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Kudos to Shun Sato for his gallant FS tonight at #SkateAmerica. Not perfect, but what a fighter!
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Patrick Chan, Jeremy Abbott and Sergey Voronov performed in the inaugural Skate Nepal @ -26C on Lake Gokyo @ 4790 meters in the mountains of Everest on Feb 14. From Nepal the climb to the rink took 4 days & they skated for just 1 minute 30 seconds.
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Watching Sota Yamamoto skate at such a high level once again was truly inspiring. Many others would have given up after so many injuries, but not him.
Major kudos to Adam Siao Him Fa on his well-deserved victory and to Kazuki Tomono on his bronze-medal finish. #GPFigure
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There's a new Canadian men's champion and it's Roman Sadovsky, whose 260.57 total score carried the night at #CTNats20. Nam Nguyen (243.51) took home the silver medal and Keegan Messing (241.79) grabbed the bronze.
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Congratulations to the three men who claimed the first medals of the season at #GPFigure Skate America.
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Shoma Uno was in full swing in his program run through at a practice session at #NHKTrophy earlier today.
He will skate second to last (10th) in the short program. #GPFigure
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Our first fun competition photo from @KeeganMessing of his adorable children. #ISUFigure😍
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Shoma Uno was on fire tonight in the men's short at the #GPFigure Final. On my feet for Sota Yamamoto!
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Mikhail Kolyada will not compete in Russian nationals. At the end of October, Kolyade underwent surgery for sinusitis, and continues to recover.
"He has not skated since September. When he gets back on the ice, we will decide what to do next,” said coach Valentina Chebotareva. twitter.com/figureskatingR…
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Evgenia Medvedeva will not compete at Russian nationals. She said she was in hospital with a serious case of COVID-19 and suffered serious lung damage. Medvedeva resumed light training on Dec. 8. twitter.com/figureskatingR…
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Canadian choreographer Shae-Lynn Bourne and her family moved to Charleston, South Carolina last February. Bourne said they wanted to be closer to the ocean, “and I wanted to be as far away from the Toronto winters as I could get.”
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Breaking news!!!!
The ISU has confirmed the fourth Grand Prix event will take place in Sheffield, Great Britain, Nov. 11-13.
Assignments will be announced on Fri., July 22.
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International Assignments from #uschamps20
Worlds
Brown, Chen Zhou
Alt1 – Hiwatashi
Alt2 – Torgashev
Alt3 – Pulkinen
4CC
Brown, Hiwatashi, Pulkinen
Alt: Krasnozhon
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Congratulations to Anna Pogorilaya and Andrey Nevsky who are expecting a baby in December.
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Great news that @StephaneLambiel is going to work with @TuktikLiza on her new programs. twitter.com/choromatsu333/…
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Shun Sato obviously suffering with that shoulder injury. Glad the judges saw the quality of his skating despite the mistakes.
Wishing him a speedy recovery!
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2019 Shanghai Trophy organizers have invited top skaters to the event, including Yuzuru Hanyu, Nathan Chen and Alina Zagitova. Wenjing Sui and Cong Han are confirmed. shine.cn/sport/19063076…
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Stéphane Lambiel, the most decorated Swiss skater in history, graces the IFS August 2020 cover. It was such a pleasure to catch up with him to talk about figure skating in the current era, the new quad rules and his artistic vision.
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A fun video interview with Latvia's Deniss Vasiljevs who captured his first Challenger Series medal at 2019 Ondrej Nepela Trophy this weekend. He spoke to @Tatjana21 about his summer, his long program choice, and his favourite off-ice passion - baking.
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Russia's Sergei Voronov retired in September and leaves the sport with no regrets.
"I enjoyed it so much when I was skating. It was really something to love – everyone has the chance for love – the love of the audience, the love for what you are doing."
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Japan's Shoma Uno captured the silver medal at #SkateAmerica, but said he plans to work harder for his next Grand Prix event, NHK Trophy.
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10 years later, Feb. 25 is still a night few will ever forget. Yuna Kim's 2010 Olympic victory in Vancouver marked the finale of a remarkable rivalry between Kim and Mao Asada that began at the 2005 World Junior Championships, which ironically also took place in Canada.
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Read our exclusive interview with French choreographer Benoît Richaud, who talks about his work with some of the world's best skaters and what drives him to be creative.
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Daniil Samsonov will be looking for a top finish at the Russian Junior Championships next week. In our exclusive interview he talks about his past, his success this season ... and his favourite skater, Shoma Uno.
Read the interview here: ifsmagazine.com/daniil-samsono…
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