Mexico's 🇲🇽 Donovan Carrillo had surgery on his right ankle on Dec 22, 2022. He had been struggling and avoiding it, even prior to
#Beijing2022
. He's getting stronger and stronger now, so here's hoping for a full recovery for 2023-24! 💪
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Was that the skate of their lifes? 🔥👏🏻
Japan’s 🇯🇵 Riku Miura 三浦 璃来 and Ryuichi Kihira 木原 龍一 The 2021 Skate America 🥈totally nail their FS under the cheers of their teammates! PB 211.89 (141.04 PB)
FS: "Woman" by Shawn Phillips
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Keegan Messing 🇨🇦 243.15 / 166.41
“The emotions were overwhelming. It was incredible to go out in this type of stage on the World Championships. I was fighting back tears. I felt like everyone gave me my heart tonight. I put my performance first today and I felt the support of…
Olympic champions! 💪🏻👏🏻
China’s 🇨🇳 Wenjing Sui 隋文静 and Cong Han 韓聰 - turn 🥈 into 🥇! Thanks to and opening quad twist and an exquisite program to “Bridge Over Troubled Water"! World Record by 0.06 points: 239.88 (FS 155.47)
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#St
éphaneLambiel: “I am so, so proud of
#ShomaUno
🇯🇵 #宇野昌磨! He knew everything, how well everyone had done before him and then to deliever a performance like this… I am so moved. Thank you, Shoma!”
Keegan Messing 🇨🇦 172.99
“I am so overjoyed to go out there and perform one more time for all you beautiful people.
It was very special to have my last Free Skate with all of my friends sitting in these boxes celebrating this moment with me.
When I took the ice and I was…
All eyes 👀 on Stéphane Lambiel, coach of double World Champion Shoma Uno 宇野 昌磨 🇯🇵
“I am a happy coach today.
I know the mental feeling that something is not right and that was the most challenging thing.
I became twice world champion and my dream is that he passes me and…
Junhwan Cha 차준환 🇰🇷 196.03 / 296.03
“I feel amazing. I didn’t think about the result or a medal.
I wanted to give it all for the audience.
I was already happy before the scores as I was pleased with my skate.
I was not very nervous and just fully trusted myself!”…
Bonus picture to conclude the 2023 Grand Prix Final of figure skating. 😉 Stéphane Lambiel with a plushy gifted by a fan. He says he is really proud of Shoma and that he thinks he showed a beautiful performance. 😊
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Applause 👏🏻 in the greenroom for our new World Champion: Ilia Malinin 🇺🇸 🥇
Who delivered an amazing Free Skate with 6 quads including a 4Axel! 👏🏻
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Here are a few more fun pictures of these two friends who made 1st and 2nd after the SP at
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and some quotes from the press conference:
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#SotaYamamoto
🇯🇵 #山本草太
#KazukiTomono
🇯🇵 #友野一希
Shoma Uno 宇野 昌磨 🇯🇵 173.13 / 280.85
“I was satisfied with my training coming into this event and satisfied with my SP. It would have been nice if the event would have ended after the SP then I would be fully satisfied. I wish I would have made Stéphane happy today.
I didn’t…
#MaiMihara
#三原舞依 🇯🇵
#4ContsFigure
218.03 PB: “This is the best and happiest medal (of all of my 4CC medals) for me. I was so nervous before going into today as the Japanese Nationals were in the back of my mind. I am so happy I could overcome it!”
Bonus picture of the 🥇 and 🥈 coaches:
Carolina Kostner and Stéphane Lambiel! 👏🏻
Here is what Stéphane said after Shoma’s victory:
“Shoma is not just a skater, but a complete artist, not just an artist. He has a beautiful mind. I’m impressed by his completeness as an artist and…
Kevin Aymoz 🇫🇷 187.41 / 282.97
(…tears of emotion) I’m sorry, I don’t know it’s… I wanted to come back again. Inside is so fresh right now, I’m sorry. I’m so happy. So happy that I have no words.
I take from this competition that I love figure skating so much. ❤️…
Junhwan Cha 차준환 🇰🇷 99.64
“I am very happy about my performance today. My hard work paid off.
I am very happy I finally could deliver this Short Program clean.
I haven’t made my mind up completely if I will keep it another season.
I can’t tell what made the difference today…
Fan- boy moments:
Kazuki Tomono 友野一希 🇯🇵 and Kao Miura 三浦 佳生 🇯🇵 where super thrilled to get their pircture taken with 3 time World Champion Patrick Chan 🇨🇦🤩
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A very brave
#KaoriSakamoto
🇯🇵 #坂本花織 faces the press after most likely one her toughest skates ever. We would like to give her a tight hug and tell her we know she will come back strongly! 💪🏻❤️
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#NamNguyen
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SP (64.28) "I chose the Short Program music as a tribute to my old training mates Yuzuru Hanyu and Javier Fernandez. I really miss training with them."
