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	Europeans 2012 - day 5: The triumph of Nathalie and Fabian January 28, 2012 Nathalie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat held onto their gold medal and Carolina Kostner has a shot at a fourth one. Read here.
	2012 European Championships Daily Photos - Day 5 January 28, 2012 We've seen programs full of emotion, action and colors in the Ladies' short and the free dance on Friday. Look here.
	Europeans 2012 - day 4: All medals going to Russia January 27, 2012 The Russians outdid themselves both in Men and Pairs, where they took over the podium. Read here.
	2012 European Championships Daily Photos - Day 4 January 27, 2012 The skaters tried their best during the Men short program and Pairs long program. Look here.
	Europeans 2012 - day 3: Volosozhar and Trankov on their way to the gold January 26, 2012 One pair's withdrawal and unexpected ranking in the short dance challenged our expectaions for the podium. Read here.
	2012 European Championships Daily Photos - Day 3 January 26, 2012 The competition started strongly with Pairs short program and the short dance. Look here.
	Europeans 2012 - day 1 & 2: Who said the preliminary round is boring? January 25, 2012 We're done with the preliminary rounds in Sheffield so Titanilla tells us what happened so far. Read here.
	2012 European Championships Daily Photos - Day 2 January 25, 2012 The European Championships continued with the preliminary round for Ladies and lots of practice. Look here.
	2012 European Championships Daily Photos - Day 1 January 24, 2012 The European Championships have begun in Sheffield. Our photographers took photos during Ice Dance and Men preliminary rounds, plus practice. Look here.
	Everything is new for Estonia's Elena Glebova January 23, 2012 After a less successful season, Elena Glebova has made some changes and came back strong. Read here.
	Ossi Kanervo and Henna Lindholm: "We would love to have more couples skating." January 22, 2012 Two times winner of the Finnish Nationals, Ossi Kanervo and Henna Lindholm's next stop is Sheffield, where they aim to qualify for the European Championships. Read here.
	Following the journey of a young figure skater - Jorik Hendrickx January 21, 2012 From his first steps on the senior circuit till now. All sorts of firsts and lasts, thermal underwear, blade phobia and more. Follow the path of this young skater from 2008 till the preparation for Euros next week. Click.
	Viktoria Helgesson "I know I have a great skating foundation now" January 20, 2012 Designer dresses, calendars for medical research, triple-triple combinations, hairdos and previous competitions of this season. Maria talked about all with Viktoria. Read more here.
	European Figure Skating Championships 2011 - Ladies January 19, 2012 In the last discipline, the ladies, we have for you pics from Sarah Meier to Ira Vannut, but also Cecilia Törn and many in between. Go!
	European Figure Skating Championships 2011 - Dance January 18, 2012 Dancing on to the next discipline, the lenses of Joy, Maria and Mireille had a busy time. Check out their ice dance photos here!
	European Figure Skating Championships 2011 - Men January 17, 2012 Photos from Florent AMODIO to Artur GACHINSKI but also from Justus STRID to Jakub STROBL and loads in between. Check them out here!
	European Figure Skating Championships 2011 - Pairs January 16, 2012 In exactly one week the European Championships 2012 will kick off in Sheffield. To bring you in the mood, you can take a look at lots of photos of the Pairs competition in Bern last year. Go!
	The Marvelous Majorovs, part 2 January 13, 2012 In part 2 of the Marvelous Majorovs series you will meet Irina, the sparkling mother, coach and choreographer. She shares her thoughts on the not so easy task of making a new program and more. Read here.
	The Marvelous Majorovs, part 1 January 7, 20112 The Majorov family is well known in Sweden for skating, coaching, choreography and ballet. In this first part you’ll meet the Swedish champion: Alexander 'Sasha' Majorov. Go!
	Michal Brezina: "Since Olympics, skating moved on" January 3, 20112 First treat of the new year, Reut's extended talk with Michal about choreographers, fans, comebacks and waking up without pain. Read more here.
	Adrian Schultheiss: "I will be back with two challenging programs!" December 31, 2011 Not competing at Swedish Nationals, but talking to Maria anyway. Read about his injury/surgey, new coaches and more here.
