Hot Off the Ice: Fresh news about your favorite skating stars

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The season has officially started with the first ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Bangkok, Thailand. While the juniors are now full into competition mode, the senior-level skaters have still have time to prepare.

Yuzuru Hanyu decided to get married

Two-time Olympic Champion Yuzuru Hanyu has decided to get married he announced on a social media post. Congratulations!

 

A tourist on ice

Joey Mantia (USA) recently retired from Speed Skating, but.... of course he still skates! While doing so, he feels like a 'tourist on ice'. Check his post: 

 

Nicole Schott takes a break

Multiple German Champion Nicole Schott is taking a break and has withdrawn from their Grand Prix events as the German Skating Federation reported. She keeps her options open to return to competition later this season.

 

Building up strength

Short Track skater Suzanne Schulting (NED) might skip the first part of the season, but has started to prepare for the second part of the season... Check it out!

 

German test skates

Members of the National Figure Skating Team of Germany presented their new programs at the test skates in Oberstdorf. Especially the Pair Skaters Annika Hocke/Robert Kunkel and the new team of Minerva Hase/Nikita Volodin as well as Ice Dancers Jennifer Janse van Rensburg/Benjamin Steffan stood out.

 

Swings takes another World title

We're all counting down till the start of the Speed Skating season to see if Bart Swings (BEL) can work his magic again on the ice, but in the meantime he clinched yet another World title... on inline skates! 

 

Ice bathing... brr! 

Olympic 1500m champion Kjeld Nuis (NED) not only trains hard, but recovers harder! What about a nice and cold ice bath?