cup-of-russia Stories - Required Elements
Meissner Gets a Bye to Nationals
Technically, former World Champion Kimmie Meissner was supposed to have to qualify for the U.S. Nationals this year by skating a regional event in early October. Technically, Meissner missed the boat on a bye created by transportation/competition conflict by one day. But U.S. Figure Skating has...
World Championships Men's Preview
The men's short program takes place tomorrow at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Los Angeles. Make no bones about it, this competition is going to make a statement. If someone wins (again) without a quad, like Jeffrey Buttle did last year, then it will be further proof that a new era...
Worlds Ice Dance Preview
Wow. This category is ridiculous. Nearly all of the couples I think of as gold medal contenders have missed part of the season due to injury. And the only couple to win all of their competitions this season, reigning World Champs Isabelle Delobel and Olivier Schoenfelder of France, withdrew from...
Adam Rippon Leaves Morozov for Orser
According to International Figure Skating Magazine online, Adam Rippon has left coach Nikolai Morozov and moved to Canada to train with his new coach, Brian Orser. David Wilson will be Rippon's new choreographer. Rippon said he made the decision to leave his former coach Nikolai Morozov in...
A Grand Prix-View 2: ice dancing
And now, a look at the contenders in the ice dancing competition coming up in the Grand Prix starting tomorrow (or today, depending where you live and when you're reading this). Ice Dancing: Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto (USA): <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument>...
A Grand Prix-View: Singles!
Well, the skating in the Grand Prix Final from Goyang City, Korea starts on Friday (way before the crack of dawn for those of you in America with me). If your favorite skater didn't make it or doesn't win, just think "Jeffrey Buttle, Jeffrey Buttle, Jeffrey Buttle," as Buttle did not make the...
Auf Wiedersehen
Dearest blog readers: I am sorry to abandon you in the middle of Grand Prix season, but I am off to Berlin for a Fulbright program. Don't worry, it's only a week!!! But I will not be able to blog and it means I'll miss most of TEB and Cup of Russia. I hope you'll all come back in a week!!!
Whooa, We're Halfway The-ere....
Um, here is my post about the halfway mark of the Grand Prix Final qualifying events. Yes, I am channeling Bon Jovi and yes, I apologize. But I love Bon Jovi. Anyway, what do we know about the Grand Prix Final, which will take place in South Korea in December? It's hard to write a post like...
And the Skating World Waits With Cynical, I mean Baited! Breath...
So, Figure Skating Mystery has brought us a translation of an interview with the president of the Russian Figure Skating Federation, Valentin Piseev. The topic? The ongoing story of a figure skating comeback for reigning Olympic Gold Medalist Evgeny Pluschenko. Some important facts: Mr....
Castile and Okolski Withdraw from Cup of China
The US Figure Skating website says that Brooke Castile and Ben Okolski have withdrawn from Cup of China, the Grand Prix event coming up this weekend. The article says that Castile suffered a heel contusion while practicing a triple split twist. Castile and Okolski are the current U.S. bronze...
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