Welcome to IDC’s New Team Series! For this series, we interview athletes who will enter the upcoming 2023-24 season in a new partnership, or debuted last season. In our first interview, we check in with Shira Ichilov (20) and Dmitriy…
By Matteo Morelli | Banner photo by Anais Martinez y Maria Elena After saying goodbye to competitive skating at the end of the 2021/2022 season, Sara Hurtado and Kirill Khaliavin embarked on a new venture launching the SK International Ice…
by Anne Calder Swedish singles skater Nikolaj Majorov recently announced his move to ice dance. He and new partner Milla Ruud Reitan (NOR) are representing his homeland and are already training in Oberstdorf, Germany with Rostislav Sinicyn and Natalia Karamisheva.…
by Matteo Morelli Sofía Val and Asaf Kazimov are a new partnership representing Spain. Their training base is the new SK International Ice Dance School in Madrid, headed by former Spanish ice dance champions Sara Hurtado and Kirill Khaliavin. They…
TEAM INFORMATION: Country: Turkey Level: Junior Club(s): Iceberg Skating Academy Coach(es): Alper Ucar, John Kerr Choreographer(s): Alper Ucar, John Kerr Training Location: Florida (USA) Began Skating Together: 2021 ATHLETE INFORMATION: JILLIAN PREVER AGAHAN BERK DORKTOL Birth date:…
TEAM INFORMATION: Country: Ukraine Level: Senior Club(s): Everglades FSC / Sport School “Leader” Kyiv, Ukraine Coach(es): Marina Zoueva Choreographer(s): Marina Zoueva Training Location: Estero, FL (USA) Began Skating Together: 2022 ATHLETE INFORMATION: ZOE LARSON ANDRII KAPRAN Birth…
TEAM INFORMATION: Country: Spain Level: Senior Club(s): Club Patinatge Artistic Puigcerda Coach(es): Scott Moir, Madison Hubbell and Adrian Diaz Choreographer(s): Training Location: London, Ontario (CAN) Began Skating Together: 2022 ATHLETE INFORMATION: ATHENA ROBERTS ERIC ALIS Birth…
TEAM INFORMATION: Country: Turkey Level: Junior Club(s): Coach(es): Olga Riabinina, Elena Kustarova, Svetlana Alexeeva Choreographer(s): Elena Borisova Training Location: Moscow (RUS) Began Skating Together: ATHLETE INFORMATION: IRMAK YUCEL NIKITA IVANOV Birth date: November 20, 2005…
TEAM INFORMATION: Country: Korea Level: Junior Club(s): Coach(es): Aaron Lowe, Megan Wing, Hojung Lee, Sun Young Choi Choreographer(s): Aaron Lowe, Megan Wing Training Location: Vancouver, BC (CAN) Began Skating Together: ATHLETE INFORMATION: JINNY KIM NAMU…