This Week in Skating is hosted by Gina Capellazzi and Daphne Backman and is a cooperative project between Figure Skaters Online and Ice-dance.com. New episodes are available every Monday.
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EPISODE NOTES
Event Results Brief
- ISU Junior Grand Prix Courchevel Results
- ISU Junior Grand Prix Courchevel Video Playlist
- Britannia International
- Sherwood Invitational
- Friends on Ice
- Friends on Ice Instagram
General Skating News
- ISU posted entries for the ISU Challenger Series, Lombardia Trophy in Bergamo, Italy Sept. 16-19..
- ISU posted the entries for the fourth Junior Grand Prix - Armenia Cup (no pairs)
- MK John Wilson Trophy Grand Prix tickets are on sale.
- Skate Canada announced that Winnipeg will host the 2022-2023 Skate Canada Challenge - Junior/Senior event
- Ice Dance International Fall Tour - GRACE: The Power of Dance on Ice is Sept. 17 - October 9, 2022
Recent Interviews
- Kaitlyn Weaver was a guest on The Future of Figure Skating Podcast
- Polina Edmunds had 2016 U.S. pairs champion Tarah Kayne on her podcast
- A reflective article from Europe on Ice about not forgetting Ukraine https://europeonice.com/2022/08/22/as-new-figure-skating-season-begins-we-must-not-forget-about-ukraine
- Golden Skate continued its series on Ukrainian skaters. Latest article is with Kyrylo Marsak.
- Nathan Chen appeared in Character Media’s Annual 2022 Issue There are also 5 videos of Nathan posted on Character Media’s TikTok account: https://www.tiktok.com/@charactermedia
Social Media Updates
- Bradie Tennell posted on Instagram that she is moving to Nice, France to work with Benoit Richaud and Cedric Tour.
- Eva Pate and Logan Bye posted on social media that they got engaged.
- Ice Academy of Montreal posted that Alyssa Robinson and Jacob Portz are now training with Scott Moir and his team at the I.AM Ontario Campus.
- Vincent Zhou thanked his coaches on Instagram before he left for Brown University
- Karen Chen posted a photo from Cornell University and skating with the Cornell Figure Skating team.
- Sarah Hughes posted on social media that she will be pursuing her MBA at Stanford Graduate School of Business
- Nathan Chen posted a screenshot from his video call with Dr. Anthony Fauci over the weekend:
Upcoming Events for the Week
- ISU Junior Grand Prix - Czech Skate (Aug. 31-Sept.3) - This is first JGP event for pairs this season.
- SEA Open Figure Skating Trophy is Sept. 2-4, 2022 in Singapore.
- Skate Houston is a national qualifying series event for singles and pairs. Taking place Sept. 2-5 in Sugar Land, Texas.
Upcoming Podcast - Questions about the Skating Club of Boston and Skate America
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