This Week in Skating / November 21, 2022

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EPISODE 34 SHOW NOTES

Event Results Brief

• NHK Trophy Results
• Warsaw Cup Results
• Open d’Andorra Results 
• Skate Celje Results 

Sectionals and U.S. Dance and Pairs Finals 

• Midwestern Sectionals and U.S. Pairs Final Results
• Eastern Sectionals and U.S. Dance Final Results
• Pacific Coast Sectionals Results

All the juvenile, intermediate and novice events can be viewed on demand in U.S. Figure Skating’s Fan Zone: https://usfigureskatingfanzone.com/watch/

General Skating News

• The World Anti-Doping Agency has asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport to find Kamila Valeva guilty of doping, seeking a four-year ban and disqualification of all her results from December 25, 2021 onward. 

• Entries were posted for the ISU Challenger Series event - Golden Spin of Zagreb

• Skate Canada International will be returning to Vancouver in 2023.

• Aleksandr Gorshkov, president of the Russian Figure Skating Federation and the 1976 Olympic Champion in ice dance with his late wife, Lyudmila Pakhomova, passed away Nov. 17 .

Recent Interviews

• Madison Chock and Evan Bates uploaded their first episode of Seaaon 2 of their podcast “Unlaced”. They had Jason Brown on their first episode. 

• Starr Andrews was the subject of a Los Angeles Times article by veteran sports columnist Helene Elliott (Nov. 14): 

• Starr Andrews also appeared on Jennifer Hudson’s syndicated daytime talk show on Nov. 14.

• In an article with the U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone, Kaitlin Hawayek talks about what happened at Skate America. 

• U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone interviewed Emily Chan and Spencer Howe about their rise in pairs skating.

• U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone interviewed Starr Andrews ahead of NHK Trophy

• Shoma Uno and Stephane Lambel spoke to the Olympics.com about how Uno is approaching the new Olympic quad. 

• Shoma Uno talks with Olympics.com about how he feels he still hasn’t reached the highest level in the world 

• Olympics.com posted facts about Skate Canada Champion Rinka Watanabe 

• NBC Sports’ Phil Hersh interviewed Jason Brown about his announcement to compete at the 2023 U.S. Championships

Social Media Updates

• Nathan Chen is featured in the new music video for the acoustic version of “Hold Me Closer” by Elton John and Britney Spears (uploaded to Elton John’s official channel on Nov. 17).
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• Nathan Chen will appear on NBC’s “Today Show” on Nov. 21
• His book is out on Nov. 22

• Ashley Cain posted videos of her and Timothy LeDuc skating together in Chicago

• Loena Hendrickx posted that she is the Belgium Champion

• Ashley Wagner’s Skate and Sculpt will be coming to Canada

• Estonia’s Solene Mazingue posted on social media that before Finlandia Trophy, she had a very bad fall, hit her head and had to go into emergency surgery. : 

• Art on Ice’s Instagram account has been revealing cast members for their shows in Switzerland, February 2-12, 2023.
• Jason was announced on Nov. 11: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck0up1nIbVc/ 

Knierim & Frazier were announced on Oct. 28: https://www.instagram.com/p/CkQqu7hoXDa/ 

• Timothy Dolensky shared a video of his 10/15/22 wedding.

Upcoming Events for the Week

• Grand Prix of Espoo –  Entries

• Golden Skate Awards - Nov. 26 in Milan

IDC and FSO spotlight

• IDC: Photos from the 2022 U.S. Dance Final
• FSO: Greta and John Crafoord
• FSO: Amber Glenn 
• FSO: Photos from MK John Wilson Trophy