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Kazuki Tomono wins the short program at Rostelecom Cup with a solid performance.
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Huge congratulations to the Japanese pairs team Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara on qualifying for the Grand Prix Final.#GPFigure @ISU_Figure
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China has postponed its national championships due to a rise in COVID-19 cases.
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Wishing Yuzuru Hanyu a very Happy 27th Birthday on December 7. Hope to see him back on the ice and competing in a few weeks! #YuzuruHanyu #figureskatingicon
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Alena Kostornaia has a hand fracture that will take six to eight weeks to heal.
We are really sorry to learn this news and wish her a very speedy recovery. twitter.com/figureskatingR…
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Shoma Uno celebrates his 24th Birthday today. Wishing him a great day and lots of success in the year ahead.
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Congratulations to Kévin Aymoz on his brilliant performance and runaway victory at French nationals today.
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Nathan Chen will compete "La Bohème" and "Rocketman" at U.S. nationals but has not decided what programs he will compete at the Olympic Winter Games.
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Kana Muramoto and Daisuke Takahashi's RD at a practice session today.
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Empress Elizaveta delivers when it counts the most. On my feet cheering @TuktikLiza. Just amazing!
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Akiko Tamura's article on the lopsided Japanese selection process in the ice dance discipline.
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U.S. Figure Skating just announced that Bradie Tennell has withdrawn from the 2022 U.S. Championships.
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Bravo Gracie Gold!! Looking super fit, back on her game - just nailed the short program. Currently 2nd place with 67.61. #ToyotaUSChamps22
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Gracie Gold: If this really is my last season I wanted to skate to "East of Eden" for my short and I wanted to wear a green dress.
When is the ending of this comeback? I guess we will assess that at the end of this season.
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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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U.S. Figure Skating women's assignments:
2022 WORLDS
Mariah Bell, Karen Chen, Alysa Liu
Alternates - Amber Glenn, Lindsay Thorngren, Gabriella Izzo
2022 FOUR CONTINENTS
Starr Andrews, Gabriella Izzo, Audrey Shin
Alternates – Hanna Harrell, Sierra Venetta
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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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Great skate by Loena Hendrickx of Belgium who halted a Russian sweep of the women's short program at #EuroFigure. 👏👏
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Highlight of Europeans for us so far today - watching @brezinamichal skate lights out in his final appearance. Nothing finer than going out on a high note! We will miss him!
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What a fabulous men's podium at #EuroFigure!
🥇Mark Kondratiuk,🥈Daniel Grassl, 🥉Deniss Vasiljevs
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Hard to believe it has been 9 years since Daisuke Takahashi's last appearance at #4ContsFigure. Now one step closer to adding to his medal collection of 2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze. Kana Muramoto has a bronze from 2018 with Chris Reed.
Wishing them a great skate in the free!
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The captivating free dance performance by Kana Muramoto and Daisuke Takahashi was rewarded with a score of 47.94. Huh??? The judges must have been watching a different performance than the one we watched.
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Congratulations to Mai Mihara, the 2022 Four Continents women's champion.
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Japan's Mai Mihara had to overcome a lot of challenges the past couple of years, but she has never wavered from her determination to pursue her own goals and become the best she can be.
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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.
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