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Grand Prix Final (Seniors) Day One Thoughts
Well, Day one of the Grand Prix Final is over and I think it was a pretty successful day - no complete disasters although there were noticeable mistakes here and there. Broken records and season and personal bests and some absolutely amazing skating left me quite happy at the end! Can't wait to...
Grand Prix Final Preview
Sorry for the lack of blogging lately. Life and illness sometimes get in the way of extra-curriculars, but I will hopefully be back on schedule soon. So, let's break down the Grand Prix Final, which starts tomorrow in Tokyo, Japan. Pairs I have to say that this group of pairs is about as good as...
Cup of China: Grand Prix Preview
Cup of China is the third senior ISU Grand Prix event of the season and it starts this Friday in Beijing. Here's what you can expect: Ice Dancing Why to Watch: Our first chance to see America's Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto compete this season. I have been a bit of a Goldilocks on the major...
Rostelecom Cup: A Grand Prix-view
The second Grand Prix event of the season is this weekend in Moscow. What can you look forward to? Ice Dancing Why to Watch: Unfortunately, reigning world champions Domnina and Shabalin withdrew due to injury, which means we may not get much of a competition here, as America's Davis and White are...
Trophee Eric Bompard: A Grand Prix-view
The Grand Prix season is upon us! And it starts tomorrow in Paris at Trophee Eric Bompard. Here is a look at the event. Ice Dancing Why to Watch: Virtue and Moir, Virtue and Moir, and...have I mentioned Virtue and Moir? This couple is a major contender for an Olympic gold medal, and here's their...
I Get a Detention
Because I have been sooo busy that I never got to publish the rest of my yearbooks. And now the new season has begun and so much has happened that they are not relevant, but whatever, any predictions are pretty much irrelevant in this sport from one week to the next these days. So here is what I...
Isabelle Delobel Pregnant
Thanks to State of the Skate and AFP, I know that Isabelle Delobel of Delobel and Schoenfelder is now pregant and due in September. She is also planning a June wedding with the baby's father, Nordic skier Ludovic Roux. I am not sure that this will change the fact that Delobel and Schoenfelder...
Belbin and Agosto Out of Nationals; Delobel and Schoenfelder out of Europeans
The Chicago Tribune reports that reigning five-time U.S. ice dancing champions, Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto, are not going to be competing this year due to Agosto's back injury that led to their withdrawal from the Grand Prix Final last month. The article states that the couple does intend to...
Sasha Cohen to Make Olympic Decision Next Summer
Looks like Philip Hersh will have to wait a bit longer to see if his dreams have come true and Sasha Cohen is coming back to amateur skating to save the United States' medal hopes. The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Cohen will decide next summer if she is going to try to make the 2010...
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