Jason Brown 🇺🇸 is thrilled to be back at Worlds: “I have go admit that this year was more complicated than last year, last year I was in the best shape, still from the Olympics I guess.”
He doesn’t think about the placement this year: “I used to do it a lot when I was younger…
#ShomaUno
🇯🇵 #宇野昌磨: “I am very happy to see the joy in all the people who supported me.
I think I can still improve on my combinations, I had some mistakes there and I think there is room for improvement.”
Shoma Uno 宇野 昌磨 🇯🇵 106.02
"At the start, I was calmer during NHK Trophy. But after the 6 minute warmups I was quite anxious. Until it was the time for the steps, it became a performance where I just focused on calming down and jumping. Stephane also agreed with me on that.…
Happy Birthday 🎂 to Japan's 🇯🇵 #羽生結弦
#YuzuruHanyu
— The two-time
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🥇! GS Fan Fest @ | The 27-year-old likes manga, music 🎧, & Pooh 🍯! Keep healing that ankle 🦶🙏🏼! 📷 A look back @ his 2016-17 SP to "Let's Go Crazy"
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Yuzuru 🇯🇵, thank you for everything you did for our sport. What an outstanding career!
2x Olympic Champion🥇
2x World Champion 🥇
4x GPF champion
countless World records!
First skater to successfully jump a quad Loop in competiton
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Bravo! 👏🏻
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#羽生結弦
Shoma Uno 宇野 昌磨 🇯🇵 107.72
“I'm glad that all of my hard work paid off and I was able to perform well today. I felt really well while skating and the audience was great and they pushed me to skate and perform even better. Although my combination was not the best I could have…
Shoma Uno 宇野 昌磨 🇯🇵 196.51 / 301.15
“I am very happy and relieved.
I felt like I needed to do better than in my practice.
I was able to do a program that I think I could never repeat.
I think my performance is my way of saying “thank you” to everyone who supported me.
I’ve…
#MuramotoTakahashi
🇯🇵: We just wanted to show what we have at this point, we know we have to work on the levels,we are okay with the score.The atmosphere & the crowd were amazing. We feel very honoured that people are cheering for us. It feels very supportive and is very helpful.
Happy Birthday 🎂 to Japan's 🇯🇵 Kaori Sakamoto #坂本花織 — the 2X
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🥇 GS Fan Fest 🗨️ The
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🥉 competes later this week at 2023
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👏🏻 📷 2022-23 A celebratory leap after FS to "Elastic Heart" and "Lovation"
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What skate what a score! An amazing Olympic debut for
#YumaKagiyama
#鍵山優真
#TeamJapan
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The 2021 World 🥈 absolutely nails his Free skate! New PB 208.94
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🥈 for
#KoshiroShimada
🇯🇵 #島田高志郎 (235.90) who was also really sad about his performance “It’s all in my head!” but didn’t lose his smile and looks optimisticly forward to the rest of the season! 😊
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Breaking⚠️: Two time Olympic champion 🥇 Yuzuru Hanyu 🇯🇵 just announced his retirement from competitive skating. He plans to continue skating in shows as a professional skater.
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#羽生結弦
#KazukiTomono
#友野一希 🇯🇵
#4ContsFigure
- 🥈268.99
“I want to thank everyone who made this competiton possible. This was my first international medal higher than a bronze. That motivates me that I really want to do even better.”
#St
éphaneLambiel: “I am very happy, both of my skaters performed their best and were absolutley beautiful.”
#DenissVasiljevs
: “I think this one of the competitions to memorize and to get energized from,to remember the good things to work further.”
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#Montpellier2022
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🇯🇵 #宇野昌磨 99.99: “There were some mistake, I put on the ice what I trained for.
Sota and I train at the same rink and I see what he puts in there in practice and how perfect his jumps are it doesn’t surpise me how well he does.”
Haein Lee 이해인 🇰🇷 PB 147.32/ PB 220.95
“I didn’t expect to win the silver 🥈here.
I really like Kaori and Loena and it’s an honour to compete with them!
It’s not a surprise to me how I skated today as I practice like that every day.
I am so thankful to Yuna Kim who…
#MuramotoTakahashi
181.91 🥈
#4ContsFigure
: “We haven’t decided yet on our future plans following Worlds. It will take time to decide that. But as we are a bit of the silver collectors this season, we start to get motivated, that we want to stand in the middle of the podium!”
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#KazukiTomono
🇯🇵 #友野一希 248.77: “There are some regrets regarding my performance. today. Whenever there is a medal at stake, I have some difficulties. I really have to go back to training and work hard to oveecome that.”