Russia's two Winter Olympic champions will make their appearance in the world's top figure skating performance, which will add to this ice art show

PyeongChang 2018 women's singles champion Alina Zagitova and Beijing 2022 women's singles champion Olympic champion Anna Shcherbakova have recently confirmed their participation in Fantasy on Ice, the world's top figure skating show, to take place in Chiba, Japan, from 31 May to 1 June. Russian figure skaters have not participated in this since 2019Ice Art Show。

Zagitova and Shcherbakova (right)

"Fantasy on Ice" (FaOI) was founded in 2002 by its founder, Yoshikuo Mabe, with the intention of allowing figure skaters to hone their skills through figure skating performances in addition to international competitions. Over the years, FaOI has formed a relatively complete set of figure skating performance forms and business models with the positioning of "based in Japan and shining in the world" and the presentation method of "the world's top figure skating lineup + well-known musicians". The arrival of the two Olympic champions, Zagitova and Shcherbakova, is enough to foresee the gold content of this figure skating performance.

Two Olympic champions Zagitova and Shcherbakova (left)

"I really can't believe we'll meet soon," Zagitova reported to ice fans on her TV channel that she was about to participate in the "Ice Fantasy" show. Zagitova is the only female figure skater in Russian history to achieve a world figure skating grand slam. In addition to being an Olympic champion, Shcherbakova is also the women's singles champion at the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships and the 2022 European Figure Skating Championships. In addition to the two Winter Olympic champions, famous figure skaters such as Nobunari Oda, Tomoko Miyahara and Hanori Sakamoto of Japan, Adam Shawn of France, and ice dancers Laurence Fournier Bodleigh and Guillaume Sisselren will also participate in the performance. In March, Ciceren announced that he had resumed his career as ice dancer and was partnered with Laurence Fournier Bodleigh.

Shcherbakova

Tarasova, the godmother of figure skating in the former Soviet Union, is convinced that figure skaters Shcherbakova and Zagitova will make the "ice fantasy" performance the icing on the cake. "We'll know and feel the enthusiasm or not, the Japanese are very nice to us, our women's figure skaters they love it," Tarasova said. I'm glad these girls will be involved this time, they are all beautiful. They were happy. I have a lot of respect for the Japanese, having worked with them, and I know how hard they work. They are fanatically dedicated to the sport of figure skating. The way they learn figure skating is by looking at every detail with their eyes, and working with them is satisfying. I have no doubt that our girls will grace this performance. ”