Sakamoto leads strong showing by juniors in France
Japanese skaters began the Junior Grand Prix season with encouraging results at the opening event last weekend in St. Gervais, France. Japan took home half of the six singles medals on offer, with Russia claiming the other three. Kaori Sakamoto, who has really blossomed from ...
Nishikori's body giving him biggest challenge
Kei Nishikori's withdrawal from Wimbledon during his fourth-round match with Marin Cilic due to a rib injury was unfortunate. It marked the second year in a row the world No. 6 was forced to pull out of the classic at the All-England Club due ...
Honda joins select group with win at world juniors
The depth of Japan's skating prowess was on full display at the world junior championships in Debrecen, Hungary, over the weekend, where Marin Honda, Wakaba Higuchi and Yuna Shiraiwa took three of top four places in the women's competition. Honda, a 14-year-old from Kyoto, was ...
Marin Honda set personal bests in both the women's short and free programs en route to her first victory at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships on Saturday. The 14-year-old became the seventh Japanese skater to accomplish the feat, collecting a total of 192.98 points ...
Marin Honda is in second place after the short program at the world junior championships in Debrecen, Hungary, on Friday. Honda is in a statistical tie for the lead with Russia's Alisa Fedichkina with 66.11 points heading into Saturday's free skate. Honda, a 14-year-old from ...
Choreographer Wilson regrets 'transformative' Kim's early retirement
When Yuna Kim retired after her controversial second-place finish at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, many felt it was too abrupt an end to a brilliant career for the 23-year-old. It turns out fans and the media were not the only ones who felt that way. In ...
Hanyu's magic transcendent, truly a sight to behold
"Yuzuru Hanyu is not from this planet." The words of legendary skating writer Phil Hersh on Twitter last Saturday echoed the sentiments of many after witnessing last weekend's Grand Prix Final in Barcelona, Spain. Two weeks after shattering the world records for the short program, free ...
Honda locks up spot in JGP Final as Higuchi misses out
Figure skating can be an unforgiving sport. Just ask last season's teen sensation Wakaba Higuchi. Higuchi burst onto the scene last year as a 13-year-old during the Junior Grand Prix season, going on to finish third in both the JGP Final and the world junior championships. Her ...
