ISU

Kao Miura (JPN) flew high and skated off with the Men’s title as the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs (USA) continued Saturday.

Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara made history again by winning the Pairs title at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2023 Saturday in Colorado Springs (USA).

Marijke Groenewoud (NED) took her career first World Cup win when she beat favorite Miho Takagi (JPN) in the 1500m on Saturday. Ragne Wiklund (NOR) was also faster than Takagi, but the 28-year-old Japanese secured the World Cup trophy with bronze in the penultimate race of the season. The Canadian women secured their fourth consecutive World Cup trophy in the Team Pursuit, wrapping up their third consecutive perfect season with a narrow win over the Netherlands and Team USA. 

Park Ji Won (KOR) and Steven Dubois (CAN) claimed the two ISU World Cup gold medals on offer in the men’s events in Dordrecht, Netherlands on Saturday to kick off the last meeting of the season in style.

Davide Ghiotto (ITA) beat Patrick Roest (NED) to win his career first in the 5000m on Saturday. The Italian endurance specialist had already won the 10,000m World Cup race in Calgary earlier this season, but World Cup leader Roest had not lost a World Cup 5000m race so far this season. Earlier on Wataru Morishige (JPN) won the 500m, ahead of World Cup leader Laurent Dubreuil (CAN) and second-ranked Yuma Murakami (JPN).

Hanne Desmet (BEL) upset local hero Suzanne Schulting (NED) to clinch a women’s 1500m victory as the last ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup meeting of the season got under way in Dordrecht, Netherlands on Saturday.

Haein Lee (KOR) rose from sixth place to snatch the ISU Four Continents crown in what was an eventful Women’s Free Skate in Colorado Springs (USA).

Two-time ISU Four Continents Champions Madison Chock/Evan Bates (USA) danced into the lead in the Rhythm Dance at the ISU Four Continents Championships 2023 in Colorado Springs (USA) Friday.

ISU World silver medallists Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara (JPN) won the Pairs Short Program as the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2023 continued Friday in Colorado Springs (USA).

Casey Dawson, Emery Lehman and Ethan Cepuran (USA) took home their second World Cup trophy in the Team Pursuit, after also having won the event last season. Team USA had to leave the gold medal in the third and final race this season to Norway, but silver was enough to keep the Olympic Champions at bay in the ranking. Kjeld Nuis became the all-time most successful Dutchman in 1500m World Cup races, while Peder Kongshaug (NOR) took his career first individual World Cup medal in second place.

Ragne Wiklund (NOR) edged out Martina Sáblíková (CZE) by 0.8s to win the 3000m in Tomaszów Mazowiecki on Friday night. With her third win in the fifth of six races, the Norwegian secured the long distance World Cup Trophy, taking an unbeatable 72-point lead over second-ranked Irene Schouten (NED), who was absent in Poland. Earlier on Friday, Kim Min Sun (KOR) maintained her undefeated streak in the 500m this World Cup season. 

The ISU World Cup Short Track season concludes this weekend in Dordrecht, Netherlands, February 10-12, with the moment all fans of the sport have been waiting for: the awarding of the first ever ISU Short Track Crystal Globe trophies to the best overall male and female Short Track Speed Skating Skaters.

Kao Miura (JPN) skated into the lead in the Men’s Short Program at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs (USA) Thursday.

Yelim Kim (KOR) took the lead as the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships kicked off in Colorado Springs (USA) with the Women’s Short Program on Thursday.

The fifth and sixth leg of the ISU World Cup Speed Skating in Tomaszów Mazowiecki (POL) are the last two stops for the international Speed Skating elite, before the World Championships (2-5 March, 2023) in Heerenveen (NED). The Polish doubleheader provides Miho Takagi with the opportunity to go on top of Japan’s best all-time World Cup medal table in Speed Skating.