This Week in Skating / March 18, 2024
11m | Mar 18, 2024This 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 Tuesday.
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Skating News
Worlds News
- Xizi Chen / Jianing Xing replace Shiyue Wang / Xinyu Liu at Worlds
- Mark Gorodnitsky was confirmed officially as Israel’s men’s entry
https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00117492.htm
- Deniss Vasiljevs will debut a new free program at Worlds to music of the Lion King movie. The selections are “The Rightful Knight” by Hans Zimmer and “He Lives in You” bu Kesha Shantrell and Matt Bloyd. https://twitter.com/goldenskate/status/1769004296425668928
Event Results Brief:
- Coupe du Printemps - https://cdp2024.online/2024/CDP/index.htm
- World Junior Synchronized Championships
http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2324/wjsysc2024/CAT001RS.htm
Recent Interview and Articles
Beverley Smith’s Pre-Worlds articles: Gilles and Poirier ready for gold
Madeline Schizas and the twiddly bits
Europe on Ice (Hiro Yoshida): Soucisse and Firus: Exploring new horizons
Adam Siao Him Fa flipping skating on its head
Smart and Dieck finding their niche
Olympics.com (Nick McCarvel): Olympians explain the making of a figure skating program: "We always have something to work on"
GoldenSkate: Anthony Paradis: A peek behind the glam
Anything GOEs: DeMougeot and LeMercier thrive on their differences
Wesley Chiu's appearance on CTV Morning Live
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2884509
Social Media Updates:
- Solene Mazingue’s vlogs chronicling her 2 weeks before Worlds : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuopiQHPd7LzGGDH_s4oxPAihzYhg55Hh
- Roman Sadovsky’s vlog (Canadian Nationals/4CC/practice footage before Worlds): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhvvBei2-2Q
- Scott Hamilton received the first-ever Midas Touch Golden Legacy Award at the 11th Annual Gold Meets Golden Event in Los Angeles, presented by Coca Cola. Kristi Yamaguchi presented him the award: https://twitter.com/ScottHamilton84/status/1767652655508201652
IDC and FSO spotlight
New at IDC: Czech Republic’s Kateřina Mrázková and Daniel Mrázek
Exhibition and practice photos from Junior Worlds
New at FSO: 2024 ISU World Championships Hub
Returning to Lillehammer 30 years later
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