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Reigning ISU Four Continents bronze medalist Mone Chiba (JPN) cruised to the Women’s gold at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Shanghai (CHN) Friday.

All eyes at the third and final ISU Junior World Cup Speed Skating event of the season in Hachinohe will be on Angel Daleman (NED) and Finn Sonnekalb (GER) this weekend. The pair scooped every individual Speed Skating gold on offer at the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games in the women’s and men’s competitions, respectively. But the World Cup is a different ballgame, with the return of many experienced junior skaters who were too old to compete in Gangwon.

Two-time ISU World bronze medalists Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier (CAN) earned the lead as the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships continued in Shanghai (CHN) Friday with the Rhythm Dance.

Deanna Stellato-Dudek/Maxime Deschamps claimed the Pairs Short Program as the first day of competition at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships concluded Thursday in Shanghai (CHN).

Olympic silver medallist Yuma Kagiyama (JPN) broke the 100-point barrier to win the Men’s Short Program at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Shanghai (CHN) Thursday.

Quebec City will host the ISU World Cup Speed Skating for the second time in history when the final and decisive races of the 2023-24 World Cup season take place this weekend. It’s the first time since 1992 that the city has hosted Speed Skating, when the Gaétan Boucher Oval in Sainte-Foy was still an outdoor rink. The times in sea-level Quebec will not be as fast as in high altitude Salt Lake City last week, but there’s a lot at stake, from World Cup Trophies to qualification slots for the World Single Distance Championships in Calgary (15-18 February). 

“This is the event I’ve been looking forward to the whole year,” said Irene Schouten (NED) two days before the ISU World Single Distance Championships, which start on Thursday. The defending 5000m Champion is not the only one. After an exciting and exhausting World Cup Series, the tournament at the 1988 Olympic Oval in Calgary is the pinnacle of the speed skating season. Last year, Jordan Stolz (USA) won a record three individual events, but that doesn’t change his feelings going into the races. “(I don’t feel) more pressure, maybe there’s more expectations,’ he said.

Reigning ISU Four Continents bronze medallist Mone Chiba (JPN) skated into the lead in the Women’s Short Program as the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships opened in Shanghai (CHN) Thursday.

The Republic of Korea soared to gold in the Figure Skating Team Event on the last day of competition at the Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024.

History-maker Adam Hagara (SVK) takes Slovakia Figure Skating to heights it has never been before at the Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024 and hopes to use YOG experiences as a launching pad for his Milano-Cortina 2026 dreams. 

Reigning ISU World Champions Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara (JPN) as well as 2023 World medallists Junhwan Cha (KOR), Haein Lee (KOR), Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier (CAN) and 2022 Olympic silver medallist Yuma Kagiyama (JPN) lead the line-up at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Shanghai (CHN) January 29 - February 4. A total of 109 Skaters/Couples representing 14 ISU Members have been entered for this 24th edition of the ISU Four Continents Championships: 27 Men, 26 Women, 12 Pairs and 16 Ice Dance couples.

Rising star Shimada Mao (JPN) held her nerve in the Free Skate to win gold in the Women’s Singles, while Ambre Perrier-Gianesini/Samuel Blanc-Klaperman (FRA) stepped on top of the podium in the Ice Dance on Tuesday at the Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) Panel in charge of the case between the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), the International Skating Union (ISU), the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva rendered its verdict on January 29, 2024.

The ISU welcomes the decision of CAS and firmly maintains its position that the protection of clean athletes and the fight against doping are of the highest priority and will persist in the ongoing effort to uphold the integrity of fair competition and the well-being of athletes.

Figure skater sensation Kim Hyungyeom (KOR) soared to gold on home ice in the Men's Single, while Canada's Annika Behnke (CAN) and Kole Sauve (CAN) claimed gold in the Pair Skating at the Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024 on Monday.