This Week in Skating / October 17, 2023

Author: TWIS
Published: Tue 17 Oct 2023
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EPISODE 108

General Skating News

The ISU Council met on October 6-8, 2023 and made the following decisions:
Approved the Grand Prix calendar for the 2024-25 season.
Approved the 7 Junior Grand Prix Figure dates and locations
The status of preparations for the Winter Youth Olympic Games 2024 and the Olympic Winter Games 2026.
A potential approach to facilitate music rights clearance.
The next Council meeting will be an online meeting on November 28, 2023, and then there will be a meeting in the Netherlands in March, prior to the ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships 2024.
The 59h ISU Congress will take place in Las Vegas, June 15-16, 2024.

https://www.isu.org/inside-isu/isu-communications/communications/32175-isu-communication-2597/file

The ISU have updated their Transgender Policy

https://www.isu.org/inside-isu/isu-communications/communications/32151-isu-communication-2595/file

IOC Executive Board suspends Russian Olympic Committee with immediate effect.

https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-executive-board-suspends-russian-olympic-committee-with-immediate-effect

Tickets for the 2024 Canadian National Skating Championships will be on sale to the public on Thursday, October 19, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. ET. https://skatecanada.ca/2023/10/tickets-on-sale-next-week-for-2024-canadian-national-skating-championships/

Skate Canada announced the passing of Hall of Fame member Ron Vincent at 96 years of age.

https://skatecanada.ca/2023/10/skate-canada-remembers-hall-of-famer-ron-vincent/

Events Results Brief

Budapest Trophy| Results |
Tayside Trophy | Results
Dick Button Festival of Artistic Skating | Skating Club of Boston Instagram Highlights
Skate Ontario Sectional Series - October | Results

Segment - Recent Interviews

Rocker Skating’s Perspective: What to Keep Your Eyes on During the Grand Prix Season, by Jackie Wong, U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone
Olivia Smart and Tim Dieck have a fire in their bellies, by Anna Keller, Anything GOEs
Catching up with Gerli Liinamäe, Gabriele Frangipani, by Reut Golinsky, Absolute Skating
Interview with Rinka Watanabe, by Skate Japan News
Podcast: Interview with Adam Blake
Capturing ‘sweet spots’ is the goal for Lajoie and Lagha, by Judith Dombrowski, Golden Skate
A figure skater in Santiago? Eric Radford’s new role for Team Canada, by Nick McCarvel, Olympics.com
Liu and Nagy: New Partnership Revamps Passion for Skating, by Troy Schwindt, U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone
Video: Fresh Faces - Chelsea Liu and Balazs Nagy, by U.S. Figure Skating
Finally Healthy, Andrew Torgashev to Make Grand Prix Debut at Skate America with An Eye on the Future, by Darci Miller, U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone
Video: Inside The Season - Andrew Torgashev, by U.S. Figure Skating
Video: Fresh Faces - Valentina Plazas/Maximiliano Fernandez, by U.S. Figure Skating
Video: Inside the Season - Ilia Malinin, by U.S. Figure Skating
Debi Thomas, 1988 Olympic medalist, returns to a different figure skating competition, by Nick Zaccardi, NBC Sports
Podcast: Episode 15: Sequins, Sequences, and Body Negativity, by Ashley Wagner and Adam Rippon, The Runthrough

Segment - Social Media Updates

Joel Savary had an Instagram Live with Atoy Wilson, Tai Babilonia & more for the Ice Theatre of New York’s Oct. 27th “Fall Frolic” that will honor Diversify Ice: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyYuncKLHxu/

A new vlog [Oct. 16] from Eva Pate and Logan Bye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnKq3ZGJMIw

South Korean pair skater Hyejin Cho, based in Toronto, posted an Instagram story today (Oct. 16) that confirms her partnership with Australia’s Harley Windsor has ended and linked to her May 2023 video reel showing her pair skills: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr6EdDOgc3f