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This Week in Skating Podcast

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  • This Week in Skating is a weekly podcast highlighting the latest figure skating news and event information as well as publishing interviews with athletes, coaches and officials.
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  • This Week in Skating / Special Weekly Episode (May 15, 2024)

    This Week in Skating / Special Weekly Episode (May 15, 2024)
    May 15 2024
    This Week in Skating is hosted by Gina Capellazzi, Daphne Backman and Matteo Morelli is a cooperative project between Figure Skaters Online and Ice-dance.com. New episodes are available every Tuesday.Website: http://www.thisweekinskating.comEmail: thisweekinskating@gmail.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/thisweekinskatingTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/thiswkinskatingInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinskatingThread: https://www.threads.net/@thisweekinskatingPatreon: patreon.com/ThisWeekinSkating----------------------------------------------------------------------------------May 15, 2024General Skating News Shoma Uno announced his retirement: Instagram/Press Conference/Olympics.com articleU.S. Figure Skating announced the 2024-25 U.S. Qualifying Season and International Events Schedule.Halifax, Nova Scotia to host 2024 Skate Canada International. Grenoble will host the 2024 Grand Prix and Junior Grand Prix FinalA new location is needed for the 2025 European ChampionshipsThe first Junior Grand Prix iin France has been moved to become the 7th & final event in Wuxi, China.Eric Radford, who is the Athletes Commission member of the ISU Council, has temporarily stepped down as a Council member for the period during which the appeal against the ISU in which he is named as an appellant is pending at CAS.”https://www.isu.org/inside-isu/isu-communications/communications/33778-isu-communication-2634/fileThe ISU released its list of proposals for the upcoming Congress in Las Vegas from June 8-14.U.S. Figure Skating released its 2023-24 Combined Report of Action, which was published after last month’s Governing Council.Retirements/End of Partnerships/New PartnershipsJapan’s Misato Komatsubara has announced the end of her competitive career.Adrienne Carhart has announced the end of her competitive careerTeam USA’s Helena Carhart announced that Volodymyr Horovi has decided to his competitive career and will now focus on coaching.Georgia’s Maria Kazakova announced the end of her partnership with Georgy Reviya.Team USA’s Kristina Bland announced that she is stepping away from skating; Matthew Sperry will continue skating.Chloe Panetta and Flavien Giniaux are announced as a new pairs team for FranceOxana Vouillamoz and Tom Bouvart, who both previously represented France, announced they are a new pairs team for SwitzerlandOther NewsCongress okays Filipino citizenship for figure skater Alexander Korovin. Figure skating coach Slava Uchitel shared that a brick block has been added to the entrance of Philadelphia Skating Club & Humane Society in memory of Joshua Soto, a figure skater/ice dancer who was killed in November 2021 during a robbery.Three men were convicted in 2021 fatal shooting of 18-year-old figure skater Joshua Soto.1964 Olympic Champion, three-time ISU World Champion and five-time ISU European Champion Sjoukje Dijkstra of the Netherlands passed away at age 82 on May 2, 2024.Safe Sport Topics & Online Resources for skaters, parents and the figure skating community: Three-time Olympian Brendan Kerry of Australia has been sanctioned with permanent ineligibility (subject to appeal) by the U.S. Center for SafeSport for sexual misconduct involving a minor.Gymnasts for Change (Canada) will now be known as Athletes Empowered, and is advocating against abuse in all sports, at all levels. Event RecapNation’s Cup Theatre on Ice international competition: Replay videos/ ISU International Adult Figure Skating Competition in Oberstdorf, Germany, May 12-17, 2024: Event info/schedule link, results page,free live streams by day (+ replays). Midori Ito won the Masters Elite Women III + IV Artistic Free Skating event, skating to “Aqua” by Ryuichi Sakamoto:Mexico Cup is May 16-18, 2024, in Queretaro, Mexico. Oceania International Figure Skating Competition, May 29-31, 2024, in Melbourne, Australia.Recent Interviews:Golden Skate’s interview with Elizabeth Tkachenko & Alexei Kiliakov (Golden Skate)Nathan Chen: Pursuing Passions, New and Old (Yale University)Olympic Champion Nathan Chen graduates from Yale (People Magazine)Engaged Olympians Madison Chock & Evan Bates Share Their Top Wedding Planning Tips (Knot.com)Social Media Updates:Madison Chock, Nathan Chen and Vincent Zhou, #TeamUSA 2022 Olympic Gold Medalists honored at #GoldGala by Kristi Yamaguchi, Apolo Anton Ohno, Chloe Kim, and Shibutanis.Kristi’s photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/C676A21O3RO/Madi’s photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/C69DavORHc2/Shibutanis’ photos: https://www.instagram.com/p/C67h2l7rQtV/Camden Pulkinen graduated from Columbia University on Monday, May 13 with a degree is Psychology.Alexe Gilles graduated from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.Congratulations to Carolane Soucisse and Shane Firus who got married on May 2 in Cancun, Mexico.Upcoming EventsMay 18: Marjorie Lajoie’s Patinage Atypique: https://fondationautisteetmajeur.fundkyapp.com/fr/patinage-atypiqueJune 14-15, 2024: ...
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    35 mins
  • This Week in Skating / Storytime with Anne Calder - Episode #2

    This Week in Skating / Storytime with Anne Calder - Episode #2
    May 14 2024

    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 second episode of "Story Time with Anne," she shares with Daphne and Gina about her experience at the 1998 Goodwill Games.

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    This Week in Skating is hosted by Gina Capellazzi, Daphne Backman and Matteo Morelli is a cooperative project between Figure Skaters Online and Ice-dance.com. New episodes are available every Tuesday.

    Website: http://www.thisweekinskating.com

    Email: thisweekinskating@gmail.com

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thisweekinskating

    Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thiswkinskating

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    Thread: https://www.threads.net/@thisweekinskating

    Patreon: patreon.com/ThisWeekinSkating

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    34 mins
  • This Week in Skating / Interview with Deanna Stellato-Dudek & Maxime Deschamps

    This Week in Skating / Interview with Deanna Stellato-Dudek & Maxime Deschamps
    May 10 2024

    In this episode, Daphne and Gina were joined by 2024 World pairs champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps.

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    This Week in Skating is hosted by Gina Capellazzi, Daphne Backman and Matteo Morelli is a cooperative project between Figure Skaters Online and Ice-dance.com. New episodes are available every Tuesday.

    Website: http://www.thisweekinskating.com

    Email: thisweekinskating@gmail.com

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thisweekinskating

    Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thiswkinskating

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinskating

    Thread: https://www.threads.net/@thisweekinskating

    Patreon: patreon.com/ThisWeekinSkating

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    23 mins

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