In the winter of 2021-2, while figure skaters were competing in North America and Europe and preparing for the Beijing Winter Olympics, the tensions around Ukraine were building. NATO trained Ukrainian troops were intensifying attacks on the border of the breakaway Donetsk and Lugansk provinces of eastern Ukraine. Russia was building up its forces on
Japan's Kaori Sakamoto won her second straight figure skating Grand Prix series event Saturday, finishing ahead of compatriot Rion Sumiyoshi at the Grand Prix Espoo in Finland.
Two-time defending women's world champion Kaori Sakamoto leads a Japanese wave in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating short programs despite dealing with a foot injury.
Japan's Kao Miura won his first figure skating ISU Grand Prix series event after tallying 274.56 points in the Grand Prix Espoo in Finland to edge out compatriot Shun Sato.
Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud finish on top of the pairs podium, while Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Soerensen claim ice dance silver at the Grand Prix de France.
VANCOUVER - Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier have once again claimed gold on home soil, finishing on top of the ice dance program at Skate Canada International.
VANCOUVER - Competing for the first time since sharing her ovarian cancer diagnosis, ice dancer Piper Gilles and her skating partner Paul Poirier recorded the best score of the Grand Prix season so far.