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Maria Sotskova has announced her retirement. We wish her much success as she moves on to new things in her life.
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The first annual Denis Ten Memorial Challenge takes place in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Oct. 10-12. This new ISU Senior B event is for junior and senior skaters. The event will be live-streamed.
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Yuzuru Hanyu has announced his next show will take place at the Tokyo Dome on February 26. twitter.com/kose_sekkisei/…
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Satoko Miyahara has a solid lead after the ladies SP at US International Classic. Love her costume - beautiful beading and interesting highlights. #FigureSkating
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Thanks to Yuzuru Hanyu a company is now producing gyoza for athletes. Hanyu was the key to developing dumplings for athletes after he publicly declared his love of gyoza by saying, "Even if you don’t have an appetite, you can eat gyoza" and "Gyoza increases your energy." twitter.com/silverstar22b/…
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Great to see Han Yan back on competitive ice today!
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Ladies short program results from Skate America: Bradie Tennell finished first ahead of Kaori Sakamoto and Wakaba Higuchi skated into third.
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Asked about his costume, Nathan Chen said "it was something Shae pulled out of her closet." twitter.com/USFigureSkatin…
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The International Olympic Committee is requesting all sports federations to not invite Russian or Belarusian athletes and officials to international sporting events and to not schedule any sporting events in either of those countries.
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Daisuke Takahashi's "Ice Explosion" show takes place Jan. 6-8 in Shin-Yokohama. Great line up includes @jasonbskates, @tiramisu11 and Massimo Scali.
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2020 Skate America update:
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and in strict accordance with the Nevada Gaming Control Board guidelines, Skate America will take place with no spectators at the Orleans Arena . TV/ streaming schedule will be available soon.
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Figure skaters are back training in some countries, and others are slated to return to the ice in the coming weeks.
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Kana Muramoto and Daisuke Takahashi have announced the music for this season's programs.
RD: "The Mask"
Choreographers: Marina Zoueva, Ilia Tkachenko, Maxim Kozhevnikov
FD: "La Bayadere"
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Japan's Wakaba Higuchi just scored a runaway win in the women's short program at Cup of Austria by a margin 21.89 points over Yeonjeong Park of Korea.
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Skaters, fans and others are rising to the call to help the Ukrainian skaters. The ice dance team of Oleksandra Nazarova/Maksym Nikitin are certainly feeling the love.
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Yuma Kagiyama graces the IFS October 2021 cover.
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Adelina Sotnikova, 23, has announced the end of her skating career due to health reasons. "... I want to be healthy and happy. I’m sad and it is hard to say this...my heart breaks ... but unfortunately, my health doesn’t allow it." twitter.com/figureskatingR…
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According to this article, we may have the pleasure of seeing Daisuke Takahashi compete on the Challenger Series circuit this season. sanspo.com/sports/news/20…
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Patrick Chan pitched in to help with two special deliveries of 1,500+ bottles of VOSS to the Evelyne Seller Center & Cariboo Hill Salvation Army in Vancouver. "Stay safe, heathy and hydrated everyone." instagram.com/p/CAHHP2rA1hc/…
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U.S. Figure Skating has named its men's teams for Four Continents and Worlds:
2023 World Championships
Ilia Malinin
Jason Brown
Andrew Torgashev* (needs TES minimums)
2023 Four Continents Championships
Maxim Naumov
Jimmy Ma
Liam Kapeikis
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Due to the ongoing pandemic, the ISU Council has decided to cancel the 2021 European Figure Skating Championships & World Junior Synchronized Championships. The Grand Prix Final has now been officially cancelled.
Worlds is still scheduled to take place in March in Stockholm.
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Nobunari Oda has filed a lawsuit against Japanese coach Mie Hamada for 11 million yen claiming her harassment forced him to quit as manager of Kansai University's skating club.
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Scott Moir announced he is engaged during his speech at the Walk of Fame ceremony, which took place in his hometown of Ilderton. twitter.com/MB_VMProg/stat…
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Coaching change for Vincent Zhou. He will begin training with Lee Barkell in Toronto and will continue to train with Mie Hamada. “I’m excited to begin training with Lee, and also work more regularly with Lori (Nichol) and continue to work with Mie.”
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Maria Talalaikina and Anastasia Gubanova are switching countries.
Talalaikina, 19, is moving to and will represent Italy starting this season. She will train with Angelina Turenko. Gubanova, 18, will remain in Russia but will compete for Armenia.
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