Ice-Dance.com journalist Anne Calder has been following figure skating for a long time and has a lot of stories to share.

So in the first episode of "Story Time with Anne," she shares with Daphne and Gina about her experience at the 1994 U.S. Nationals in Detroit.

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April 9, 2024 Episode - Last Weekly Episode of Season 2

Skating News 

• Hotels became available for the 2025 World Championships, along with online application form for volunteers. 
• International Selection Pool (ISP) at U.S. Figure Skating was updated. 
• Miami Varsity Synchronized Skating announced that Katey Nyquist is the next head coach of Miami University Synchronized Skating. 

Article in The Miami Student (college's newspaper): https://www.miamistudent.net/article/2024/04/katey-nyquist-skates-into-new-role-as-head-coach-for-miami-synchronized-skating

Event Results Recap

• World Synchronized Skatng Championships, Zagreb, Croatia
• Helsinki Solo Ice Dance International, Helsinki, Finland
• Unicorn Dance Trophy,Hoorn, the Netherlands 
• Adult Nationals, Cleveland, Ohio
• Israel Figure Skating Championships, Holon, Israel
• Black Sea Ice Cup, Kranevo, Bulgaria
• South African Nationals, Cape Town, South Africa
• Skating Club of Boston's ICE CHIPS, Norwood, Massachusetts
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Segment - Recent Interviews 

• Amber Glenn focuses on 2024-2025 after turbulent season, by Judith Dombrowski, Golden Skate
• Rock the Rink: Lifetime adult competitors Walter Horton and Angie Prevost will take the ice at this year’s adult championships, by Angie Provost, U.S. Figure Skating
• PJ Kwong and Carol Lane get caught up, by Skate Ontario
• Interview with Loicia Demougeot and Theo Le Mercier (in French), by Solène Mathieu - Skate Info Glace
• Podcast: End of the Year Shenanigans, by Lindsay Wang and Luke Wang, Office Hours  

Segment - Social Media Updates:

• Ivan Shmuratko shared that he experienced his first competition free skating day after hearing a missile whistle at night.
• Jenna Hauer posted on Instagram that she and Benjamin Starr are no longer skating together.
• Villard-de-Lans Figure Skating School in France posted that Lou Koch / Lucas Chataignoux are are a new ice dance team.
• Tallulah Neary and Alex Spruill are announced as a new ice dance team for Great Britain. 
• One of the ice surfaces in Boucherville, Quebec has been named for Marjorie Lajoie
• Julia Epps & Blake Gilman spent a week training at I.AM Ontario
• Harlow Stanley and Seiji Urano are announced as a new ice dance team for Mexico

Segment - Upcoming Events:

• Triglav Trophy & Narcisa Cup, Jesenice, Slovenia, April 10-14 
• National Intercollegiate Final, Lake Placid, NY, April 12-14 
• Washington Picken Solo Dance / Solo International, April 25-28
• Thailand Nationals, Bangkok, Thailand, May 3-6

Segment - Upcoming Shows

• “Kings on Ice” show, Tallinn, Estonia, April 9 
• Skating Club of Wilmington’s Spring Show, Wilmington, Delaware - April 12-13 at 7 p.m.
• Skating Club of San Francisco’s 2024 Gala Honoring Charlie Tickner, Yerba Buena Ice Skating & Bowling Center, San Francisco, California - April 13 at 7:30 p.m. 
• Gold on Ice, IOC Arena, Leesburg, Virginia - April 19 at 8 p.m.  
• Showtime on Ice, South Suburban Sports Complex in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, April 19-21  
• McFetridge Sports Center's Spring Ice Show, Chicago, Illinois, April 19-21
• Patriot Ice Center's Spring Show, Newark, Delaware, April 26 at 7:00 pm & April 27 at 3:30 pm
• Nightingales on Ice, Salt Lake City Sports Complex,, April 27 and May 4 at 7 p.m. 
• Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation's 2nd annual Sk8 to Elimin8 Ice Show, ISCC in Simsbury, Connecticut, April 27.
• The Ice Theatre of New York's 2024 Benefit Gala and Performance, Sky Rink at Chelsea Piers, May 6. 
• ITNY's regular Home Season Performance shows, Sky Rink at Chelsea Piers, Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4.
• IceWorks' Annual Spring Ice Show, Aston, PA, Friday-Sunday, May 10-12 in Aston, PA: 

