Tears are not enough. The tears were rolling down Ryuichi Kihara’s face. Nobody sobbed as much as Ryuichi Kihara at the Olympic pairs figure skating event. There wasn’t a tissue box in the house that could contain those tears. They were tidal. But can you blame him? Kihara, now 33 years old, was on his […]
Wenjing Sui and Cong Han
Pairs Short Program: Getting the Rust Out
Hold a world championship for the first time in two years, during a pandemic (with rising numbers in many places), with all sorts of training interruptions and stay-at-home orders and what could go wrong? It all came to roost in the pairs short program Wednesday at the world figure skating championships in Stockholm. Is […]