Tag: Skating
19-year-old Skatekeet 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…
Tonight in Een Berg Sport: Former FC Utrecht player Christian Gandu is battling kidney failure
Gandu talks about the battle with his own body. The footballer’s kidneys no longer work. That almost killed him this week. His only chance of survival is to find a…
The North Americans overtook some of the top teams in Finnish figure skating – Expert: “The level has risen, every tenth is counted” | Sport
Expert Mika Saarelainen sees the future of formation skating as bright, even though last weekend’s World Championships were the third worst ever in Finnish history based on the results. Timo…
Ice dancing is currently the number one sport in Finnish figure skating – what is required of Finns to reach the next level? | Sport
Last season’s top success left Juulia Turkkila and Matthias Versluis exhausted this season. According to the expert, a leap in development would require renewal. The World Figure Skating Championships ended…
Figure skating: Inspired by rock icon Elvis Presley: “Seductive and happy”
Hear Taljegård tell more in the clip above. Just like during the EC in Kaunas, Lithuania, earlier this year, Josefin Taljegård competes to the tunes of Elvis. She decided after…
Finland with an exceptionally large team for the World Figure Skating Championships – making art with the financial side | Sport
Finnish figure skating is doing well when you look at the number of representation places in the current season’s EC and WC competitions or the rankings in the recently concluded…
With the end of the skating season, Wil’s G training also stops: ‘I’m going to miss childish enthusiasm’
After this weekend, the outdoor track of the Vechtsebanen in Utrecht will close. This not only puts an end to the skating season, but also to the training that 77-year-old…
Figure skating: Suspended figure skater Kamila Valieva received 56 different medical preparations over two years
The various preparations were given to Valieva between January 2020 and December 2021 when she was between 13 and 15 years old. None of these preparations were on WADA’s list…
Krista Pärmä¤koski uses a “revolutionary†invention of ice skating in the Suomen Cup – EPN follows Urheilustudio’s weekend | Sport
Iivo Niskanen on pace in his home races – most of the competitors in North America are resting This weekend, the skiing world cup is on hiatus, but the Finnish…
Ismo Lehkonen made a surprising observation about Jesse Puljujärvi’s skating: “Actually improved” | Sport
What are we talking about? In Finnish terms and why not more widely, it was definitely one of the talking points of the week Jesse Puljujärvi two-year contract with the…