Get ready for a breathtaking spectacle as Asia’s finest figure skaters take center stage at the Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy 2025, happening from August 1 to 5, 2025 at SM Skating Mall of Asia in Manila. Sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU) and the Asian Skating Union...
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Figure skaters and others killed in the mid-air collision near Washington, D.C. this week will be honored when the world championships are staged in Boston in March. International Skating Union president Jae Youl Kim (AP) International Skating Union president Jae Youl Kim...
The program provides hands-on guidance to aspiring skaters As the year winds down, excitement fills the air—not just from the holiday season, but heightened by the thrilling celebration of World Ice Skating Day (WISD) which took place on December 15, 2024. This global fete of gliding, spinning,...
Maxine Marie Bautista spoiled Sofia Frank’s three-peat bid as she ruled the senior women's category of the Philippine National Figure Skating Championships 2024 at SM Skating inside Mall of Asia in Pasay City Friday, Nov. 8. Maxine Marie Bautista (Maxine's Facebook post) Bautista, 23,...
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...
Team Philippines once again impressed the world with outstanding performances on the ice at the prestigious International Skating Union (ISU) Four Continents Figure Skating Championships (4CC) in Shanghai, China. Team Philippines represented at the 2024 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating...
LAUSANNE (AFP) -- Kamila Valieva's doping ban has resulted in Russia being demoted from gold to bronze in the team figure skating event at the 2022 Winter Olympics, the International Skating Union (ISU) said on Tuesday, Jan. 30. Russia's Kamila Valieva (AFP) The then 15-year-old's positive test in...
Xian Lim is jack of all trades. Just recently, he added another skill to his list. Aside from acting, singing, directing, painting, and playing musical instruments, Xian is now a certified figure skater. On Instagram, he shared his journey to passing the Pre-Alpha–Delta test. "So...this...
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...
Even with years of experience as professional ice skater, actress Ashley Ortega still continues to expand her knowledge about the sport. Just recently, the 23-year-old Kapuso star shared a video of her doing some routines. "Sharing (with) you what I learned today with coach," she wrote as caption....
Sixteen-year-old figure skater Sofia Frank broke several Philippine records in the women's division for an International Skating Union-sanctioned competition in the 2021 Finlandia Trophy Sunday, Oct. 10. at the Espoo Metro Arena in Finland. Sixteen-year-old Sofia Frank competes in the free skate...
Filipino-American Sofia Frank set a new Philippine record for garnering the highest short program score for a Filipina skater in an International Skating Union-sanctioned competition in the 2021 Finlandia Trophy Saturday, Oct. 9. at the Espoo Metro Arena in Finland. Sofia Frank (Finlandia Trophy)...