	Maurizio Margaglio: "It is a challenge to be in a country with no tradition in ice dance, and I love a challenge." December 29, 2011 European and World Champion (with partner) Maurizio Margaglio is working as a coach now. Lena and Maria caught up with him. Read here.
	Photo Album: Rostelecom Cup 2011 December 24, 2011 Merry Christmas to you all. Vera ensured the prezzies for you. Check out her lovely photos of the Cup of Russia 2011 here.
	We Have Brand New Champions – Report of the 2011 Japan National Junior Figure Skating Championships December 21, 2011 Japanese senior nationals are upcoming, but the version for juniors has already been. Atsuko went and reports, accompanied by great (extra) photos. Check out here.
	Swedish Nationals season 2011 - 2012 Daily photos - Day 4 December 19, 2011 The Swedish Nationals ended on Sunday. See the latest highlights here.
	Swedish Nationals season 2011 - 2012 Daily photos - Day 3 December 18, 2011 Day three at the Swedish Nationals turned out to be just as entertaining as the first two. Take a look at Maria's photos here.
	Swedish Nationals season 2011 - 2012 Daily photos - Day 2 December 17, 2011 Day two of the national competition in Sweden means more goodies from Maria for you. Click here.
	Swedish Nationals season 2011 - 2012 Daily photos - Day 1 December 16, 2011 This years Swedish Nationals are held in Malmö. Maria went to the first day with her camera for company. Check some of her photos out here.
	Alena Leonova: "I feel that I can show new sides of myself." December 10, 2011 GPF medallist Alena spoke to Maria Bagdarasova about her preparations towards the Grand Prix final, her goals and more. Read here.
	Carolina Kostner: "I hope that my time is not over yet" December 9, 2011 Carolina Kostner will fight for the gold at the Grand Prix Final in Quebec this weekend. Read about choreography and the choreographers of her programs this season, the technical goals she sets for herself, growing up and gaining confidence here.
	Kyoko Ina: "I don't think anyone ever really commits to coaching, it just sort of happens." December 5, 2011 Kyoko Ina is mainly known as a professional pair skater and long term cast member of the "Stars on Ice" tour. But in Oberstdorf she was seen behind the boards together with Galit Chait. Why? Find out here.
	Emanuel Sandhu: "There's beauty in ugly and beauty in darkness." December 1, 2011 Fannie had the chance to talk to Emanuel and catch up with things at Art on Ice in Shanghai. Read here.
	Rostelecom Cup 2011: Day 2 November 27, 2011 With competition finished in Moscow, we now know who's going to pack for Quebec. Read here.
	Rostelecom Cup 2011: Day 1 November 26, 2011 The last Grand Prix competition before the final takes place this weekend in Moscow, keeping on edge the skaters who still hope to qualify. Read here.
	Jeremy Abbott: “I wanted to find a piece of music where I could just breathe in the program and relax into the choreography” November 25, 2011 Jeremy Abbott, who is competing in Moscow this weekend, was a surprise guest at the Trophée Eric Bompard, so Nadin sat down to talk to him about his programs and more. Read here.
	Free Dance with Russia's dream team: Tatiana Volosozhar and Maksim Trankov November 24, 2011 Tatiana Volosozhar and Maksim Trankov just won their second Grand Prix of the season. Nadin caught up with them in Paris, to talk to them about their winning performances, life back in Moscow as well as their plans for this season and beyond. Read here.
	Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford: "We both have a very good balance with our skating and our lives" November 23, 2011 Meagan and Eric won the Bronze medal at the Trophée Eric Bompard. Nadin caught up with them in Paris and talked about training schedules, music choices, partnering and much more. Read here.
	Trophée Eric Bompard, Paris, November 18th - 20th November 22, 2011 The Top skaters of each disclipine gathered in Paris last weekend for the Trophée Eric Bompard. Nadin was there for AS, read her impressions about the event here.
	Trophee Eric Bompard 2011 Daily Photos November 21, 2011 Watch highlights from the gala here.
	Trophee Eric Bompard 2011 Daily Photos November 20, 2011 All finals but one took place on Saturday. Find out what Maria and Reut saw through their lenses here.
