This Week in Skating / April 9, 2024

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April 9, 2024 Episode - Last Weekly Episode of Season 2

Skating News 

• Hotels became available for the 2025 World Championships, along with online application form for volunteers. 
• International Selection Pool (ISP) at U.S. Figure Skating was updated. 
• Miami Varsity Synchronized Skating announced that Katey Nyquist is the next head coach of Miami University Synchronized Skating. 

Article in The Miami Student (college's newspaper): https://www.miamistudent.net/article/2024/04/katey-nyquist-skates-into-new-role-as-head-coach-for-miami-synchronized-skating

Event Results Recap

• World Synchronized Skatng Championships, Zagreb, Croatia
• Helsinki Solo Ice Dance International, Helsinki, Finland
• Unicorn Dance Trophy,Hoorn, the Netherlands 
• Adult Nationals, Cleveland, Ohio
• Israel Figure Skating Championships, Holon, Israel
• Black Sea Ice Cup, Kranevo, Bulgaria
• South African Nationals, Cape Town, South Africa
• Skating Club of Boston's ICE CHIPS, Norwood, Massachusetts
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Segment - Recent Interviews 

• Amber Glenn focuses on 2024-2025 after turbulent season, by Judith Dombrowski, Golden Skate
• Rock the Rink: Lifetime adult competitors Walter Horton and Angie Prevost will take the ice at this year’s adult championships, by Angie Provost, U.S. Figure Skating
• PJ Kwong and Carol Lane get caught up, by Skate Ontario
• Interview with Loicia Demougeot and Theo Le Mercier (in French), by Solène Mathieu - Skate Info Glace
• Podcast: End of the Year Shenanigans, by Lindsay Wang and Luke Wang, Office Hours  

Segment - Social Media Updates:

• Ivan Shmuratko shared that he experienced his first competition free skating day after hearing a missile whistle at night.
• Jenna Hauer posted on Instagram that she and Benjamin Starr are no longer skating together.
• Villard-de-Lans Figure Skating School in France posted that Lou Koch / Lucas Chataignoux are are a new ice dance team.
• Tallulah Neary and Alex Spruill are announced as a new ice dance team for Great Britain. 
• One of the ice surfaces in Boucherville, Quebec has been named for Marjorie Lajoie
• Julia Epps & Blake Gilman spent a week training at I.AM Ontario
• Harlow Stanley and Seiji Urano are announced as a new ice dance team for Mexico

Segment - Upcoming Events:

• Triglav Trophy & Narcisa Cup, Jesenice, Slovenia, April 10-14 
• National Intercollegiate Final, Lake Placid, NY, April 12-14 
• Washington Picken Solo Dance / Solo International, April 25-28
• Thailand Nationals, Bangkok, Thailand, May 3-6

Segment - Upcoming Shows

• “Kings on Ice” show, Tallinn, Estonia, April 9 
• Skating Club of Wilmington’s Spring Show, Wilmington, Delaware - April 12-13 at 7 p.m.
• Skating Club of San Francisco’s 2024 Gala Honoring Charlie Tickner, Yerba Buena Ice Skating & Bowling Center, San Francisco, California - April 13 at 7:30 p.m. 
• Gold on Ice, IOC Arena, Leesburg, Virginia - April 19 at 8 p.m.  
• Showtime on Ice, South Suburban Sports Complex in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, April 19-21  
• McFetridge Sports Center's Spring Ice Show, Chicago, Illinois, April 19-21
• Patriot Ice Center's Spring Show, Newark, Delaware, April 26 at 7:00 pm & April 27 at 3:30 pm
• Nightingales on Ice, Salt Lake City Sports Complex,, April 27 and May 4 at 7 p.m. 
• Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation's 2nd annual Sk8 to Elimin8 Ice Show, ISCC in Simsbury, Connecticut, April 27.
• The Ice Theatre of New York's 2024 Benefit Gala and Performance, Sky Rink at Chelsea Piers, May 6. 
• ITNY's regular Home Season Performance shows, Sky Rink at Chelsea Piers, Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4.
• IceWorks' Annual Spring Ice Show, Aston, PA, Friday-Sunday, May 10-12 in Aston, PA: 

IDC and FSO spotlight 

• IDC: 2024 Howard Van Camp Invitational Photos
• IDC: Bratti & Somerville reflect and look ahead to next season
• IDC: DJ Kaitlin Hawayek spins music at 2024 Worlds
• FSO: Recap: World Synchronized Skating Championships
• FSO: Photos: World Synchronized Skating Championships
• FSO: How Oksana Baiul-Farina remembers her Olympic gold medal 30 years later