This Week in Skating / October 31, 2022

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EPISODE 31 SHOW NOTES

Event Results Brief

• Skate Canada Results
• Denis Ten Memorial Challenge

General Skating News

• WADA is concerned with the ongoing delay in Kamila Valieva's case and has now put RUSADA under formal notice

• Entries were posted for Tallinn Trophy and the ISU Challenger Series event - Warsaw Cup

• China’s Boyang Jin has withdrawn from both Grand Prix events

• China’s Cheng Peng and Yang Jin have withdrawn from both Grand Prix events

Recent Interviews

• Team USA interview with Team USA’s Mariah Bell about her retirement

• A Divine Sport interview with Canada’s Roman Sadovsky

• Bev Smith Writes article on Canada’s Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier’s free dance to “Evita”

• Ice Skating International’s video interview with Canada’s Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps

• U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone’s interview with Team USA’s Molly Cesanek and Yehor Yehorov 

• U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone’s interview with Team USA’s Jimmy Ma

• Golden Skate’s video interviews with Japan’s Rinka Watanabe and Mexico’s Donovan Carrillo

• Olympics.com’s Nick McCarvel’s interview with Canada’s Stephen Gogolev 

Social Media Updates

• Kaitlin Hawayek addressed in a video on Instagram about a situation with a fan that happened at Skate America. She started an important conservation that needs to be discussed in the sport. 

• Team USA’s Nathan Bartholomay updated fans on Instagram about why he and Katie McBeath withdrew from Skate Canada.  

• Former Canadian pairs skater Dylan Moskovitch is moving onto a new chapter in his life that doesn’t include skating. 

• After winning Skate America, Kaori Sakamoto received praise on social media from Janet Jackson

• Kaitlyn Weaver’s emotional post on Instagram about her last time on competitive ice.

Nathan Chen News

• Nathan Chen will be the special guest star of the Skating Club of Boston’s Ice Chips 2023: Full Throttle show this spring

• Nathan Chen has been nominated for the AAU Sullivan Award. Fans can vote once a day through Nov. 9  

• Nathan Chen is a nominee for “the game changer of the year” for the People’s Choice Awards. Voting goes until Nov. 9. Fans can vote online or on Twitter. 

Upcoming Events for the Week

• Grand Prix de France
• Entries
• 47th Volvo Open Cup
• Entries

IDC and FSO spotlight

• IDC: Photos from 2022 Japan Western Sectionals 
• IDC:  Photos from 2022 Skate Canada International
• IDC: Photos from Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
• FSO: Photos from 2022 Skate Canada International
• FSO: Mississauga Memos coming Monday