This Week in Skating / May 29, 2023

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Episode 78 Show Notes

General Skating News

• The Professional Skaters Association (PSA) presented their annual EDI awards and Hall of Fame Inductees at their conference in Orlando, Florida. (We will post a link to the full list of award recipients when it becomes available)
• U.S. Figure Skating recently published their annual Combined Report of Action.
• Skate Canada is holding their Ice Summit virtually, May 25-28.
• Skate Canada Awards Show was streamed May 27.
• Skate Canada announced that Joannie Rochette and Patrick Chan will be the event ambassadors for the 2024 ISU World Figure Skating Championships in Montreal.
• ISU released guidelines on international novice competitions for singles and pairs.
• U.S. Figure Skating announced that Eric Fehr is the organization’s new chief financial officer.
• Sun Valley posted four of their seven special guests for their shows this summer

Recent Articles & Interviews:

• Spencer Howe and Emily Chan honor Asian American Heritages, by Jillian L. Martinez, U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone
• The One with Paul Poirier, The LGBT Sports Podcast, BBC
• Q&A: Meet U.S. Figure Skating's New High Performance Director Kyoko Ina, by U.S. Figure Skating
• Gig Siruno's skating takes him around the world, by Claire Cloutier, U.S. Figure Skating
• Canadian figure skater finds deep roots in Japan, by NHK World - Japan
• Two-time National Champion Keegan Messing retires from competitive skating, by Skate Canada (video)

Social Media Updates:

Chris Knierim announced these new partnerships as part of his Oakton Skating Academy:

• Ashley Fletcher and Aaron Felberbaum are a new U.S. junior pairs team. 
• Baylen Taich and Michael Chapa are a new U.S. novice pairs team.
• Quinn Nguyen and Aiden Straky are a new U.S. juvenile pairs team.
• Adele Zheng and Andy Deng are a new U.S. junior pairs team. 

Other social media news:

• Ice Skating Australia shared that Jonathan Guerreiro is the chair of athlete development.
• German ice dancers Lara Luft / Maximilian Pfisterer have ended their partnership. 
• Olivia Oliver / Fliip Bojanowski are a new ice dance team for Poland. 
• Vivien Papp announced her coaching change to Stephane Lambiel, Angelo Dolfini and Giulia Ischeri in Champery, Switzerland and will continue to represent Hungary. 
• Ashley Wagner announced that she and fiance Alex are expecting a baby in December 2023: 

Program Announcements

Check out our website for a listing of program music announcements - will be updated as they are announced!

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Upcoming Events for the Week:

Fantasy On Ice Tour started this past weekend in Chiba, Japan and will continue through the month of June with stops in Miyagi, Niigata and Kobe.

U.S. Stars on Ice tour - Chicago on May 30, Baltimore on June 2, Boston on June 3 and Hershey on June 4.