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#CTNats23 Men FINAL
G Keegan Messing 257.78
S Conrad Orzel 237.46
B Wesley Chiu 226.15
4 Stephen Gogolev 220.13
5 Corey Circelli 212.33
6 Matthew Newnham 211.33
7 Beres Clements 208.19
8 Roman Sadovsky 206.86
9 Jack Dushenski 195.09
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Kana Muramoto/Daisuke Takahashi JPN
TES 54.53, PCS 46.48, -1.00, FD 100.01, TOTAL 169.68 into 2nd - lost a lot of levels throughout, room to grow
bit.ly/3sn1eZH #SkateAmerica #GPFigure twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Kaitlin Hawayek/Jean-Luc Baker withdraw from #ToyotaUSChamps; will petition for a spot at #WorldFigure
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Remembering Kao Miura’s 4T3T like 🙀 twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Hold me closer, tiny dancer
Count the jump turns done by Wei
Elton John x Britney Spears x Nathan Chen - never thought I'd see anything like this
youtube.com/watch?v=Y9CCGS…
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Mai Mihara JPN
2A, 3Lz3T(q?), 3S, 3F(e?), 2A3T(q?), 3Lz2T2Lo, 3Lo
TES 74.42, PCS 70.78, FS 145.20, TOTAL 217.43 into 1st
bit.ly/3EqnOHS #MKJohnWilsonTrophy #GPFigure
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#USIntlClassic Men FINAL
G Ilia Malinin 257.28
S Kevin Aymoz 236.17
B Camden Pulkinen 219.49
4 Mark Gorodnitsky 218.83
5 Jimmy Ma 216.76
6 Stephen Gogolev 208.43
7 Arlet Levandi 202.29
8 Donovan Carrillo 181.44
9 Eric Sjoberg 179.09
10 Wesley Chiu 171.69
bit.ly/3xq8LKm
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Per Kyodo News (via Japan Times), “sources say” two-time Olympic champ and legend Yuzuru Hanyu 羽生結弦 will announce his retirement during the major announcement press conference to be held later today (Tuesday 7/19) in Tokyo
japantimes.co.jp/sports/2022/07…
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Keegan Messing CAN
4Lz(ur,fall), 4T(fall), 3A, 3Lz3T, 4T(ur,fall), 3A1Eu2S(hangs on), 2F - the quads weren't his friends today; I talked to him two days ago and he has no plans to retire
bit.ly/3IFydOQ #Worlds2022 #WorldFigure
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Two triple axels today in the women’s event at #JGPFigure Courchevel - step out on a fully-rotated 3A for Hana Yoshida, landed quarter-turn short 3A for Yujae Kim twitter.com/rockerskating/…
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Unofficial women qual for #WorldFigure 2023
3: JPN (1+11), USA (3+4), BEL (2), KOR (5+7)
2: GEO (6), AZE (2), GER (2)
#Worlds2022
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Rino Matsuike withdrew from the free skate at #SkateAmerica with an illness
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The end of a career - after 11 seasons together, 8 World championships, and 2 Olympics, Hubbell/Donohue close out their career with an amazing powerful skate
bit.ly/3qFRERs #Worlds2022 #WorldFigure
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First time J.Lo and Second time J.Lo and
Ben got engaged Ben got engaged
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Also, one of my faves from the original dance era
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Japan Open 2022 10/8 entrants:
Team Japan
- Yuma Kagiyama, Rika Kihira, Kaori Sakamoto, Shoma Uno
Team Europe
- Michal Brezina, Daniel Grassl, Loena Hendrickx, Ekaterina Kurakova
Team North America
- Mariah Bell, Jason Brown, Ilia Malinin, Bradie Tennell
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Now complete: #GPFigure 2022
10/21-23 Skate America - Norwood
10/28-30 Skate Canada International - Mississauga
11/4-6 Internationaux de France - Angers
11/11-13 MK John Wilson Trophy - Sheffield
11/18-20 NHK Trophy - Sapporo
11/25-27 GP Finland - Espoo
12/8-11 GP Final - Torino twitter.com/rockerskating/…
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Kao Miura JPN
4S3T, 3A, 4T(step?)
TES 53.27, PCS 40.79, SP 94.06 into 1st
bit.ly/3WfDNPW #SCI122 #GPFigure
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It's been six years since Mai Mihara was last at Worlds, and we are going to see her back this season (not official yet but there's no way that's not going to happen after that skate); she will lead with Kaori Sakamoto left
bit.ly/3FSTTaJ #全日本フィギュア
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#SCI122 Men SP PCS
Uno 45.07
Messing 42.05*
Miura 40.79
Rizzo 40.43
Pulkinen 40.13
Vasiljevs 39.71
Britschgi 37.16*
Selevko 36.26*
Orzel 35.48*
Ma 35.35*
Gogolev 34.24
*indicates fall
bit.ly/3WfDNPW #GPFigure twitter.com/rockerskating/…
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Japan Nationals Women SP
1 Kaori Sakamoto 坂本花織 77.79
2 Mai Mihara 三原舞依 74.70
3 Mone Chiba 千葉百音 71.06
4 Mao Shimada 島田麻央 70.28
5 Saki Miyake 三宅咲綺 66.29
6 Mana Kawabe 河辺愛菜 64.51
bit.ly/3FExqhy #全日本フィギュア
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