iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Hannah Lim / Ye Quan 🇰🇷 [108.99]: Being in Milan was super difficult, so we tried to surround ourselves with people, and we really used it as fuel to keep training. We started to do exercises and strategies and on off the ice. We also worked with a sports performance coach.

100

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Holly Harris / Jason Chan 🇦🇺 [108.49] Holly: I think we're really happy to finally have it be over. But we're really happy to end the season on a good note. It's been a long one, but a really monumental one for us. Happy to just tie it up positively.

130

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le-Gac 🇨🇦 [181.66] Romain: I think everyone agrees that for a really big season like this one, even those who went to the games, that #WorldFigure is the event that wraps things up. We have only been with the IAM Ontario team for a little bit more than half of the year

120

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Jacob Sanchez 🇺🇸 [156.59]: I woke up 30 minutes before I was supposed to be here for practice. I was meant to be here at 6:50am, and I woke up at 6:25, so I kind of just rolled out of bed, had a quick snack, and got ready quick. Then I did the practice.

120

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Donovan Carrillo 🇲🇽 [140.09]: The quads feel more consistent than other seasons, so I think that was a big accomplishment for me. The toe decided to not work in this event, but it's fine. It's learning, and I'm just going to keep building from here.

171

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Daniel Grassl 🇮🇹 [166.41] The Pope watched my Olympic performance, and now I have received an invite to meet him at the Pope Convention on April 9th. He came to the Italian federation and invited a few of our athletes. I don't know what to wear, but I will maybe bring my costume.

141

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Haein Lee 🇰🇷 [116.68]: This has been a very special season for me. Even though I didn't do my best today, I was just feeling grateful to be here because this is my sixth time at worlds. World championships are one of the greatest and biggest competitions.

020

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Jia Shin 🇰🇷 [136.65] is feeling very thankful. This was her first World Championships as a senior. She learned many things, and it was a great experience. Throughout the season, she learned how to relax and not become nervous. She tried to focus more on mind and mental control.

120

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Niina Petrokina 🇪🇪 [134.98]: I feel that I'm unstoppable. Nothing and no one can stop me from achieving my goals. It was really important for me to finish with a good score here and I think I can be happy knowing I did. I hope the audience and all who are watching on TV are also happy to have this.

130

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Lara Naki 🇮🇹 [135.79]: I'm proud of myself, proud of how I handled this entire season. I had to fight for the Olympic spot, and then I had to fight to be here and still be in shape. So I'm really happy about it. Now, I have some time to think about what happened.

120

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Ekaterina Kurakova 🇵🇱 [165.54]: I'm done, I'm really done. My goal now is to rest, rest, rest.

150

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Sofia Samodelkina 🇰🇿 [187.53]: I feel good, but I'm kind of upset because of my free program. It wasn't really bad, and it wasn't really good. It was just okay. My practice was kind of better. My coach told me that there are reasons for this performance.

140

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Jia Shin 🇰🇷 [136.54] is feeling very thankful. This was her first World Championships as a senior. She learned many things, and it was a great experience. Throughout the season, she learned how to relax and not become nervous. She tried to focus more on mind and mental control.

050

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Isabeau Levito 🇺🇸 [134.83] on her emotions this season: I didn't really feel like the season was that long, in my opinion. I'm very good at compartmentalizing from one competition to another. I had a lot of fun training very hard for this competition, because the lutz-loop was a very fun combo.

150

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier 🇨🇦 [86.45] We've been doing this a long time, we can really rely on our training and all the experiences that we've had. Paul: At the games, we were in such a bubble because all the competitions were so close together, and we were really mindful of not getting distracted.