	Trophee Eric Bompard 2011 Daily Photos November 18, 2011 All disciplines short programs were today. Maria and Reut went with their cameras and shot them and more for you. Click here.
	Trophee Eric Bompard 2011 Daily Photos November 17, 2011 Maria and Reut are in Paris for Trophee Eric Bompard and that means the first selection of daily photos arrived. Check them out here.
	Sonia Lafuente: "It would be a pleasure to try to make the sport bigger in Spain." November 15, 2011 Soina Lafuente of Spain is competing at Trophee Eric Bompard this weekend. We had a chat with her about how she got started in ice skating in a country famous for sunny beaches and football. Read more here.
	Pasquale Camerlengo: "I don't like normal programs" November 13, 2011 At NHK Trophy, Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje, Akiko Suzuki, Tomas Verner, Samuel Contesti, Daisuke Takahashi, Stefania Berton/Ondrej Hotarek presented programs choreographed by him. Read about his students, choreographies, "ideal skater" and more in Pasquale Camerlengo's interview here.
	Galit Chait: "My dream is to have a big school" November 11, 2011 Fourth Grand Prix event is taking place in Japan this weekend. Cathy and Chris Reed are competing there. Their coach, Galit Chait, tells us about her work with them, their programs and more.
	Choreographing the Battle of the Blades November 9, 2011 Tina recently talked to two of the choreographers of Battle of the Blades, the Canadian show pairing hockey players and figure skaters. With the finale coming up this weekend, read about the challenges of choreographing such a show here.
	The story behind success: Mishin's and Gachinski's season preparation November 4, 2011 This week's Grand Prix is the Cup of China. One of the men competing there is Artur Gachinski. Ia talked to him as well as to his coach Mishin about Artur, his other pupils and more.
	Photo Album: 2011 Finlandia Trophy November 2, 2011 Vicky and Ia visited the Finlandia Trophy in Vantaa. Check out their lovely photos here.
	Brian Orser: "I'm a little bit tougher" October 29, 2011 We just watched Brian cheer on his pupil Javier Fernandez to the first place in the men short program of Skate Canada. Brian talks about training Javier, Elene Gedevanishvili and much more. Read here.
	Paige Lawrence and Rudi Swiegers: "We like to get the crowd going" October 28, 2011 Paige and Rudi are one of the pairs competing at Skate Canada. Today their part of the competition starts. Reut had a talk with them about lending out skates, new programs and much more. Read here.
	Catching up with Sarah Meier October 25, 2011 Sarah Meier has been keeping very busy since winning the European Championship. Nadin had a brief catch-up with her to find out what she's been up to. Read here.
	Viktoria Helgesson: "Why not try something new" October 23, 2011 In a few hours it is time for the ladies to make their mark. Viktoria Helgesson is one of them. Maria spoke with her about her new style and more. Read here.
	Frank Carroll: "You can't worry about numbers, you have to skate" October 21, 2011 In a few hours at Skate America the men start their SP. Competing is Denis Ten, Frank Carroll's pupil. Frank spoke about him, Mirai Nagasu, his new ice rink and much more. Read here.
	The 2011 Ondrej Nepela Memorial: great winning performances and some pleasant surprises October 19, 2011 A new ice rink, one of the first senior competitions of the new season and an impressive field. Titanilla reports from Bratislava, click here.
	Stéphane Lambiel: "It's a great life to just skate for yourself and the crowd and I love it" October 17, 2011 Skating, Shows, Opera, Choreography, Theatre, Singing, Dancing, Comedy and being an ambassador for the sport are just a few of the things Stéphane Lambiel is involved in this year. Read more here.
	Robin Szolkowy: “Our new free program? You’ll either love it or you’ll hate it!” October 14, 2011 Aljona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy have kept their free program music under wraps until now. Nadin caught up with Robin at the GSA in Turin to find out about the interesting concept and much more! Read here.
	Catching up with Greg Zuerlein October 12, 2011 After the surprise announcement of his break up with partner Madison Chock this summer, it was a surprise to meet Greg at the Nebelhorn Trophy. Reut just had to catch up with him. Read here.
