Tag: Skating
The Figure Skating Association nominates Laura Lepistö to join the board of the Olympic Committee | Sports in a nutshell
According to the sports association he represents, the former figure skating champion would be an exceptionally versatile member of the Olympic Committee’s board. The Finnish Figure Skating Association says it…
Total failure for the sensational reform of figure skating – a serious warning from the Finnish champion: “I’m waiting with mixed feelings of fear” | Sport
The new volt rule came as a shock to Valtter Virtane. The Finnish figure skater would have preferred stricter measures regarding the dangerous trick. Bettina Törnvall, Simo Arkko In its…
Accident on Vechtsebanen makes skating clubs think again about mandatory helmet use
The question arises why the KNSB does not introduce a general helmet requirement, i.e. for all skaters, both in training and competitions. “If you make it mandatory, you also have…
HPK’s new head coach Mikko Manner wants freshness, skating and fighting: “Such simple hockey” | Sport
HPK’s new head coach Mikko on the mainland has a positive feeling about the team after the first practices. He states that there was a strong will to fight and…
This real scandal which shook the world of figure skating is at the heart of the film
The film “I, Tonya”, a biopic about Tonya Harding starring Margot Robbie, immerses the viewer in the heart of a case that shook the American figure skating world in the…
Sports Short week 28: El Azzouzi 31st Utrechter at the Olympic Games, Hoolwerf to the European Inline Skating Championships
ATHLETICS Nketia Seedo will not be competing in the Olympic Games this summer. According to a spokesperson for the Athletics Union, it is ‘medically irresponsible for Seedo to compete this…
Sports Short week 28: El Azzouzi 31st Utrechter at the Olympic Games, Hoolwerf to the European Inline Skating Championships
ATHLETICS Nketia Seedo will not be competing in the Olympic Games this summer. According to a spokesperson for the Athletics Union, it is ‘medically irresponsible for Seedo to compete this…
Week of truth for skaters Keet Oldenbeuving and Roos Zwetsloot
Province of Utrecht – For Keet Oldenbeuving and Roos Zwetsloot it has to happen this week. If the two skaters want to participate in the Olympic Games this summer, they…
The world-famous Finnish innovation revolutionized skating – Lizzie Armanto opens a connection in the novelty exhibition | Sport
Aalto and Armanto – surnames that harmonize with each other in an exceptional way. With the Finnish-American skate star With Lizzie Armanno and with Finland’s most internationally known architect Alvar…
19-year-old Keet Oldenbeuving hopes for a second Olympic Games: ‘I’m almost too old’
Skateboarding was Olympic for the first time in Tokyo, at the postponed 2021 Games. “I think they needed us a little bit,” she laughs. “You attract a whole new audience…