This Week in Skating / 2023 Worlds Recap & More w/Matteo Morelli

This week we are joined by Team IDC journalist Matteo Morelli to breakdown everything that happened at the World Championships in Saitama, Japan. This episode also includes other news for the week.

This Week in Skating is hosted by Gina Capellazzi and Daphne Backman and is a cooperative project between Figure Skaters Online and Ice-dance.com. New episodes are available every Monday.

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Episode 65 Show Notes

Event Results:

ISU World Figure Skating Championships

General Skating News:

The ISU Council allotted the fifth Grand Prix event to Espoo (Es-paw), Finland. The event will take place Nov. 17-19, 2023. The Grand Prix Final will return to Beijing on December 7-10, 2023.

https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/news/news-fsk/14546-the-fifth-isu-grand-prix-and-the-isu-grand-prix-of-figure-skating-final-of-the-2023-24-allotted-to-espoo-fin-and-beijing-chn?templateParam=15

Recent Articles & Interviews:

World Junior pairs champs caught in age conundrum, by Tatjana Flade, Golden Skate https://www.goldenskate.com/2023/03/world-junior-pairs-champs-caught-in-age-conundrum/

Ashley Wagner and Adam Rippon have started a podcast – it’s called The Runthrough.https://open.spotify.com/show/2iP85Gq4V37vasnLDg6Z9b https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-runthrough/id1678259172 

Social Media Updates:

• Team USA singles skater Gabriella Izzo announced on Instagram that she is going to be focusing on pairs’ skating going forward. 
• Ireland’s Samuel McAllister has announced via Instagram reel that he is retiring from competitive skating.
• U.S. Figure Skating posted on social media - congratulating Hall of Fame member Vera Wang for being named a National Medal of Arts honoree
• Audrey Shin announced her short program music to Pina soundtrack on her social media: https://twitter.com/AudreyShin4/status/1639843696655970304
• Alexandra Stepanova & Ivan Bukin left long-time coaches Zhuk & Svinin to train with Zhulin

IDC & FSO Spotlight:

Check FSO & IDC for Worlds coverage.