	Olga Beständigová and Ilhan Mansiz - a crazy dream about Sochi October 9, 2011 No, this isn't a movie story, it's real life. Former soccer player and figure skater teamed up and hope to qualify for the Olympic games. Read here.
	All That Skate Summer 2011 October 1, 2011 Once again the ice show headlined by Korean Olympic champion Yuna Kim brought together several other well-known Olympic, World and European champions and even a bigger crowd around the ice. Read here.
	Nebelhorn Trophy 2011 - Daily photos - Day 4 September 25, 2011 Last dailies for the last day of the Nebelhorn Trophy. Enjoy EMJO's photos here.
	Nebelhorn Trophy 2011 - Daily photos - Day 3 September 24, 2011 Second competition day, third day with photos. A nice selection of competition pics as well as some behind the scenes. Click here.
	Nebelhorn Trophy 2011 - Daily photos - Day 2 September 23, 2011 For us day 2, but for the competition day 1. EMJO and her camera were there, and as a bonus, so was Reut. Click here.
	Nebelhorn Trophy 2011 - Daily photos - Day 1 September 22, 2011 EMJO attended the practice yesterday, so enjoy our first photos straight from Germany. Click here.
	Questions and intrigues to be answered at the 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy September 21, 2011 Established names, younger skaters and newly created teams competing in Oberstdorf this week, let's take a look at the line up and their history here.
	Denis Ten is growing up September 19, 2011 Competing at the Nebelhorn Trophy will be Denis Ten. Read about his team, preparations for the season and his new and old programs here.
	Album Season 2010/11 backstage September 9, 2011 Enjoy this "bonus album" from past season with different backstage and off ice photos. Click here.
	Album 2011 World Figure Skating Championships September 1, 2011 More photos, this time some goodies from Vicky, from Worlds in Russia. View them here.
	Album 2011 Four Continents Skating Championships August 22, 2011 Summer time is often silly season in the media. Not here on AS, here it is pics-time! Check out Nana's 4 continents photos here.
	A fabulous and fantastic Dreams on Ice 2011 August 14, 2011 The annual exhibition of Team Japan plus guest stars was again held in Yokohama and Atsuko attended it. Read her thoughts here.
	Shizuka Arakawa enjoys show skating August 8, 2011 Ia delves into Shizuka's past as well as in the meaning of her programs, combined with a talk to the 2006 Olympic Champion. Read here.
	Team Surprise: "Everything is different from singles' skating!" July 27, 2011 It is all teamwork, Hanna and Nanna explain to Maria. Read all about her chat with the captains of the famous team from Sweden here.
	David Richardson “As long as I enjoy it and I am skating well, I will continue” July 19, 2011 Non stop on the ice, training and coaching, British champion David is very devoted to his sport. Get to know him a bit better here.
	Ice Dance [AOI] Shanghai 2011 - Lang Lang and His Fellow Champions July 8, 2011 Fannie did not only take photos, but also tells you all about the first installation of the show in China. Read here.
	Art On Ice 2011 - Shanghai July 1, 2011 Attending practice usually ends up in attending show. So also now. Enjoy Fannie's full album here.
	Art On Ice 2011 - Shanghai Practice June 19, 2011 Fanny attended Art on Ice practice in Shanghai and she lets us have a sneak peek at what's about to come. Look here.
	2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships June 7, 2011 The new crop of young skaters had a chance to shine at World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Korea this season. Look here.
	Akio Sasaki: "I want to be a unique skater" May 31, 2011 Trying to fight his way to the top in Japan is artistic skater Akio Sasaki. Atsuko went to get to know him better and find out how he sets his goals. Click here.
	Oliver Höner: "Our aim is to grow Art on Ice in Asia" May 24, 2011 Art on Ice is coming to Shanghai this summer and Nadin talked to Oliver Höner to find out more about the show! Click here.
	We have the winners! Who can go to a spectacular show in Bratislava? May 18&22, 2011 Find out who won the tickets to "Starry Ice" in Bratislava, and learn some info about the show! Click here.
	Alexei Yagudin: "You always have to find the little competitions for yourself" May 15, 2011 Alexei talked to Titanilla about his present day life compared to his stellar competing career, his plans for the future and the most important thing in his life. Read here.