132

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Hannah Lim / Ye Quan 🇰🇷 [69.83] Ye: It was a difficult skate for sure especially preparing going into it because in practice I'm able to do it. No problem. But then remembering what happened at the Olympics was very scary to me. It was a lot of like mental prep. Self-reassurance. repetition

130

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Holly Harris / Jason Chan 🇦🇺 [71.12] Holly: My green dress is inspired by J.Lo's Versace dress. Jason: Originally she wanted gold, but I told her that she always does silver & gold. It would be better to get a new colour. We ended up on green & gold - fitting [it's Australia's national colours]

110

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Karina Akopova / Nikita Rakhmanin 🇦🇲 [190.46]: For us, it was our first world championships. It was good! On their 8th place finish: Yes, that's a really good achievement. Our season was incredible. It was difficult at times but we're here, alive and standing after our free.

100

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Utana Yoshida / Masaya Morita 🇯🇵 [72.33] We are glad to have been able to do our best. This season, from start to finish, we were able to skate while having fun. Our coaches provided a lot of mental support in terms of encouragement of our abilities.

000

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Junfei Ren / Jianing Xing 🇨🇳 [63.75]: Junfei: I felt the excitement from the crowd. They were giving me so much energy - I was left feeling like I can still skate one more time. Now, it will be time to enjoy vacation. I’m also looking forward to getting choreography in Beijing.

110

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Gabriele Frangipani 🇮🇹 [76.89]: I started this season with two quads. So, now, with just a 3A, of course I cannot tell you that I'm satisfied, even if I skated almost clean. My goal was to enjoy it - especially as I got the call last minute.

120

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Yu-Hsiang Li 🇹🇼 [64.74]: It wasn't the best, but it's okay. I'm a little tired. I had a really long season this year. I did the Olympics, Junior Worlds, and now I'm here at Senior Worlds. I also have a domestic competition coming up next week.

110

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Edward Appleby 🇬🇧 [64.30]: I've been struggling in practices. It's not been an easy road so I'm happy. I pulled out what I needed to in the moment and I tried to enjoy because you can't control your scores. You can try and have fun and make something of it. So its something you can keep with yourself

120

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Daniel Grassl 🇮🇹 [88.53] Lara and I are the only two that made it from the Olympics to here, so we're the only survivors, but we're happy to be here. It was, of course, difficult to train after. In Italy, it was very nice and very emotional. But I'm really in good shape.

110

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Kelly Ann Laurin / Loucas Éthier 🇨🇦 [167.75]: I think we have to work on levels. Yesterday, we had a clean short, and still didn't manage to get in the top group, which we expected. The difference is not really in the cleanliness of the elements, but more so the levels.

110

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Press conference after the pairs event at #Prague2026 #WorldFigure On what the medal has meant to them: Lia: I think it's just proof of all the work and determination that we put into this season. It's our fourth world championships together as a team, and we've learned so much at every event

150

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

A heart-warming moment in the mixed zone between Nagaoka / Moriguchi 🇯🇵 and Hocke / Kunkel 🇩🇪 🥹🫶

050

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe 🇺🇸 [169.91]: When you're at the point where you've made that many major mistakes, you just have to take a moment to reset and kind of let go. Overall, we pushed through the program, got to the end, and still felt like we finished carefully.

110

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Ioulia Chtchetinina 🇵🇱: We're basically pierogi ambassadors now!

093

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Deniss Vasiljevs [82.27] 🇱🇻 I'm feeling quite happy, and I enjoyed it. I am truly proud of how I managed to overcome all this stress, fear and stay true with what I truly want to feel - which is to celebrate these moments.

150

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Kyrylo Marsak 🇺🇦 [83.36]: It was wonderful skating here. I missed a few points here and there, but overall, I'm really happy that I could maintain this level and keep it up for the entire season.

130

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Men's short program press conference at #WorldFigure #Prague2026! ✨ Aleksandr on his performance: It was amazing to skate here, I’m happy that I did my best SP. It's an amazing feeling. The crowd was really supportive. I felt a lot of energy from them.

130

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Top 15 from #WorldFigure Ilia Malinin 🇺🇸 111.29 Adam Siao Him Fa 🇫🇷 101.85 Aleksandr Selevko 🇪🇪 96.49 Shun Sato 🇯🇵 95.84

121

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Kevin Aymoz 🇫🇷 [84.74]: During Art On Ice, I got very ill with a stomach flu and was not able to eat for 10 days. I lost 5kg. It was difficult - I only had 5 days to prepare. But I wanted to have one more showing for my Lady Gaga and Bolero programs.

