This Week in Skating / August 15, 2022

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EPISODE NOTES

Event Results Brief

• Cranberry Cup International
• Cranberry Open
• Copper Cup
• Hungarian Federation Test Skate
• Czech Republic Performance Review - Videos on YouTube channel

National Qualifying Series Standing Page (Log-in required)

General Skating News

• ISU posted the assignments for the third Junior Grand Prix event in Riga, Latvia. 

• Mariah Bell, Jason Brown will participate on Team North America and Loena Hendrickx, Ekaterina Kurakova, Daniel Grassl and Michal Brezina will participate on Team Europe for the Japan Open, which is Oct. 8. Nathan Chen will appear as a guest

• Yuzuru Hanyu has launched a YouTube channel. A practice session was streamed on the channel last week.  

• A record 967 skaters received U.S. Figure Skating’s Graduating Senior Award

Recent Interviews

• Ellen Dunkel from the Philadelphia Inquirer chatted with Isabeau Levito and her coach, Yulia Kuznetsova 

• Polina Edmunds’ latest podcast interview is with Starr Andrews (August 9)

• U.S. Figure Skating did a story on the 24 Degrees of Color program, which is helping to diversify ice skating in Los Angeles. 

• U.S. Figure Skating did an article with Nathan Chen about his Secret Celebrity Renovation project.

Social Media Updates

• Ukraine’s Alexandra Nazarova announced on Instagram that she and Maksym Nikitin are retiring from competitive skating. Europe on Ice did an article with them at the 2022 World Championships.

• Ting Cui is one of the authors of a book called Little Lawmakers.

Upcoming Events for the Week

• Skate Ontario Sectional Series August Event, Aug. 18-21, 2022 in Mississauga, ON.

• BC Super Series SummerSkate, August 19-21, 2022 in Burnaby, BC

• Onyx Challenge, August 19-20 in Rochester Hills, MI, is a NQS for ice dance.

• Potomac Open, August 20-21 in Ashburn, VA, is a NQS for singles

• Southern California Open Championships, August 18-21 in Valencia, CA, is a NQS for singles & pairs.

Segment - IDC and FSO spotlight

• IDC: New Team Series: Raffaella Koncius and Alexey Shchepetov
• IDC: Simon Shnapir’s return to ice dance 
• FSO: 2022 Cranberry Cup/Open Photos
• FSO: 2022 Philadelphia Summer International Photos