Kazakhstan sentenced two men accused of killing celebrated Olympic figure skater Denis Ten to 18 years in a penal colony Thursday but his family was unhappy, claiming his murder was ordered and there were "other figures involved." Last July's murder of 25-year-old Ten, the first ...
Shoma Uno, Rika Kihira earn NHK Trophy titles
Olympic and world silver medalist Shoma Uno won the NHK Trophy on Saturday night with a solid performance in the men's free skate. Uno secured a spot in next month's Grand Prix Final with the victory. The 20-year-old received a total score of 276.45 points ...
Moa Iwano relishing chance to work with Daisuke Takahashi
One of the realities of life is that luck plays a part in it for just about everybody. Moa Iwano is no different. The 14-year-old junior skater from Kobe trains under veteran mentor Utako Nagamitsu and Takeshi Honda at Kansai University's Takatsuki rink. One of the perks ...
Senseless tragedy robs skating of a bright light
"Life is like a can of Coca-Cola. It's dark, it's bubbling, it's sweet ... but in the end, it's short." The words of Denis Ten, posted in a Twitter video, became eerily prophetic after his shocking death last Thursday at the age of 25. The Sochi ...
Kihira clinches spot in Junior Grand Prix Final
Rika Kihira's bronze medal at the Junior Grand Prix in Egna and Bologna, Italy, on Saturday was good enough to qualify her for the JGP Final for the second straight season, but it didn't come easy. After a wonderful short program on Friday that saw ...
Nitaya, Isobe shine for Japan at Winter Universiade
It is always nice to see a skater who has given it their all, but never quite been able to break into the elite ranks, enjoy success on a big stage. Such was the case last week for 19-year-old Rin Nitaya, who claimed the silver ...
Uno accomplishes first confirmed quad flip at Team Challenge Cup; Team Asia takes lead
Shoma Uno completed the first ratified quad flip and posted a huge personal best at the Team Challenge Cup on Friday. Uno, the 2015 world junior champion, had the top score with a 105.74, a personal best by almost 13 points, as he hit his ...
Yuzuru Hanyu has settled his differences with Kazakhstan's Denis Ten, the men's Olympic figure skating champion revealed Sunday. The two nearly collided during practice on Wednesday at the world championships, and Hanyu, who finished second, accused Ten, the Sochi Olympic bronze medalist, of deliberately cutting ...
Olympic bronze medalist Denis Ten won the men's event Saturday at the Four Continents figure skating competition, landing most of his big jumps in a dominating performance. The Kazakh skater, who started his routine with a quad toe loop and a quad toe loop-triple toe ...
Olympic bronze medalist Denis Ten took a commanding lead Thursday after the men's short program at the Four Continents Championships. The Kazakh skater scored 97.61 points, beating his former personal best of 92.51. Ten, 21, landed his quad toeloop and a triple lutz-triple toeloop combination ...
