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Grand Prix Season Winners and Losers
Now that the Grand Prix of figure skating final is over, here is a look at some of the major (and possibly surprising?)fortunes of this year's Grand Prix season. Winners Davis and White: Not only did they rack up great scores all season long, but they managed to beat their rivals and training...
NHK Trophy Results
Here are the results from Day 1 of the NHK Trophy. I only got to watch the men so far. It was a successful short program day for Americans Johnny Weir (who was great) and Jeremy Abbott (superb, really liked his short), but not such a hot day for Adam Rippon, who finds himself in 8th place. ...
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: Mens Short Program
Aaaand here are your mens standings (or what I could piece together from various sources!) at Trophee Eric Bompard Cachemire. It looks like Czech Republic's Tomas Verner continues his upswing with a lead in the short program, trailed by Japan's Nobunari Oda and USA's ADAM RIPPON! Congrats to...
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...
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...
Interview with Morozov
Lifeskate has an interview with well-known choreographer and coach Nikolai Morozov, who currently works with Adam Rippon, Fumie Suguri, Miki Ando, Nobunari Oda, and other students. Anyone who's been watching figure skating over the past few years knows he is a very familiar presence. Give it a...
World Juniors Update
15-year-old Rachael Flatt, the U.S. national ladies silver medalist who was too young to qualify for the senior world championships, pulled off a win in last weekend's World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. She triumphed against more heralded fellow Americans Caroline Zhang,...
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