This Week in Skating / March 18, 2024

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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Skating News 

Worlds News

• Xizi Chen / Jianing Xing replace Shiyue Wang / Xinyu Liu at Worlds
• Mark Gorodnitsky was confirmed officially as Israel’s men’s entry

https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00117492.htm

• Deniss Vasiljevs will debut a new free program at Worlds to music of the Lion King movie. The selections are “The Rightful Knight” by Hans Zimmer and “He Lives in You” bu Kesha Shantrell and Matt Bloyd. https://twitter.com/goldenskate/status/1769004296425668928

Event Results Brief:

• Coupe du Printemps - https://cdp2024.online/2024/CDP/index.htm
• World Junior Synchronized Championships

http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2324/wjsysc2024/CAT001RS.htm

Recent Interview and Articles

Beverley Smith’s Pre-Worlds articles: Gilles and Poirier ready for gold

Madeline Schizas and the twiddly bits

A brain wave

Europe on Ice (Hiro Yoshida): Soucisse and Firus: Exploring new horizons

Adam Siao Him Fa flipping skating on its head

Smart and Dieck finding their niche

Olympics.com (Nick McCarvel): Olympians explain the making of a figure skating program: "We always have something to work on"

"I’m carving my own path": Jason Brown on his one-of-a-kind quest – and openness to the 2026 Olympics

GoldenSkate: Anthony Paradis: A peek behind the glam 

Anything GOEs: DeMougeot and LeMercier thrive on their differences

Wesley Chiu's appearance on CTV Morning Live

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2884509

Social Media Updates:

• Solene Mazingue’s vlogs chronicling her 2 weeks before Worlds : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuopiQHPd7LzGGDH_s4oxPAihzYhg55Hh
• Roman Sadovsky’s vlog (Canadian Nationals/4CC/practice footage before Worlds): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhvvBei2-2Q
• Scott Hamilton received the first-ever Midas Touch Golden Legacy Award at the 11th Annual Gold Meets Golden Event in Los Angeles, presented by Coca Cola. Kristi Yamaguchi presented him the award: https://twitter.com/ScottHamilton84/status/1767652655508201652

IDC and FSO spotlight

New at IDC: Czech Republic’s Kateřina Mrázková and Daniel Mrázek

Exhibition and practice photos from Junior Worlds

New at FSO: 2024 ISU World Championships Hub

Returning to Lillehammer 30 years later