This Week in Skating / October 10, 2023

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EPISODE 105

General Skating News 

• The ISU Council met on October 6-8, 2023 and decided to provisionally allotted some ISU Championships and ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating events. 

• Figure Skating Coach Michelle Hong has been named as the 2023 World Ice Skating Day Icon (World Ice Skating Day is December 3).

Events Results Brief

• Finlandia Trophy| Results | Synchro Results
• ISU Junior Grand Prix Armenia Cup | Results | Video Playlist 
• Shanghai Trophy | Results
• Japan Open | Results
• Boston Open (NQS) | Results
• World Figure Skating and Fancy Championships | Local TV report 
• Texas Trophy (NQS) | Results
• Kings Cup International | Results
• Autumn Classic (NQS) | Results 
• British October Qualifier | BIS message about qualifiers to Nationals

Junior Grand Prix Final Qualifiers

Men: Rio Nakata (JPN), Juheon Lim (KOR), Francois Pitot (FRA), Hyungyeom Kim (KOR), Daniel Martynov (USA) and Adam Hagara (SVK)

Alternates: Beck Strommer (USA), Minkyu Seo (KOR), Daiya Ebihara (JPN)

Women: Mao Shimada (JPN), Jia Shin (KOR), Ami Nakai (JPN), Rena Uezono (JPN), Yuseong Kim (KOR), Minsol Kwon (KOR)

Alternates: Yo Takagi (JPN), Elyce-Lin Gracey (USA) Seojin Youn (KOR)

Pairs: Anastasiia Metelkina/Luka Beruva (GEO), Martina Ariano Kent/Charly Lalilberte Laurent (CAN), Violetta Sierova/Ivan Khobta (UKR), Olivia Flores/Luke Wang (USA), Ava Rae Kemp/Yohnatan Elizarov (CAN), Jazmine Desrochers/Kieran Thrasher (CAN)

Alternates: Louise Ehrhard/Mathis Pellegris (FRA), Wenning Shi/Zhiyu Wang (CHN), Yixi Yang/Shunyang Deng (CHN)

Dance: Leah Neset/Artem Markelov (USA), Darya Grimm/Michail Savitskiy (GER), Elizabeth Tkachenko/Alexei Kiliakov (ISR), Mariia Pinchuk/Mykyta Pogorielov (UKR), Yahli Pedersen/Jeffrey Chen (USA), Celina Fradji/Jean-Hans Fourneaux (FRA)

Alternates: Elliana Peal and Ethan Peal (USA), Iryna Pidgaina/Artem Kovel (UKR), Sara Kishimoto/Atsuhiko Tamura (JPN_

Segment - Recent Interviews

• Loena Hendrickx: Past Challenges Lead to New Perspectives, by Hiro Yoshida, Europe on Ice
• Interview with Marie Dupayage and Thomas Nabais, by Solène Mathieu, Skate Info Glace
• Interview with Natacha Lagouge and Arnaud Caffa, by Solène Mathieu, Skate Info Glace
• Interview with Lea Serna, by Solène Mathieu, Skate Info Glace
• Ukraine’s Violetta Sierova and Ivan Khobta elated with accomplishments, by Judith Dombrowski, Golden Skate
• Saga Krantz leads Haydenettes to new heights with relationships at the forefront, by Darci Miller, U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone
• Elyce Lin Gracey aims for new personal bests, by Grace Knoop, U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone
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Segment - Social Media Updates

• Tara Lipinski announced that she and her husband, Todd, are pregnant through a surrogate. 

• Show skaters are wanted for the Holiday Spectacular on Ice at Gateway Playhouse Dec. 1-Jan. 1. Email Tara Modlin at icedreamstour@gmail.com

Segment - Program Announcements

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

Segment - Upcoming Events for the Week:

Oct. 13-15: Budapest Trophy, Budapest, Hungary

• Entries

Oct. 14-15: Tayside Trophy, Dundee, Scotland

• ISU Event Page

Oct. 12-15: Diamond Spin, Katowice, Poland

• Entries/Results
• Stream

Oct. 14: Dick Button Festival of Artistic Skating, Norwood, Massachusetts

• Event Site

IDC and FSO spotlight

IDC: Photos: Finlandia Trophy

FSO: Photos: Finlandia Trophy

FSO: ISU Challenger Series Tracker

FSO: Win tickets to Ice Theatre of New York’s Fall Frolic