This Week in Skating / May 22, 2023

his 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.Website: http://www.thisweekinskating.comEmail: [email protected]: https://www.facebook.com/thisweekinskatingTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/thiswkinskatingInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinskating-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Episode 77 Show NotesEvents Results Brief2023 Nations’ Cup2023 Adult Gold Cup 2023 Thailand Open Figure Skating2023 Oceania International2023 ISU Adult International 2023 Mexico CupSegment - General Skating News ISU published the 2023-24 Junior Grand Prix General Announcement document on their JGP info page.The Hungarian Skating Federation announced they have withdrawn from hosting the 2024 European Championships.Skate Canada announced April 26 that Calgary will host the 2024 Canadian National Championships:Skate Canada unveiled their 2023-2024 domestic event calendar on May 16.U.S. Figure Skating has announced that 2023 Skate America will be held in Allen, Texas.U.S. Figure announced its 2024 Adult Qualifying Season - Adult Nationals to take place in Cleveland, Ohio 2002 Olympic gold medalist Sarah Hughes has filed to run for Congress.Ice Dance Elite’s website was updated recently and includes profiles on the two new Canadian junior teams of Emma Goodstadt & USA’s Christian Bennett and Sophia Gover & Great Britain’s Billy Wilson-French: https://www.icedanceelite.ca/All the IDE teams performed in Scarboro FSC’s Spring Showcase that was live streamed via the club’s Facebook page on May 13: Japan Skating Federation official confirmed the partnership splits of pair team Haruna Murakami/Sumitada Moriguchi and the ice dance team of Nao Kida/Masaya Morita.Segment - Recent InterviewsKnierim and Frazier Close Out Season with World Silver and Big Plans, by Elvin Walker, U.S. Figure Skating Fan ZoneOlympian LeDuc returns for Eastern Iowa Figure Skating Club show, by Diana Nollen,The GazetteMeeting Medalists: Olympic Gold Medal Winners Discuss Careers, by David Prenatt, The Post-JournalHana Yoshida gains confidence for the 2023-2024, by Maria-Laura Mitsuoka, Golden SkateHocke and Kunkel: ‘Quitting is not an option’, by Paula Slater, Golden SkateSihyeong Lee continues international climb, by Judith Dombrowski, Golden Skate Video: Wild Ice | A Documentary About Angelina HuangThe Once Unthinkable Revolution Coming to Figure Skating, by Talia Barrington, SlateTalia spoke on Slate’s April 24th podcast (starting after the 47-minutre mark)Lucas Broussard sums up the successful season, by Judith Dombrowski, Golden SkateSegment - Social Media UpdatesTeam USA’s Katarina Wolfkostin announced that she and Dimitry Tsarevski are skating together and training at MIDA with Charlie White, Tanith White and Greg Zuerlein.Slovakia’s Mária Sofia Pucherová / Nikita Lysak have changed coaches from Barbara Fusar Poli and Roberto Pelizolla to Luca Lanotte.Norway’s Milla Ruud Reitan / Nikolaj Majorov are a new ice dance team for Sweden.Czech Figure Skating announced that Barbora Kuciánová / Martin Bidař are a new pairs teamKorea’s Hyejin Cho / Steven Adcock have ended their partnership. Cho is searching for a new pair partner to continue representing South Korea. Adcock posted on May 6 that he has retired due to a back injury. Azusa Tanaka / Shingo Nishiyama are announced as a new ice dance team for Japan and will train at the Ice Academy of Montreal.Two new pairs for Japan, based on the Kinoshita Academy in Kyoto: Yuna Nagaoka & Sumitada Moriguchi and Sae Shimuzu & Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda who are ISU Junior age-eligible.Balazs Nagy, who has skated for the USA and Hungary, posted a clip of a split triple twist with Chelsea Liu, captioned “We’re back” on May 8.Great Britain’s Natasha McKay has announced her retirement from competitive skating.Two-time Olympic gold medalist Tessa Virtue posted that she graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s Masters of Applied Positive Psychology program this week.Segment - Program AnnouncementsJordan Cowan of On Ice Perspectives filmed a 14-minute video of the process of Camden Pulkinen’s short program being choreographed by Marie-France Dubreuil in Montreal.Segment - Upcoming Events Stars on Ice 2023 U.S. TourCongratulations to LadyWave4 for winning our This Week in Skating coffee mug!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/this-week-in-skating-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy