This Week In Skating / July 11, 2022

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EPISODE NOTES

Event Results Brief

• Skate Milwaukee

• The U.S. Junior Team Cup took place during Skate Milwaukee. This was an invitation only for junior men and women. In the past, the results have been used for the Junior Grand Prix selections. 

• Dallas Classic

General Skating News

• The ISU announced the Junior Grand Prix skating events and final, along with eligibility requirements, how entries work, the point system/ranking order, the prize money and other technical details. 

• Skate Canada announced that World bronze medalists Vanessa James and Eric Radford have retired from competitive skating. 

• Skate Canada announced that Véronik Mallet has retired from competitive skating.

• U.S. Figure Skating has opened its nominations for the 2022 Get Up campaign. The nomination deadline is Aug. 15.

• The Ice Skating Association of Ireland announced seven figure skaters who will represent Ireland in international competitions for the 2022-2023, and for the first time, Ireland will have an ice dance team. 

• Nathan Chen has been nominated for an ESPY award and you can vote for him. You can watch the ceremony live on ABC on Wednesday, July 20 at 8 p.m. EST.

• Golden Skate posted an interview with Mariia Pinchuk & Mykyta Pogoryelov of Ukraine.

• U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone posted an article with Camden Pulkinen. 

Social Media Updates

• The Mexican Federation of Ice Skating and Winter Sports posted on Instagram a letter with their assignments for the Junior Grand Prix. 

• Catharina Tibau / Cayden Dawson announced that they are a new junior ice dance team for Brazil. Both previously competed for Canada as novice skaters. 

• Jason Brown posted that he choreographed the short program for Italy’s Daniel Grassl. 

Upcoming Events for the Week

• Skate Wilmington takes place July 12-17 in Wilmington, Delaware

• Cactus Classic takes place in Scottsdale, Arizona - July 14-17 - it is a national qualifying series event for singles and pairs.

• Sun Valley continues its Summer Ice Shows – this week (July 16), the headliner is Nathan Chen and then next Saturday, July 23, Ashley Cain and Timothy LeDuc will be the headliners.