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If everything goes exactly as Michal Březina hopes in Beijing, the 2022 Olympic Winter Games might be the final competition for the Czech star.
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What a fabulous men's SP at #WorldJFigure today! Such high quality from so many. Tight race at the top of the standings.
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Madison Chock/Evan Bates have withdrawn from Skate America.
“Our training and preparation have been affected by the pandemic and at this time we are 100% focused on our preparation for the 2021 U.S. Championships. We will be staying at our training base in Montreal.”
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The Canadian Olympic Committee & Canadian Paralympic Committee, backed by their Athletes’ Commissions, National Sports Organizations and the Canadian Government, have made the difficult decision to not send Canadian teams to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in the summer of 2020.
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Skate America is going ahead at this point it seems. Tickets will go on sale this summer.
Businesses in Las Vegas are scheduled to reopen May 29 and casinos on June 4.
2020skateamerica.com
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Mikhail Kolyada is out of Ondrej Nepela.
His coach said "He just got sick, acute respiratory infections. He has nose problems until we take a chance. I don’t know when he will recover, I’m not a doctor. ” twitter.com/figureskatingR…
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Due to an increased number of cases in South Korea, all competitions under the control of the Korean Skating Union have been postponed indefinitely.
skating.or.kr/etc/popup_open…
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According to this article, Alexandra Trusova will not participate in the Japan Grand Prix.
Trusova resumed training after a week's break due to rehabilitation procedures for a stress fracture. twitter.com/figureskatingR…
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The ISU has announced the Challenger Series dates and venues for the 2021-2022 season.
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U.S. Figure Skating announced its World/4CC men's team:
Worlds
Nathan Chen, Ilia Malinin,* Vincent Zhou
Alternates – Jason Brown, Camden Pulkinen, Jimmy Ma
Four Continents
Tomoki Hiwatashi, Jimmy Ma, Camden Pulkinen
Alternate – Ryan Dunk
*Pending achieving minimum tech. score.
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The ISU has cancelled all seminars and meetings through August 2020. mcusercontent.com/b9793ca821b0ec…
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Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker have withdrawn from NHK Trophy. Hawayek is recovering from a concussion sustained while training earlier this season. #GPFigure
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Interesting men's SP at Rostelecom Cup. Three "Blues for Kook" programs. Quad flips were a challenge.
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Sorry to learn that Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier have withdrawn from Canadian nationals next week due to Gilles recovering from an appendectomy.
Get well soon, @PiperGilles!
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The PPC Checklist on the ISU site has Boyang Jin listed as planning a quad Axel-Euler-triple Salchow in his long program.
We have been told this is a typo and that his correct elements will be listed on the PPC before the start of the men's free skate.
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As Alena Kostornaia missed the transfer window for changing coaches she will have to represent her former club Sambo-70 this season. twitter.com/figureskatingR…
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Keegan Messing is still in Canada awaiting the necessary COVID testing results for travel to Beijing. All participants traveling to the Games are required to produce two negative PCR results before being able to board a flight.
cbc.ca/sports/olympic…
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Japanese junior ice dancer Shingo Nishiyama has announced that his partnership with Utana Yoshida has come to an end due to unresolved differences. Such an awesome team - really disappointing news. twitter.com/shinnnnn_gooo/…
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Update from the ISU:
"As the GP Cup of China is part of the GP Series and is consequently related to the Grand Prix Final, which is an Olympic Test Event, the Chinese Olympic Committee reportedly agrees that Cup of China (Nov. 6-8) remains scheduled as planned."
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The Premier of Quebec said a decision will be made today about the World Championships.
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Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron will not be competing at the 2021 World Championships.
“Cascading cancellations create a climate of uncertainty and doubt ... we needed a more solid, more concrete objective.“
sports-auvergne.fr/clermont-ferra…
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If the postponed Tokyo Olympics do not go ahead next year due to COVID-19 then the 2022 Beijing Winter Games will likely also fall victim to the pandemic according to IOC member Dick Pound.
cbc.ca/sports/olympic…
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We were just informed that Steven Gogolev had to withdraw from Canadian nationals after receiving a positive COVID test on his arrival in Ottawa.
We are told he is feeling fine, has no symptoms and is very disappointed he will not be able to compete this weekend. #CTNats22
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Avonley Nguyen announced today that she and Vadym Kolesnik, the 2020 World Junior champions, have ended their three-year ice dance partnership. Who saw that coming?
Wishing them both much success in their future endeavours.
instagram.com/p/CCB-aHtJjyx/
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The Russian govt. has removed all restrictions for foreign athletes, coaches, etc. to enter Russia on a work or humanitarian visa. This will facilitate border crossings for those participating in international competitions, including professional sports.
government.ru/news/40268/
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