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Season 3: Episode 35 (Nov. 12, 2024)
Safe Sport Topics & Online Resources for Skaters, Parents & the Figure Skating Community
- Solene Mazingue recounted the night of her sexual assault to a French media outlet. (Have to subscribe to read article)
- Solene has posted a link on her social media accounts where assault survivors can share their testimonies. She has begun posting these testimonies with the hashtag #metooskating in order to raise awareness and encourage change in the sport. She can also be reached via email at metooskating@gmail.com for questions or support.
General Skating News:
Grand Prix assignment updates:
- Lara Naki Gutmann (ITA) and Ahsun Yun (KOR) have been assigned to Finlandia Trophy after Isabeau Levito and Loena Hendrickx withdrew last week.
- Anastasia Golubeva/Hektor Giotopoulos Moore have withdrawn from Finlandia Trophy due to Golubeva suffering with poor health after falling ill with COVID. They have been replaced by Japan’s Yuna Nagaoka and Sumitada Moriguchi.
- Yixi Yang/Shunyang Deng have withdrawn from Cup of China (no pairs replacement named as of Nov. 11).
Other updates:
- The Belgian sports site Sporza reported that Loena Hendrickx will compete at the Golden Spin Challenger event after withdrawing from both of her Grand Prix events. Her goal is to defend her European title in January.
- Lucas Broussard has withdrawn from Warsaw Cup.
Event Results Brief:
- Ice Challenge
- Denkova-Staviski Cup
- Pavel Roman Memorial
- Skate Ontario Junior and Senior Sectional Championships
- Quebec Sectional Championships
- Skate Saskatchewan Sectionals
- Skate Canada BC/YT Sectionals Super Series
Featured Articles/Interviews
- Positivity and Optimism fuel Green and Parsons rebound year, by Rachel Lutz, U.S. Figure Skating
- Interview with Yelim Kim, by In the Loop
- Belgium emerges on the ice dance scene, by Absolute Skating
- Storytelling and Unison: Utana Yoshida and Masaya Morita on their programs and goals, Izumi Yoneyama, Anything GOEs
- In the Loop did an interview with Rino Matsuike, by In the Loop
- Figure skater from the desert, New York financier, ethnic puzzle: Camden Pulkinen thrives on being an “enigma” in sport, by Lena Smirnova, Olympics.com
- Veteran Kazior reminisces on time in services, by Taylor Dean, U.S. Figure Skating
Social Media Updates
- U.S. Junior ice dancers Michelle Deych and Ryan Hu, announced on Instagram that they have teamed up again after splitting a couple of months ago.
- Diane Sznadjer and Jachym Novak announced on Instagram that they are a new ice dance team competing for the Czech Republic.
- Polina Edmunds Bast is going to be in Target’s new holiday commercial.
Upcoming Events for the Week
| Dates | Competition | Location |
| Nov. 15-17, 2024 | Finlandia Trophy | Helsinki, FInland |
| Nov. 4-10, 2024 | Tallinn Trophy Free livestream | Tallinn, Estonia |
| Nov. 13-16, 2024 | U.S. Figure Skating Pacific Coast Sectional Singles Final, Ogden, UT (Junior and Senior events will be streamed on Peacock. Novice and below will be streamed on U.S. Figure Skating’s YouTube channel. ) Nov. 13-17 NRW Trophy, Dortmund, Germany event info: https://www.eislauf-union.de/de/events/nrw-trophy https://lev-nrw.org/docs/event/2372/html/index.htm Nov. 14-17 Skate Celje, Celje, Slovenia http://www.europeancriterium.eu/documents/html/1083/index.htm | Ogden, Utah |
| Nov. 14-17, 2024 | U.S. Figure Skating Eastern Sectional Singles and Pairs Final, Norwood, Massachusetts https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/34289/index.asp (Junior and Senior events will be streamed on Peacock. Novice and below will be streamed on U.S. Figure Skating’s YouTube channel. ) | Norwood, Massachusetts |
| Nov. 13-17, 2024 | NRW Trophy | Dortmund, Germany |
| Nov. 14-17, 2024 | Skate Celje | Celje, Slovenia |
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- New at IDC: 2024 NHK Trophy photos
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