the gold, the first ISU Grand Prix gold medal in Belgian history.  To make the win even more unique,...]]> Tue, 08 Nov 2022 16:03:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMKYenpKHHc20R-xWH3zZqEA https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMIEF5FzuoGulASngkwrdsok ]]> Sat, 05 Nov 2022 13:02:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMIEF5FzuoGulASngkwrdsok https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMKREtiGXjr_snMq2h3ehXEp By Claire Cloutier, Team FSO contributing writer Photos by Robin Ritoss and Jordan Cowan In 2016, Deanna Stellato-Dudek came back to competitive figure skating because she had unfinished business with the sport. Her singles career ended prematurely in 2001, due to injury. But Stellato-Dudek realized she still wanted to skate and accomplish more, so she...]]> Fri, 04 Nov 2022 16:01:32 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMKREtiGXjr_snMq2h3ehXEp https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMJDNRM4Y_8TOkZPHFZJLI3I By Gina Capellazzi, Team FSO website administrator Skating photos by Robin Ritoss; Photo of Nadiia, Molly and Yehor courtesy Cesanek Family Beyond the headlines of Rinka Watanabe, Shoma Uno, Rika Miura and Ryuichi Kihara and Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier,  2022 Skate Canada marked Grand Prix debuts for number of skaters. There were some other...]]> Mon, 31 Oct 2022 19:21:51 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMJDNRM4Y_8TOkZPHFZJLI3I https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMKkwtdjt6Pkrle5jCclomp- ]]> Fri, 28 Oct 2022 14:34:29 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMKkwtdjt6Pkrle5jCclomp- https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMLS_JaJU-F4GZJTpfXVttXD The 2022-2023 Grand Prix season continues with Skate Canada International, taking place in Mississauga, Ontario, just outside of Toronto. Figure Skaters Online's Gina Capellazzi will be covering Skate Canada International virtually. Check back for her coverage on the event, including interviews with the athletes. SKATE CANADA INTERNATIONAL HUB    Men | Women | Pairs | Dance  Event...]]> Fri, 28 Oct 2022 02:56:02 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMLS_JaJU-F4GZJTpfXVttXD https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMJ7YjY7PDFxiyoxzwoq1nFt Story and Photos by Gina Capellazzi, Team FSO website administrator Beyond the headlines of the quadruple Axel and the stories of the champions,  2022 Skate America marked Grand Prix debuts for number of skaters. There were some other special stories that came out of the event, from meeting fellow competitors to competing on home ice....]]> Wed, 26 Oct 2022 18:24:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMJ7YjY7PDFxiyoxzwoq1nFt https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMIFB1aOH6dewXMq2h3ehXEp ]]> Sat, 22 Oct 2022 16:04:59 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMIFB1aOH6dewXMq2h3ehXEp https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMLmCTgIrC7FC8fGo0LrnZNO By Sean Conlon, Team FSO staff writer Photos by Robin Ritoss and Camden Pulkinen After a fifth-place finish at his first World Championships last season, placing third in the free skate a day after his birthday to earn the small bronze medal, Camden Pulkinen was building momentum heading into next season. And last month —...]]> Wed, 19 Oct 2022 18:35:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMLmCTgIrC7FC8fGo0LrnZNO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMK-JjZyPlMv1Eoy9CZgXDJO The 2022-2023 Grand Prix season kicks Oct. 21 with Skate America, taking place at the Skating Club of Boston in Norwood, Massachusetts, just outside of Boston. Figure Skaters Online's Gina Capellazzi will be covering Skate America from Norwood. Check back for her coverage on the event, including interviews with the athletes. SKATE AMERICA HUB   ...]]> Tue, 18 Oct 2022 02:03:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMK-JjZyPlMv1Eoy9CZgXDJO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMLnJCOYAJjqjoIAmcWJ0TmB By Gina Capellazzi, Team FSO website administrator Photos by Robin Ritoss When Team USA's Liam Kapeikis steps on the ice inside the Skating Club of Boston next week to compete at Skate America, he will be making his senior Grand Prix debut, a dream of his for a while. "Receiving a Grand Prix has been...]]> Thu, 13 Oct 2022 18:00:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMLnJCOYAJjqjoIAmcWJ0TmB https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToML6SRzf0Z9zeUTXPGaG87AR Below is a chart, tracking the results of the Grand Prix events and qualifications standings for the Grand Prix Final in December in Torino, Italy. The Grand Prix begins with Skate America, Oct. 21-23, 2022 in Norwood, Mass. The series concluded with the Grand Prix of Espoo, Nov. 25-27, 2022. The Grand Prix Final takes...]]> Tue, 11 Oct 2022 02:32:33 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToML6SRzf0Z9zeUTXPGaG87AR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMJkKdW_pJ5Z696jHbRcHw3s By Gina Capellazzi, Team FSO website administrator Photos by Robin Ritoss and Melanie Heaney Family photo courtesy Ravenstein-Murdock family In the midst of a global pandemic, Emilia Murdock moved to Toronto to begin working with Brian Orser, Tracy Wilson and Karen Preston at the Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club. Skaters like two-time Olympic Champion...]]> Thu, 06 Oct 2022 02:14:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMJkKdW_pJ5Z696jHbRcHw3s https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMKhI9sId8xv-C3FFO_xyF25 ]]> Tue, 27 Sep 2022 03:19:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/yWH_OyKToMKhI9sId8xv-C3FFO_xyF25