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Japan Open (invitational) in early October is not listed this year. ISU World Figure Skating Team Trophy will be 17-20 April 2025 in Tokyo JPN. 3-5 October 2024 Shanghai CHN Shanghai Trophy (Senior singles, pairs, dance) 3-6 October 2024 Astana KAZ Denis Ten Memorial Challenge (Junior singles &...

Back this year! 4-10 November 2024 Graz AUT Icechallenge :) ETA Senior/Junior/Novice internationals in July - September 2024: 28-31 July 2024 Lake Placid USA Lake Placid International Ice Dance Competition (Senior/Junior) 1-3 August 2024 Manila PHI South East Asian Open Trophy Figure Skating...

ISU Communication No. 2638 - Announcement of International Single & Pair Skating, Ice Dance and Synchronized Skating Competitions 2024/25 (May 24, 2024): https://www.isu.org/inside-isu/isu-communications/communications/33815-isu-communication-2638/file ETA: We don't yet have a separate thread...

I think it's time to update this thread ;) ... Posted in the Japanese skating news thread last month: Three-time world champion Sakamoto Kaori named Japan's Skater of the Year The first woman to win three consecutive figure skating world championships in 56 years was awarded by the Japan...

Daisuke Takahashi: Trailblazing an Icy Horizon will air on NHK World's "Face To Face" interview series in English (will be available to watch on demand): https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/2043094/ On Air Schedule [in Japan] May 24, 2024. 09:10 PM - 09:38 PM May 25, 2024. 03:10 AM - 03:38...

To clarify: Today's TASS article does not mention Chen. Anything GOEs posted the TASS link on X (linked above) and wrote "She [Annabelle Morozov] is said to have formed a partnership with Jeffrey Chen." Neither skater nor MIDA has announced the partnership to date. ETA: Link...

Follow-up to my post #32 on Tuesday: "The Executive Committee of the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR) allowed figure skaters Ekaterina Geinish and Dmitry Chigirev, performing in pairs, to join the Uzbekistan national team. A source reported this to TASS [May 23]."...

Skate Canada did not include the 2024 NextGen Competition & Camp in Gatineau, QC among the "six competitions that will make up its domestic events calendar for the 2024-2025 season" in their press release. I only copied out those 6 competitions in my post that were listed at the end of the release.

Thanks for the heads up in GSD yesterday, @peibeck! Tennessee joins DOJ lawsuit against Live Nation, Ticketmaster: Here's what to know: https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2024/05/23/live-nation-ticketmaster-doj-tennessee-lawsuit-taylor-swift-tickets/73819279007/

You mean Annabelle Morozov and Igor Eremenko, who teamed up sometime in the summer of 2023 so they have no ISU bio, unlike Morozov/Bagin. ETA: Yes, here's the link to Dario Cirisano's wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dario_Cirisano

RIA Novosti reports today (May 23) per "sources familiar with the situation" that Annabelle Morozov, 23 (ISU bio with Bagin: http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00104011.htm), and singles skater Sofia Samodelkina, 17 (http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00111213.htm), have been released to the...

November 26, 2023: Meagan Duhamel's Instagram reel video yesterday shows Megan Yudin training off ice with Spain's Patrizio ROSSI LOPEZ, now 21: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7SAUkROQnG/ He last competed internationally for Spain with Linda De Nardin in Oct. 2023...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/caileygleeson/2024/05/23/doj-sues-ticketmaster-owner-live-nation/?sh=287a007f52a8 Press conference will be livestreamed here soon (started just after 11 am ET): https://www.justice.gov/live ETA - thought this topic could be discussed here in OTBT instead of in PI...

I'm very sad to have read this part by James Min: I thought Min was a very talented athlete and had hoped he would have a more successful and fulfilling career in competitive skating. :( I know he has since channeled his energies into singing and pro skating/touring with Disney on Ice. I hope...

The CAS petition was filed in early December 2013 to prevent Brooklee Han from being selected for the Australian 2014 Olympic team. There was an earlier internal (ISA) petition that tried to prevent Han from competing at 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy, the final Olympic qualifying event -- see the...