tracy and brian’s message to yuzu :
“We are so grateful for all of the years, 10 years that we’ve had working with you, we’re better bc of our time with you. Thank you so much for what you’ve done for the sport, for taking the sport to new heights, for making all of us better…”
the greatest figure skater of all time. beside setting records and medals, his skating has touched millions of people and he has a way to move on the ice like no other. thank you for everything.
mone about yuzu :
“i have memories of hanyu-senshu playing with me for a bit after practice when i was 5 or 6, before he moved to toronto. since then, he's been a kind older brother to me, and now i have a lot of respect for him because he's such a great athlete (…)” ♥️
kaori carrying mai on her back during the awards ceremony as they both won gold for hyogo prefecture at the sports festival 💕🥹
#KaoriSakamoto
#MaiMihara
#坂本花織 #三原舞依
reminder that this arabesque three-turn 3Lo from kaori sakamoto is the highest scoring loop in the history of single figure skating. with a total score of 7.77 and a GOE of +2.38, seven out of nine judges awarded it the maximum grade of execution.
let me introduce you to mone chiba, she is a 17 year old high school student from sendai trained by soushi tanaka, and will make her junior grand prix debut this week. her skating is very flowy and elegant, and she also possesses beautiful transitions and good steps.🤍 #千葉百音
shun sato, from sendai, talking about the time he met yuzuru hanyu, his favourite skater, at a competition after watching him skate in their rink when he was 5 years old. yuzuru was impressed by shun and then gifted him a pendant !
watch kidamori’s precious reaction as they win the first ever medal in the history of japanese ice dance on the junior grand prix circuit, the legacy lives on🥹❤️
just little kaori, wakaba, marin and kazuki watching mao perform… heartwarming to see how many skaters look up to mao and how she is an inspiration for a lot of them 💕
just met kaori and she got the stickers, she said she loved them and kept saying sugoi sugoi with excitement!! she told me: “it’s been a while since we last saw each other”.🥹💕
#KaoriSakamoto
#坂本花織
ten years ago today, denis ten won the first ever olympic medal for kazakhstan in figure skating… ❤️
“i saw kazakhstan flags, i heard my name. it was like a dream come true. they all stood up and cheered for a little boy from kazakhstan.”
mao asada about attempting her 3A at 32:
“I’m happy if my posts make this generation think 'If a 32yo can, so can I.' That mindset is very necessary (…) I thought I can do this. In my last competition, I couldn't jump. So I wanted to jump one more time in my career”
#浅田真央
15 year old marin honda skating to one of the most difficult step sequence as a junior, with sublime edges, interpretation, flow and musicality incorporated into the performance
marin got her 3Lz back today in practice !! she had not being able to jump one for more than 3 years. in the caption she said: “are we going to get along, lutz?”. she is slowly coming back 🥹
reminder that mao asada was the first to complete two consecutive grand prix seasons without being defeated once and holds 8 consecutive gp titles which is technically the longest streak of any female skater in history