IDC and FSO spotlight 

• IDC: 2024 Howard Van Camp Invitational Photos
• IDC: Bratti & Somerville reflect and look ahead to next season
• IDC: DJ Kaitlin Hawayek spins music at 2024 Worlds
• FSO: Recap: World Synchronized Skating Championships
• FSO: Photos: World Synchronized Skating Championships
• FSO: How Oksana Baiul-Farina remembers her Olympic gold medal 30 years later

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Daphne and Gina were joined by 2022 U.S. Solo Dance National Champion Lucas Appel, who recently competed in his first international competition in March. He won gold at the Maria Olszewska Memorial in Lodz, Poland. It was the first time a U.S. skater has competed internationally in solo dance. 

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Daphne, Gina and Matteo wrap up the last few events of the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships.

Event results: https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00117492.htm

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In this episode, Daphne, Gina and Matteo recap Day 2 of the World Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Event results: https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00117492.htm

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In this episode, Daphne, Gina and Matteo recap Day 1 of the World Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Event results: https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00117492.htm

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This Week in Skating producer and Ice-Dance.com journalist Matteo Morelli joins us to break down the competition at the 2024 ISU World Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Daphne, Gina and Matteo will all be in Montreal for the World Championships.

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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

A brain wave

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"

"I’m carving my own path": Jason Brown on his one-of-a-kind quest – and openness to the 2026 Olympics

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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Daphne and Gina are joined by 2024 U.S. silver medalists Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko as they prepare for the 2024 World Championships in Montreal.

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Daphne and Gina are joined by two-time European medalists and 2024 Italian Champions Rebecca Ghilardi and Filippo Ambrosini.

To read a transcription of the interview, click here.

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In episode three of our figure skating podcasters series, Daphne and Gina talked with Lilah Fear, host of the podcast, The Lilah Jo Show. Lilah and her ice dance partner, Lewis Gibson are getting ready to compete at their 8th World Championships, which is taking place in their training city, Montreal. Fear and Gibson are two-time European silver medalists and six-time British National Champions. 

Listen to The Lilah Jo Show at Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

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• Alysa Liu announces her return to competition (U.S. Figure Skating press release/Alysa’s video)
• According to Russian news agency TASS, appeal against the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to disqualify Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has been registered in the Federal Court of Switzerland. 
• World entries have been announced. 

 In Solo Dance News

• The 2024 U.S. Solo Dance Handbook has been updated
• Registration is now open for the Washington Picken International, an international event for solo ice dancers.

Safe Sport Topics & Online Resources for Skaters, Parents & the Figure Skating Community

• Olympic commission suggests wide-ranging changes to SafeSport and USOPC (Associated Press, March 1): https://apnews.com/article/olympics-abuse-congress-e8cbecbcba48477c0506a7f80121b69f “
• Recommendation #2 in the report: “Congress should make SafeSport fully independent so that it can regain athletes’ trust and be held more accountable to the movement and the public: https://www.csusop.org/
• South Carolina FSC named in sexual abuse case: https://www.wistv.com/2024/02/29/south-carolina-figure-skating-club-named-growing-sexual-abuse-case/ 
• Eating Disorders Awareness Week Instagram Live conversation with Gracie Gold: https://www.instagram.com/neda/reel/C3_B6CTv_e9/
• “OutofShapeWorthlessLoserBook” review, by Izumi Yoneyama, Anything GOEs: https://anythinggoe.com/reading-outofshapeworthlessloser-a-memoir-of-figure-skating-f

Event Results Recap

• World Junior Championships (Results/Videos)

