Philippine Skating Union president Nikkie Cheng is eyeing something that has never happened in the country’s sports history -- a Filipina competing in the Winter Olympics. Isabella Gamez (Ballet Photo Manila) Cheng has already set her sights on figure skater Isabella Gamez and her Fil-Russian...
THE Philippines may be a tropical country, but Filipinos have shown that they can excel international figure skating. Athletes like Michael Christian Martinez, recognized as the first southeast Asian figure skater to make it to the Winter Olympics, then held in Sochi, Russia back in 2014, and then...
In this file photo taken on August 27, 2017, Singapore's Shuran Yu competes during the free skating event of the women's singles figure skating finals at the Malaysia National Ice Skating Stadium (MYNISS) during the 29th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Kuala Lumpur. (Photo by Mohd RASFAN /...