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Season 3: Episode 34 (Nov. 4, 2024)
Event Results Brief:
- Grand Prix de France
- Volvo Open Cup
- Japanese Western Sectionals
- Skate AB/NT/NU Sectional Championships
- Manitoba Sectionals/Fall Open
- Tirnavia Ice Cup
General Skating News:
Grand Prix assignment updates:
- Loena Hendrickx and Isabeau Levito have withdrawn from Finlandia Trophy.
- Lucrezia Beccari/Matteo Guarise (ITA) have withdrawn from NHK Trophy. Isabelle Martins/Ryan Bedard (USA) have been named as the replacement.
Other Event Updates
- Warsaw Cup entries have been posted; Team USA assignments confirmed on their International Assignments page
- U.S. Figure Skating posted its entries for the Ice Challenge in Graz, Austria
Tickets
- All-Event tickets for the U.S. Synchronized Skating International Classic in Norwood, Massachusetts February 6-8, 2025 are on sale.
- Single-session tickets go on sale this week for the Canadian National Championships, January 14-19, 2025, in Laval, QC.
- Single-session tickets for the ISU World Figure Skating Championships® 2025 in Boston, MA go on sale at Nov. 8 at 10 a.m.
- Registration is now open for sweeper tryouts, which will be held Dec. 8 at the Skating Club of Boston. You must register for the tryout by Nov. 15.
Shows
- Ilia Malinin has been added to the cast of the Xtreme Ice World Premiere show at the Ion International Training Center in Leesburg, Virginia. The show is Friday, November 15 and will be hosted by Alissa Czisny and Kurt Browning.
- Tickets are on sale for the annual Scott Hamilton and Friends show in Nashville, TN. The show is Nov. 24 at the Bridgestone Arena.
- Madison Chock and Evan Bates, Ilia Malinin, Amber Glenn, and Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea will star in the Discover Vail Ice Spectacular December 22 and 23 in Vail, Colorado. Tickets can be purchased online.
- Alysa Liu will be performing at Ice Theatre of New York’s Thanksgiving Skating Celebration on November 24 at the The Rink at American Dream in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Featured Articles/Interviews
- Podcast: Matteo Rizzo discusses hs return from injury and approach to training and performance, by Future of Figure Skating podcast
- Podcast: On Her Mark: U.S. skating champ Amber Glenn on upcoming season, mental training and more, by NBC Sports Boston’s On Her Mark podcast
- Ellie Kam, Danny O’Shea take a serendipitous figure skating pairing to the top level, by Nick Zaccardi, NBC Sports
Social Media Updates
- Jared McPike, who won the Youth Olympic Games Silver Medal with Cayla Smith, announced his new pairs’ partnership with Milada Kovar, the sister of Kai Kovar.
- Dancing on Ice has announced its professionals for the 2025 season. There are two new professionals: Eric Radford and Molly Lanaghan
- Alexa Knierim and Brandon Frazier posted photos from the Ice Theatre of NY gala where they were honored with the Will Sears Award on Oct. 26.
- Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson dressed up as life-sized ice skates for Halloween.
- Christopher Tin posted about three of figure skaters skating to his music.
- Eric Christian von Fricken posted about Nina Pinzarrone skating to his music.
Upcoming Events for the Week
| Dates | Competition | Location |
| Nov, 8-11, 2024 | NHK Trophy | Tokyo, Japan |
| Nov. 4-10, 2024 | Ice Challenge Livestream | Graz, Austria |
| Nov. 5-10, 2024 | Denkova-Staviski Cup | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Nov. 8-10, 2024 | Pavel Roman Memorial Livestream | Olomouc, Czech Republic |
| Nov. 7-10, 2024 | Skate Ontario Junior and Senior Sectional Championships | Oshawa, Ontario |
| Nov. 7-10, 2024 | Quebec Sectional Championships | Ste-Marie de Beauce, Quebec |
| Nov. 8-10, 2024 | Skate Saskatchewan Sectionals | Humboldt, Saskatchewan |
| Nov. 7-10, 2024 | Skate Canada BC/YT Sectionals Super Series | Parksville, British Columbia |
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