Segment - Recent Interviews 

• Shin Jia on the influence of Yuna Kim, her 2026 dreams and how the Youth Olympics changed her, by Nick McCarvel, Olympics.com
• Amber Glenn on her new role as U.S. champion and a renewed Olympic dream: ‘I really do see it as a possibility’, by Nick McCarvel, Olympics.com
• Mao Shimada Aiming for More History at World Junior Championships, by Jack Gallagher, Japan Forward
• Rio Nakata Captures Silver at the World Junior Championships, by Jack Gallagher, by Japan Forward
• Diversify Ice aims to get more Black and brown skaters on the ice, by Good Morning America
• How it started ... and how it's going (Part 2), by Rob Brodie, Rob Brodie Writes
• Interview with Dania Mouaden & Theo Bigot, by Solène Mathieu - Skate Info Glace
• Interview with Célina Fradji and Jean-Hans Fourneaux, by Solène Mathieu - Skate Info Glace
• Good as gold: Knierim still waiting to claim elusive medal, by Scott Gregor, Daily Herald 
• Javier Fernandez: Breaking the Ice, by Hiro Yoshida, Europe on Ice
• Bruno Massot: What Makes a Good Coach, by Anna Kellar, Future of Figure Skating Podcast
• Local Woman Writes Chapter Published As Part Of Book On Canadian Figure Skater, by Sara Holthouse

Segment - Upcoming Events:

• 2024 Sonja Henie Trophy, Oslo, Norway - March 8-10, 2024 
• 2024 Maria Olszewksa Trophy, Bombonierka, Poland - March 6-10 
• Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/@polskate/streams
• 2024 Denver Invitational - Highlands Ranch, CO - March 7-10
• 2024 Magnolia Open - Alpharetta, GA - March 8-10
• Second Annual Solo Dance Camp in Denver Colorado on March 10
• British Solo Dance Qualifier Event - March 4-8 in Sheffield, UK

Next week

• World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships,Neuchâte, Switzerland, March 15-16
• Coupe du Printemps, Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg, March 15-17
• Paid livestream info: https://www.coupeduprintemps.com/livestream-cdp
• 49th Annual Howard E. Van Camp Invitational - East Lansing, MI - March 15-17

IDC and FSO spotlight 

• IDC: World Junior Championships Photos
• IDC: World Junior Championships Recap
• IDC: Novice Canadian National Championships
• FSO: World Junior Championships Photos 
• FSO: How Cayla Smith and Jared McPike won Winter Youth Olympic silver after only five months together

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Skating News 

• The Court of Arbitration for Sport published a media release stating that it has received four appeals against the re-ranking announced by the ISU in relation to the 2022 Olympic figure skating team event. 

Safe Sport Topics & Online Resources for Skaters, Parents & the Figure Skating Community

• Estonia: Coach Anna Levandi has been accused by several of her former skaters and/or their families of abusive coaching methods.
• Article in English (Feb. 21): https://news.err.ee/1609259637/former-students-accuse-figure-skating-coach-ann
• a-levandi-of-abuse
• Anna’s Facebook response to the accusations:
• https://www.facebook.com/story.php/?id=100001468411416&story_fbid=7636020079790197&paipv=0&eav=AfZfQTo3LbXpAIxZQhjza4wy4cMzV_MiW3igznH0VOzjhGwohj1uqe3OsPuzkCtXL4E&_rd

• U.S.: Attorney Randy Hood, who is representing four skaters and two parents who are suing Mark Cockerell and U.S. Figure Skating, was interviewed by the Skating Lesson. 
• Hood’s law firm has a contact page for potential victims of Mark Cockerell: https://www.mcgowanhood.com/figure-skating-coach/
• U.S. Figure Skating’s SkateSafe section: https://www.usfigureskating.org/skatesafe
• U.S. Figure Skating’s Grievances page:
• https://www.usfigureskating.org/grievances 
• U.S. Center for Safe Sport’s Centralized Disciplinary Database
• https://uscenterforsafesport.org/response-and-resolution/centralized-disciplinary-database/

• Canada: Individuals Suspended or Expelled from Skate Canada document (last updated Feb. 17, 2024): https://lamp.skatecanada.ca/suspended-en.pdf 
• Safe Sport section of Skate Canada’s website: https://skatecanada.ca/portfolio-item/safe-sport/
• Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner (OSIC): https://sportintegritycommissioner.ca/

More Skating News

• Skate Canada announced some of the skaters that will be performing at the 2024 World Championships gala

• Anastasia Olson posted an update on her Instagram after she was injured in a fall during an Disney on Ice show. 

World Junior Championships Preview

• Entries/Results
• Livestream 

Event Results Recap

• Synchro: U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships 
• Challenge Cup
• Bellu Memorial 
• Merano Ice Trophy
• Canadian Novice Championships

Segment - Recent Interviews 

• Why Scott Hamilton is Choosing Not to Treat His Third Brain Tumor: ‘I’m at Peace with the Decision’, by Gillian Telling, People Magazine 
• Scott Hamilton is Sharing Why He is the ‘Luckiest Man Alive’, by Gillian Telling, People Magazine 
• Why Scott and Tracie Hamilton adopted siblings orphaned in the 2020 Haitian earthquake, by Gillian Telling, People Magazine
• ‘The Fight for Clean Sport is Not Over’: Vincent Zhou ‘26 on doping, skating, his olympic gold win, by Megan Chan, Brown Daily Herald
• Talking Toller with Phillippa Cranston Baran, by Ryan Stevens, Skate Guard Blog
• Competitors are not always rivals. Just ask the top American women’s figure skaters, Isabeau Levito and Amber Glenn, by Ellen Dunkel, The Philadelphia Inquirer 
• Olympic figure skater Mariah Bell is enjoying life on the ice after retirement, by Jessica Marshall, Albany Times Union
• Gracie Gold wrestles with path to Olympic dream, shares how ‘dark days’ shaped her in new memoir, by Nick McCarvel, Olympics.com
• Howard University's ice skating team is set to make history this weekend, by NPR
• Howard University is making history as the first HBCU to take part in a figure skating competition, by CBS News 
• Skyliners Turn Focus Inward as They Strive for a World Championship Berth, by Darci Miller, U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone
• Intentionality and Communication Spell Success for Lexettes, by Marissa Pederson, U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone
• Video: Loicia Demougeot and Theo Le Mercier: Scaling new heights, by Golden Skate
• Aleksandr Selevko and Mihhail Selevko: A competitive partnership, by Hiro Yoshida, Europe on Ice 

Segment - Social Media Updates

• Benjamin Mimar announced that he has a new partner. He is now training with Fiona Bombardier.
• Alysa Liu posted a video teaser of her announcement coming on Friday, March 1 at 9 am Eastern time.
• Vice President Kamala Harris congratulated the Howard University Figure Skating Team

Segment - Upcoming Events:

• World Junior Championships - February 26-March 3 in Taipei City

IDC and FSO spotlight 

• IDC: Challenge Cup photos
• IDC: Canadian Novice Championships photos
• IDC: Update on the Valieva doping case and its impact on the 2022 Olympic Team Event
• IDC: 2024 Solo Dance Camp by Bella Danic
• FSO: The force is with Flores and Wang in Taipei
• FSO: Recap: 2024 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships 
• FSO: Getting to know U.S. silver medalist Josephine Lee
• FSO: How Luke Wang and Jon Maravilla navigate elite competition in both singles and pairs

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In episode two of our figure skating podcasters series, Daphne and Gina talked with Lindsay Wang and Luke Wang, hosts of the podcast, Off(ice) Hours. Lindsay is the 2023 U.S. Collegiate silver medalist and Luke is the 2024 U.S. Junior Pairs' Champion and will compete with his partner, Olivia Flores at the 2024 World Junior Championships.

Listen to Off(ice) Hours at Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Follow Off(ice) onI Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/itsofficehours/

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Last March, we talked with Vincent Zhou about his career, time at Brown and of course, the Olympic team medal situation.

On January 29, the Court of Arbitration for Sport disqualified Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva for four years for doping and said her 2022 Olympic results were disqualified. The following day, the ISU reallocated medals in the team event, upgrading the U.S. to gold and Japan to silver, while dropping the Russian Olympic Committee to bronze. 

So with this news, we welcomed back to This Week in Skating, one of the newest Olympic gold medalists, Vincent Zhou.

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In episode one of our figure skating podcasters series, Daphne and Gina talked with Anna Kellar, host and founder of the podcast, "The Future of Figure Skating." Anna is also a journalist for Anything GOEs, Golden Skate and Absolute Skating.

