This Week in Skating / March 5, 2024

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

• Alysa Liu announces her return to competition (U.S. Figure Skating press release/Alysa’s video)
• According to Russian news agency TASS, appeal against the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to disqualify Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has been registered in the Federal Court of Switzerland. 
• World entries have been announced. 

 In Solo Dance News

• The 2024 U.S. Solo Dance Handbook has been updated
• Registration is now open for the Washington Picken International, an international event for solo ice dancers.

Safe Sport Topics & Online Resources for Skaters, Parents & the Figure Skating Community

• Olympic commission suggests wide-ranging changes to SafeSport and USOPC (Associated Press, March 1): https://apnews.com/article/olympics-abuse-congress-e8cbecbcba48477c0506a7f80121b69f “
• Recommendation #2 in the report: “Congress should make SafeSport fully independent so that it can regain athletes’ trust and be held more accountable to the movement and the public: https://www.csusop.org/
• South Carolina FSC named in sexual abuse case: https://www.wistv.com/2024/02/29/south-carolina-figure-skating-club-named-growing-sexual-abuse-case/ 
• Eating Disorders Awareness Week Instagram Live conversation with Gracie Gold: https://www.instagram.com/neda/reel/C3_B6CTv_e9/
• “OutofShapeWorthlessLoserBook” review, by Izumi Yoneyama, Anything GOEs: https://anythinggoe.com/reading-outofshapeworthlessloser-a-memoir-of-figure-skating-f

Event Results Recap

• World Junior Championships (Results/Videos)

Segment - Recent Interviews 

• Shin Jia on the influence of Yuna Kim, her 2026 dreams and how the Youth Olympics changed her, by Nick McCarvel, Olympics.com
• Amber Glenn on her new role as U.S. champion and a renewed Olympic dream: ‘I really do see it as a possibility’, by Nick McCarvel, Olympics.com
• Mao Shimada Aiming for More History at World Junior Championships, by Jack Gallagher, Japan Forward
• Rio Nakata Captures Silver at the World Junior Championships, by Jack Gallagher, by Japan Forward
• Diversify Ice aims to get more Black and brown skaters on the ice, by Good Morning America
• How it started ... and how it's going (Part 2), by Rob Brodie, Rob Brodie Writes
• Interview with Dania Mouaden & Theo Bigot, by Solène Mathieu - Skate Info Glace
• Interview with Célina Fradji and Jean-Hans Fourneaux, by Solène Mathieu - Skate Info Glace
• Good as gold: Knierim still waiting to claim elusive medal, by Scott Gregor, Daily Herald 
• Javier Fernandez: Breaking the Ice, by Hiro Yoshida, Europe on Ice
• Bruno Massot: What Makes a Good Coach, by Anna Kellar, Future of Figure Skating Podcast
• Local Woman Writes Chapter Published As Part Of Book On Canadian Figure Skater, by Sara Holthouse

Segment - Upcoming Events:

• 2024 Sonja Henie Trophy, Oslo, Norway - March 8-10, 2024 
• 2024 Maria Olszewksa Trophy, Bombonierka, Poland - March 6-10 
• Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/@polskate/streams
• 2024 Denver Invitational - Highlands Ranch, CO - March 7-10
• 2024 Magnolia Open - Alpharetta, GA - March 8-10
• Second Annual Solo Dance Camp in Denver Colorado on March 10
• British Solo Dance Qualifier Event - March 4-8 in Sheffield, UK

Next week

• World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships,Neuchâte, Switzerland, March 15-16
• Coupe du Printemps, Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg, March 15-17
• Paid livestream info: https://www.coupeduprintemps.com/livestream-cdp
• 49th Annual Howard E. Van Camp Invitational - East Lansing, MI - March 15-17

IDC and FSO spotlight 

• IDC: World Junior Championships Photos
• IDC: World Junior Championships Recap
• IDC: Novice Canadian National Championships
• FSO: World Junior Championships Photos 
• FSO: How Cayla Smith and Jared McPike won Winter Youth Olympic silver after only five months together