I’ve been concerned for a while about the future of pairs skating. The end of the 2021/2022 season marked a low point for the discipline, with only fourteen teams competing at the World Championships. I want to know why.
So, throughout the 2022/23 season, I asked athletes and coaches what it will take to grow interest in pairs, among both skaters and audiences.
The Grand Prix assignments were released by the ISU on June 28th, 2023. *Red indicates the skater or team has recently withdrawn and is awaiting
Grand Prix Assignments for the upcoming season will be released this June, and in the off-season, speculation is rife over which skaters and teams will be getting one or two spots (or maybe left out completely!). So let’s break it down a little…
The World Team Trophy is a biannual event, and took place in Tokyo, Japan. As a team event with six countries competing against each other,
The Pairs event was the first of the four disciplines to finish in Saitama, Japan, for the 2023 World Championships, and the skaters delivered a
The 2023 World Championships take place in Saitama, Japan from the 20th-26th March. Here’s a rundown of who you can expect to see competing at
Singles skaters and Pairs and Ice dance women can only compete in Junior until the age of 19. Pairs and Ice Dance men can only
The 2023 Junior World Championships take place in Calgary, Canada from the 1st-4th March. Here’s a rundown of who you can expect to see competing
It was a moment that capped a wildly successful European Championship for Bianconi, who is best known as a pairs coach. Teams that Bianconi works with secured all three spots on the podium, and her long-time student Matteo Rizzo won silver in the men’s event.
In this moment of triumph, Bianconi reflected on her journey as a coach, and the opportunities provided by the upcoming Milano-Cortina Olympics in 2026.
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