Follow "The Future of Figure Skating" podcast on X (Twitter) at https://twitter.com/futurefspodcast/

Follow Anna on X (Twitter) at https://twitter.com/choreosequence

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Gracie Gold Book Launch

• Gracie Gold was on This Week in Skating: thisweekinskating.com/episodes
• Gracie was on Real Pod with Victoria Garrick Brown: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/olympian-gracie-gold-on-surviving-trauma-family-secrets/id1466166364?i=1000644454357 
• Gracie Gold faces her traumatic past in stunningly candid memoir, by Phil Hersh https://www.globetrottingbyphiliphersh.com/home/2024/2/7/nxuy4g3ffs9s2b3qwp4sjntyg8iruz 

Super Bowl Sunday - KIA figure skating commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU7BJc96lI4

Skating News 

• The Court of Arbitration for Sport released its 129-page decision on the Kamila Valieva case: https://t.co/I1pvBC5IWB
• ISU released a second statement about Kamila Valieva and the discussion regarding the re-ranking of teams for the team event: https://isu.org/inside-isu/legal/eligibility-statements/33278-isu-statement-kamila-valieva-roc-disqualification-and-olympic-winter-games-team-event-results/file?dm_i=731E,MGBA,KELVH,2XUPD,1
• Stars on Ice announced that it will not have its 2024 North American tour this year, and that it will focus on returning after the World Championships in 2025: https://www.starsonice.com/tour
• Amber Glenn posted a response to cancellation of 2024 SOI tour: https://twitter.com/AmberGlenn_/status/1756021381408448728
• Anastasia Olson, who was performing as Belle in Disney on Ice, was hurt during a lift during a show in Minneapolis: https://www.startribune.com/hospital-skater-hurt-in-disney-on-ice-show-shows-improvement/600342926/?refresh=true
• Olympic and Paralympic mascots unveiled as Tina and Milo: https://www.instagram.com/p/C3Dx0XyoDl_/  
• U.S. Figure Skating announced U.S. Performance Academy as the Official Online Middle School and High School of U.S. Figure Skating: https://www.usfigureskating.org/news/press-release/uspa-named-official-online-middle-school-and-high-school-us-figure-skating
• Former Olympian Mark Cockerell is named as the defendant, along with USFS, in the federal lawsuit filed in South Carolina https://www.kktv.com/2024/02/08/new-victim-comes-forward-after-federal-lawsuit-filed-against-former-olympian-us-figure-skating/ 
• Entries for the World Junior Championships were released: https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00117487.htm
• ISU Awards took place Sunday Feb. 11, 2024: https://isu.org/figure-skating/isu-skating-awards/skating-awards-hall-2024

Event Results Recap

• Egna Dance Trophy
• Synchro: Marie Lundmark Trophy (Junior & Senior)
• Synchro: Marie Lundmark Trophy (Advanced Novice)
• Dragon Trophy & Tivoli Cup
• Lounakeskus Trophy

Recent Interviews 

• At 24, Out and Proud Amber Glenn is ready to shine by Lynn Rutherford, Team USA
• Video: Catching up with Stéphane Lambiel, by Judith Dombrowski, Golden Skate
• Video & Article: Benoit Richaud talks students, inspirations and dreams, by Judith Dombrowski, Golden Skate
• YouTube Podcast: Five Time Olympic Medallist Tessa Virtue, by Cat and Nat 
• Camden Pulkinen, Alex Johnson: "It's important to have a life outside of skating", by Ayaka Okumura, Absolute Skating 
• Michal Brezina: Gaining New Perspective, by Hiro Yoshida, Europe on Ice 
• 'It's the journey that counts': Olympic-winning figure skater becomes advocate for ALS through Mayo Clinic, by First Coast News

Social Media Updates

• Saulius Ambrulevičius and Allison Reed post about Allison's citizenship on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/C3HT0wuO93m/?img_index=1

https://www.instagram.com/p/C3HT3IBN4kf/?hl=en&img_index=1

• Gabrielle Daleman posted a video of her back on the ice https://twitter.com/gabby_daleman/status/1757080680293372397
• Go Fund Me Fundraisers for the World Junior Championships
• British pairs skater Kyle McLeod (https://www.gofundme.com/f/kyle-mcleod-the-road-to-chinese-taipei?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link_all&utm_source=customer)
• U.S. pairs skater Lachlan Lewer

