The Rink Report

For figure skating fans, by figure skating fans. Telling the important, unspoken stories of the sport. By @sophiasandovall

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KAORI SAKAMOTO IS A 3X WORLD CHAMPION! 👑👑👑

She is the first woman to win 3 consecutive World titles since Peggy Fleming in 1968!

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Nerves got the best of Haein Lee today, just couldn’t put it together.

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Isabeau Levito and Kaori Sakamoto will be on the podium.

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Loena Hendrickx just possibly gave that title away with the fall and popped toe. It just seems she never really got completely comfortable in the program today. Super tentative on the entry of the jumping passes. Great effort.

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Yes Isabeau! This skate just wiped away any bad feelings from nationals. This program is so good for Levito - question marks regarding that entry tech, but she looked extremely confident on the entries. What a fighter!

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The pressure was put on Kaori Sakamoto to skate perfectly, and she very well did that. Not many skaters can handle that kind of pressure - no matter if the short program comes back to bite her, Kaori Sakamoto is SPECIAL. Redemption!

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Stunning opening 3Lz+3T for Young You, was going so well until that 3Lo - just put too much juice into it and couldn’t really recover the rest of the program. Still, she fought through that program and should be proud that she has returned to the Worlds stage.

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Absolute TEXTBOOK from Chaeyeon Kim! She makes these jumping passes look so dang easy.

Absolutely no hesitancy going in and out. Kim will and IS a contender.

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HANA YOSHIDA TRIPLE AXEL! Very solid skate, her jumps so floaty and pristine - such a shame about that lutz. Yoshida is really stepping into her potential; such a versatile performer.

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A lot of trouble in Niina Petrokina's jumps today, the negative GOEs will kill her score but she fought like hell that entire program.

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Amber Glenn's 3A was an absolute beauty, but she let it go a bit with the popped jumps. She fought through that entire program to not make more mistakes.

Stunning execution of the choreography and transitions, it fits her so well.

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AMBER GLENN TRIPLE AXEL

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Nina Pinzarrone just had to skate immediately after having a nosebleed. Definitely not comfortable in the jumps today but what a valiant effort.

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Nina Pinzarrone is on the ice.

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Breaking news, Pinzarrone is scheduled next to skate.

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Nina pinzarrone is MIA and we spotted a medic heading backstage. A little worried for her

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Solid skate from Livia Kaiser. Huge opening 3Lz-3T. A little wild in the air on some of the jumps, causing some tightness in the landings.

Switzerland is finally starting to put the pieces together with their women.

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Have a day, Kimmy Repond!
Lovely opening 3F+3T - her positioning in the air is stunning. Her jumps were like butter in this skate. That 2A+3T was stunning.

Her skating skills and transitions have made major improvements over the course of this season.

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Yoshida and Glenn just hit 3As in this warm up... here we go.

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Mone Chiba is your leader heading into the last two groups.

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Olga Mikutina has always been a unique mover on the ice. She uses her entire body to execute the choreo.

Her jumping passes always gets so much ice coverage. Great recovery on the 2F euler 3S. Cool transitions.
Shame about the pops.

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