This Week in Skating / July 10, 2023

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Episode 88

Events Results Brief

• Skate Milwaukee
• U.S. Junior Team Cup

Segment - General Skating News 

• ISU Council decision as to the application of age rule for junior pairs during the transition period 2023/24

https://www.isu.org/inside-isu/isu-communications/communications/31457-isu-communication-2575/file

• Skate Canada announced the 30 athletes that will make up its National Team for the 2023-2024 season.

https://skatecanada.ca/2023/07/skate-canada-names-30-athletes-3-synchronized-skating-teams-to-its-2023-2024-national-team/

• Voting Now Open for SKATING Magazine Readers’ Choice Award - voting ends July 12 https://usfigureskatingfanzone.com/news/2023/7/5/figure-skating-voting-now-open-for-skating-magazine-readers-choice-award.aspx

Segment - Recent Interviews

• Kaitlin Hawayek takes DJ talents to Formula 1 Grand Prix Party, by Darci Miller, U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone
• EXCLUSIVE: Breaking the Ice Wants Fans to Look Beyond Figure Skating’s Predominantly White Presentation, by Stephanie Holland, The Root
• Ring the Bell: Former US Olympian set to open 2023 Sun Valley on Ice season, by Adam Engel, News Times 
• Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud: ‘'A team for everybody to be excited about', by Robert Brodie
• Meet the next big thing in Canadian ice dance, by Robert Brodie
• Figure Skating Coach Rory Flack Looks to 'Bring the Urban Streets onto the Ice' in New Reality Series, by Breanne L. Heldman, People Magazine
• VIDEO: Matteo Rizzo: Eyes on Milan 2026, by Judith Dombroski, GoldenSkate

Segment - Social Media Updates

• Skate Canada shared on Instagram that Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier are back for another season.
• GoFundMe for Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik’s training costs.
• Donovan Carrillo will train in Toronto with coaches Jonathan Mills and Myke Gillman. He will work with choreographer Benoit Richaud. 
• Ukraine’s Kyrylo Marsak posted Instagram stories on July 3 about a Russian missile that destroyed his childhood home in Kherson. One of the photos he shared was republished on the Ukrainian federation’s website.
• GoFundMe for Ukrainian athletes: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-ukrainian-athletes
• Amber Glenn shared a funny clip of skating with Kaitlyn Weaver
• Nobunari Oda announced his new programs for his comeback season in Japan.
• Ilia Malinin shared a clip of his outside spread eagle entrance into a quad Axel filmed at Great Park Ice in Irvine, CA where he’s been training since he returned from Japan in early July.
• Roman Kostomarov, who was hospitalized with pneumonia in January has been released from the hospital and has been sharing updates on his Instagram as he recovers. 
• Skate Canada Announced that Deanna Stellato Dudek & Maxime Deschamps will be presenting at Skate Canada's first Adult Training Camp 
• Jorge Luis Ormaeche Herrera from Peru got his certification in Frankfurt as International Judge. He became the first International Judge in South America!

Segment - Program Announcements

• Check out our website for a listing of program music announcements - will be updated as they are announced!
• Men
• Women
• Pairs
• Dance

Segment - Upcoming Events 

• Skate Wilmington, July 11-16, Wilmington, Delaware
• Cactus Classic, July 13-16, Scottsdale, Arizona
• Orange Blossom Open, July 13-16, Clearwater, Florida
• Dallas Classic, July 15-17, Plano, Texas
• Los Angeles Open), July 14-16, Burbank, California

IDC and FSO spotlight

• IDC: Solo Dance Hub
• IDC: Meet Ice Dancer Emily Busby
• IDC: New Team Series: Adrienne Carhart & Oleksandr Kolosovskyi
• FSO: 2023-2024 calendar