(https://www.gofundme.com/f/lachlan-get-to-world-junior-championships)

Upcoming Events for the Week:

• Sarajevo Open, Feb. 14-17, Sarajevo, Bosnia, Herzegovina 
• Tallink Hotels Cup, Feb. 15-18, Tallinn, Estonia
• Abu Dhabi Classic Figure Skating Trophy, Feb. 15-18, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

IDC and FSO spotlight 

• IDC: 2024 Egna Dance Trophy Photos
• FSO: Nikita Starostin is focused on his objectives and dreams
• FSO: Synchro Challenger Series Results

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OutofShapeWorthlessLoser, a memoir from two-time U.S. Champion and Olympic bronze medalist Gracie Gold, hit bookshelves today, February 6. Daphne and Gina were honored to have Gracie on This Week in Skating.

To order Gracie's Book, https://graciegoldbook.com/

Media coverage of Gracie's Book:

Olympic skater Gracie Gold shares private battle with mental health (Today Show)

Figure skater Gracie Gold opens up about mental health in new book (ABC News)

Gracie Gold Doesn’t Want to Be Your Golden Girl (ELLE)

Olympic Figure Skater Gracie Gold Lays Bare the Punishing Toll of Elite Sports (The Wall Street Journal)

Gracie Gold releases vulnerable memoir (U.S. Figure Skating)

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Skating News

• Gracie Gold’s book “OutofShapeWorthlessLoser” is out. Gracie will appear on Reddit (r/FigureSkating)at 1:30pm and Insta Live info at 6 p.m. ET @graciegold95 and @crownpublishing. 
• Coverage of the four year ban for Kamila Valieva and redistribution of the medals
• Golden Skate: https://www.goldenskate.com/four-year-ban-for-kamila-valieva-2022-olympic-team-medals-recalculated/
• Anything GOEs: https://anythinggoe.com/making-sense-of-the-valieva-decision/ 
• Christine Brennan article: Russian skater Kamila Valieva banned four years over doping, ending 2022 Olympic drama 
• Christine Brennan’s column: Valieva verdict took nearly 2 years. International Skating Union thinks more waiting is OK
• A former Olympic figure skater has been accused of sexually abusing two skaters he coached at an Irmo, South Carolina ice rink, one who was a minor at the time.
• The first international solo dance event - Washington Picken International will be held in conjunction with the Edward G. Picken Dance Classic.
• U.S. Figure Skating announced its team for the World Junior Championships

Event Results Recap

• Four Continents Championships
• Synchro: Hevelius Cup 
• Winter Youth Olympics
• Bavarian Open

Segment - Recent Interviews 

• Family, Authenticity, Excellence: Miami University Gears Up for a Historic Season, by Marissa Pederson, U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone
• Cha Junhwan continues on-ice evolution: ‘I want to keep challenging myself and improving’, by Nick McCarvel, Olympics.com
• Just over a year into partnership, Canadian duo Pereira/Michaud driven by endless 'golden retriever' energy, by Nick McCarvel, Olympics.com
• 'What success looks like': Columbus earns raves as host of U.S. Figure Skating Championships, by Brianna MacKay, Columbus Dispatch
• Podcast: Future of Figure Skating: Johanna Allik

Segment - Upcoming Events:

• Marie Lundmark Trophy I (Synchro / Challenger Series) - Helsinki, Finland, February 10-11
• Dragon Trophy & Tivoli Cup (singles only) - Ljubljana, Slovenia - February 8-11
• Egna Dance Trophy (ice dance only) - Egna, Italy - February 8-11 

IDC and FSO spotlight 

• IDC: Four Continents photos and recap
• FSO: Buckeye Bits
• FSO: Bon Anniversaire: The Olympic Winter Games turn 100
• FSO: Four Continents photos

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We are joined by our friends and fellow journalists and photographers, Melanie Heaney and Matteo Morelli to talk about the Court of Arbitration of Sport's decision regarding Kamila Valieva, and the ISU's response to the decision. Melanie is a photographer at Ice-Dance.com, who was in Beijing for the Olympics 2022, and Matteo is a journalist with Ice-Dance.com and the producer of This Week in Skating.

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