inoue-and-baldwin Stories - Required Elements
The Thanksgiving Post! and Kaleidoscope
This Thanksgiving, there is so much to be thankful for in the skating world. But I am particularly thankful for: Nobunari Oda Evan Lysacek's shoulder plumage Ashley Wagner's making the Grand Prix Final Jeremy Abbott's short program Savchenko and Szolkowy's Out of Africa free skate Daisuke...
NHK Trophy Grand Prix Preview
NHK Trophy is this weekend in Nagano, Japan. Here's what I think: Pairs Why to Watch: China's Pang and Tong beat out Russia's Kavaguti and Smirnov at their first matchup at Rostelecom Cup a couple of weeks ago. Who will take the rematch? Keep and Eye Out For: America's breakout pair of last...
Trophee Eric Bompard Cachemire: Good, Bad, Indifferent...and Ugly
The Good: Nobunari Oda's Chaplin free skate hit all the right notes for me. It didn't feel overdone. He also didn't overestimate himself - he admitted he did not have a quad last week and didn't push it, while most of the jumps he did land were great. The program was a departure from Oda's...
TEB Results: Pairs Short Program
Well, things went according to plan today for Germany's Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy. They are in the lead at Trophee Eric Bompard Cachemire after the pairs short program. USA's Rena Inoue and John Baldwin are down in a very far away fifth place. Here are the standings: 1) Savchenko and...
Golden West Recap
Jennifer Kirk blogs at True/Slant about the Golden West competition, which many Olympic contenders are competing in this weekend. In the pair division, it seems that Inoue and Baldwin got the win, although they'll need some more difficulty in order to be competitive this season. And new pair...
Coaching Switch of the Day: McLaughlin and Brubaker!
UPDATE: Should actually have titled this "coaching switch of the minute." or something. Wow, another coaching switch. Per Examiner.com, U.S. Pairs Champs Keauna McLaughlin and Rockne Brubaker are switching coaches, from Dalilah Sappenfield to John Nicks (!) who used to coach Tai Babilonia and...
Inoue and Baldwin Switch Coaches
Former U.S. pairs champs Rena Inoue and John Baldwin are switching coaches, per U.S. Figure Skating. The are making the move from Phillip Mills to former U.S. pairs champions Jenni Meno and Todd Sand. Meno and Sand have been coaching other pairs. There are only two slots for U.S. pairs teams at...
Pang and Tong on a roll, Defend Four Continents Title
Chinese pair Pang and Tong won the Four Continents pairs title yesterday. That makes two international competitions in a row for them after they claimed the Grand Prix Final in December. Pang and Tong won the title last year as well. Canadians Dube and Davison were more than ten points behind in...
Four Continents Starts Today!
The Four Continents Figure Skating Championships starts today in Vancouver, site of our next winter Olympics, woo!!! Unfortunately, I've been on deadline and cannot devote the love to this event that it deserves. I will admit that I am most excited about the Ladies event. You have Japan's Mao...
Denney and Barrett Shock the Field in Pairs at Nationals
Caydee Denney and Jeremy Barrett (household names, right?) have taken first place at the U.S. National figure skating championships after the pairs short program. Denney and Barrett recently won the Eastern Sectionals pairs title. Now, the lead is just a teeny one; they have a 61.51 while...
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