081

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Adam Siao Him Fa 🇫🇷 and Mihhail Selevko 🇪🇪 showing off their small medals 🥰🥈🥉

082

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Andrew Torgashev 🇺🇸 [89.07] on his performance: it gives me confidence in myself and in my mind that, no matter how the training is going, I'm able to control what I'm doing whereas previously I would freak out, and would just get very tight.

110

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Stephen Gogolev 🇨🇦 [94.38] on what has helped him achieve a personal best score today: I think the confidence that I've had over the season competing well and competing consistently. And I think the overall training throughout the season and hard work has paid off.

051

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Hyungyeom Kim 🇰🇷 [70.71] I felt less nervous skating today compared to Milan. However, I’m still not satisfied with the jumps. On what lessons he learned from Milan: I was more nervous [in comparison to the Youth Olympic Games]. I want to learn how to be more relaxed.

120

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Donovan Carrillo 🇲🇽 [79.65]: It was a bit hard to push through, but I feel once we passed those two quads everything started to make sense again, and I started to feel normal. I think I'm really well trained now, in the best physical shape, so I just wanted to try, and they were very optimistic.

130

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Tomas Guarino Sabate 🇪🇸 [69.12]: I always try to be fun in my day-to-day life and I try to bring some of that joy into skating while keeping it competitive. I try to keep it from going too much into exhibition style, where maybe you throw yourself more onto the ice and you can do illegal moves.

121

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Younghyun Cha 🇰🇷 [70.92]: Since it wasn't the easiest opportunity for me to receive the spot at Worlds, I really tried to have appreciation at the forefront of my mind and do well.

110

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Results of the Pairs Short Program at #WorldFigure 1.#MinervaFabienneHase / #NikitaVolodin (GER) - 79.78 2.#AnastasiiaMetelkina / #LukaBerulava (GEO) - 79.45 3.#LiaPereira / #TrenntMichaud (CAN) - 75.52

000

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Kelly Ann Laurin / Loucas Ethier 🇨🇦 [63.99] Kelly Ann: We are really happy about our program today. We felt good, and it was like [how we train] at home, so we're really proud about that.

100

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe [69.02] 🇺🇸 Coming back from the Olympics: We felt like it was kind of a blessing in the skies for us. I think that everyone coming off of the Olympics seemed pretty tired. It's such a high from the games, and then they know that they're getting ready for worlds.

100

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Anastasia Vaipan-Law / Luke Digby 🇬🇧 [66.34] Anastasia on their costumes : We got our costumes done by Mathieu Caron and his whole team. I don't know if anyone actually noticed the difference, but it is a new dress. I wanted a fresh costume so I told Mathieu "make it the same but different."

100

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Pairs short program press conference at #WorldFigure #Prague2026! 1️⃣ Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin 🇩🇪 2️⃣ Anastasiia Metelkina / Luka Berulava 🇬🇪 3️⃣ Lia Pereira / Trennt Michael 🇨🇦

110

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Anastasiia Gubanova 🇬🇪 [69.92]: "It's my fifth time competing at Worlds, and the first time I skated a completely clean short program!" She is excited to walk around and explore the city.

030

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Sofia Samodelkina 🇰🇿 [66.95]: "I tried to have a repeat of the season's best score I had received at the Olympic games. Now, that didn't happen, but I don't think my program today was any worse."

130

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Nina Petrokina 🇪🇪 [67.29]: "Every athlete you ask here will say the same thing - we are tired because it was a really long, hard season. And as always, the last competition is especially tough."

130

In The Loop @inthelopodcast.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Highlights from the women's short program at #WorldFigure 🫶 7️⃣ Lara Naki Gutmann 🇮🇹 8️⃣ Ami Nakai 🇯🇵

141