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This Week in Skating is hosted by Gina Capellazzi, Daphne Backman and Matteo Morelli is a cooperative project between Figure Skaters Online and Ice-dance.com. New episodes are available every Tuesday.
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May 15, 2024
General Skating News 
Shoma Uno announced his retirement: Instagram/Press Conference/Olympics.com articleU.S. Figure Skating announced the 2024-25 U.S. Qualifying Season and International Events Schedule.Halifax, Nova Scotia to host 2024 Skate Canada International. Grenoble will host the 2024 Grand Prix and Junior Grand Prix FinalA new location is needed for the 2025 European ChampionshipsThe first Junior Grand Prix iin France has been moved to become the 7th & final event in Wuxi, China.Eric Radford, who is the Athletes Commission member of the ISU Council, has temporarily stepped down as a Council member for the period during which the appeal against the ISU in which he is named as an appellant is pending at CAS.”https://www.isu.org/inside-isu/isu-communications/communications/33778-isu-communication-2634/file
The ISU released its list of proposals for the upcoming Congress in Las Vegas from June 8-14.U.S. Figure Skating released its 2023-24 Combined Report of Action, which was published after last month’s Governing Council.
Retirements/End of Partnerships/New Partnerships
Japan’s Misato Komatsubara has announced the end of her competitive career.Adrienne Carhart has announced the end of her competitive careerTeam USA’s Helena Carhart announced that Volodymyr Horovi has decided to his competitive career and will now focus on coaching.Georgia’s Maria Kazakova announced the end of her partnership with Georgy Reviya.Team USA’s Kristina Bland announced that she is stepping away from skating; Matthew Sperry will continue skating.Chloe Panetta and Flavien Giniaux are announced as a new pairs team for FranceOxana Vouillamoz and Tom Bouvart, who both previously represented France, announced they are a new pairs team for Switzerland
Other News
Congress okays Filipino citizenship for figure skater Alexander Korovin. Figure skating coach Slava Uchitel shared that a brick block has been added to the entrance of Philadelphia Skating Club & Humane Society in memory of Joshua Soto, a figure skater/ice dancer who was killed in November 2021 during a robbery.Three men were convicted in 2021 fatal shooting of 18-year-old figure skater Joshua Soto.1964 Olympic Champion, three-time ISU World Champion and five-time ISU European Champion Sjoukje Dijkstra of the Netherlands passed away at age 82 on May 2, 2024.
Safe Sport Topics & Online Resources for skaters, parents and the figure skating community:
Three-time Olympian Brendan Kerry of Australia has been sanctioned with permanent ineligibility (subject to appeal) by the U.S. Center for SafeSport for sexual misconduct involving a minor.Gymnasts for Change (Canada) will now be known as Athletes Empowered, and is advocating against abuse in all sports, at all levels. 
Event Recap
Nation’s Cup Theatre on Ice international competition: Replay videos/ ISU International Adult Figure Skating Competition in Oberstdorf, Germany, May 12-17, 2024: Event info/schedule link, results page,free live streams by day (+ replays). Midori Ito won the Masters Elite Women III + IV Artistic Free Skating event, skating to “Aqua” by Ryuichi Sakamoto:
Mexico Cup is May 16-18, 2024, in Queretaro, Mexico. Oceania International Figure Skating Competition, May 29-31, 2024, in Melbourne, Australia.
Recent Interviews:
Golden Skate’s interview with Elizabeth Tkachenko & Alexei Kiliako

Ice-Dance.com journalist Anne Calder has been following figure skating for a long time and has a lot of stories to share.
So in the second episode of "Story Time with Anne," she shares with Daphne and Gina about her experience at the 1998 Goodwill Games.
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This Week in Skating is hosted by Gina Capellazzi, Daphne Backman and Matteo Morelli is a cooperative project between Figure Skaters Online and Ice-dance.com. New episodes are available every Tuesday.
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In this episode, Daphne and Gina were joined by 2024 World pairs champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps.
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This Week in Skating is hosted by Gina Capellazzi, Daphne Backman and Matteo Morelli is a cooperative project between Figure Skaters Online and Ice-dance.com. New episodes are available every Tuesday.
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month. In this episode, Daphne, Gina and Matteo were joined by 2005 World Junior Champion Morgan Matthews Pennington. Now after years away from the sport, Morgan is sharing her story through a blog and talking about the sport she loves to hate, but mostly loves.
Morgan's blog: https://morganmatthews.substack.com/
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This Week in Skating is hosted by Gina Capellazzi, Daphne Backman and Matteo Morelli is a cooperative project between Figure Skaters Online and Ice-dance.com. New episodes are available every Tuesday.
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In this episode, Daphne and Gina talk with three-time World champion, three-time Olympic medalist and 10-time Canadian Champion Patrick Chan. Patrick announced in April that the 2024 Stars on Ice Canadian tour will be his last tour.
For ticket information on Stars on Ice, visit https://www.starsonice.ca/.
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This Week in Skating is hosted by Gina Capellazzi, Daphne Backman and Matteo Morelli is a cooperative project between Figure Skaters Online and Ice-dance.com. New episodes are available every Tuesday.
Website: http://www.thisweekinskating.com
Email: thisweekinskating@gmail.com
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In this episode, Daphne, Gina and Matteo look back on the best programs, performances and moments of the 2023-2024 season.
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This Week in Skating is hosted by Gina Capellazzi, Daphne Backman and Matteo Morelli is a cooperative project between Figure Skaters Online and Ice-dance.com. New episodes are available every Tuesday.
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