This Week in Skating / May 23, 2022

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 Tuesday.Website: http://www.thisweekinskating.comEmail: [email protected]: https://www.facebook.com/thisweekinskating Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thiswkinskatingInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinskating_________________________________________EPISODE NOTESAnn Arbor Figure Skating Club’'s 2022 Margaret Faulkner Springtime Invitational club competition in Michigan took place this past weekend. Norway’s Maria Bjorkli and James Koszuta made their debut - competing in the senior dance event and Team USA’s Valentina Plazas and Maximiliano Fernandez debuted their Westside Story short program and their Marvel Cinematic Universe free skate in the senior pairs event.Full Results: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2022/30406/index.aspReuters article dated on May 20 states that the IOC wants the Beijing figure skating medal ceremony as soon as possible; Quotes and information for the article came from a press conference held earlier in the day.Reuters article: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/ioc-wants-beijing-figure-skating-medal-ceremony-soon-possible-2022-05-20/Press conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbBeEo12Y2M&t=1590sISU Communication 2480 - ISU Development Commission has released a call for applicants regarding support for transition from Skater to Coach/Official/Administrator or other Skating-related role.  https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/rules/fsk-communications/28410-isu-communication-2480/fileISU Communication 2481 - 58th ISU Ordinary Congress Urgent Matters Review Urgent Proposalshttps://www.isu.org/inside-isu/isu-communications/communications/28411-isu-communication-2481/fileSkate Canada has officially endorsed Benoît Lavoie’s candidacy for the position of Vice President – Figure Skating of the International Skating Union.https://youtu.be/MLTc58tHIeMSkate Canada announced in a press release that two-time Canadian champion Nam Nguyen has retired from competitive skatinghttps://skatecanada.ca/2022/05/two-time-national-champion-nam-nguyen-retires-from-competitive-skating/https://www.ifsmagazine.com/nam-nguyen-takes-down-his-shingle/A GoFundMe account has been set up for Olympic figure skating coach Kori Ade, who was diagnosed with Stage 3 B Cell Lymphoma in April. She is currently undergoing treatment at Vanderbilt Medical Center. Kori was the coach of Jason Brown at the 2014 Olympics. https://www.gofundme.com/f/koris-cancer-chapterAmerican Contemporary Skating Festival - An evening of modern and contemporary dance movement on ice by professional skating artist from all over the worldhttps://americanicetheatre.org/education/american-contemporary-skating-festival/Sun Valley Ice Shows - with guests Mariah Bell (July 1), Nathan Chen (July 16), Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier (Aug. 6) and Alysa Liu (Sept. 2)https://www.sunvalley.com/things-to-do/ice-shows/Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/this-week-in-skating-podcast/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy