This Week in Skating / June 1, 2022
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This Week in Skating is hosted by Gina Capellazzi and Daphne Backman and is a cooperative project between Figure Skaters Online and Ice-dance.com. New episodes are available every Tuesday.
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EPISODE NOTES
The Professional Skaters Association announced its annual EDI Awards recently. Mariah Bell received the Sonja Henie Award; Nathan Chen was presented with the Gustave Lussi Award; Tai Babilonia, who received the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award and Timothy LeDuc was presented with the Beacon of Change Award.
Skate Canada honored its 2022 Achievement Awards at a banquet during the Ice Summit in Quebec City.
Skate Canada announced its Next Gen team, which is comprised of 52 athletes, which includes 10 men, 14 women, 4 pairs teams and 10 ice dance teams.
ISU's posted a summary of announced retirements through May 24.
ISU Communication No. 2484 - Ice Dance requirements for technical rules effective July 1st, 2022. These requirements are pending until after next week's Congress.
A GoFundMe account has been set up for Olympic figure skating coach Kori Ade, who was diagnosed with Stage 3 B Cell Lymphoma in April. She is currently undergoing treatment at Vanderbilt Medical Center. Kori was the coach of Jason Brown at the 2014 Olympics.
The ISU has a hub site for all of the information pertaining to the 58th Ordinary Congress.
Links to info on ISU Congress Figure Skating candidates for President:
- Susanna Rahkamo Manifesto
- This Week in Skating Interview with Susanna Rahkamo
- Patricia St. Peter Manifesto
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