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Season 4: Episode 12 (July 29, 2025)
News
General News
- Single-session tickets for Skate America in Lake Placid, NY are now on sale and an updated schedule of the event has been released. U.S. Figure Skating also announced that luxury mattress brand Saatva will be the title sponsor.
- Skate Canada announced the 44 athletes that will make up its NextGen Team for the 2025-26 season.
Assignments
- Entries for the Cranberry Cup International Challenger Series event have been posted. The event will take place in Norwood, Massachusetts August 7-10.
- Entries have also been posted for the first Junior Grand Prix Event in Riga, Latvia which will take place August 20-23 and the second event in Ankara, Turkey, Aug. 27-30.
- Team Japan announced its entries for the following Challenger Series events: Kinoshita Group Cup, Lombardia Trophy, Nebelhorn Trophy, and Trialeti Trophy.
New Teams
- Nadiia Bashynska and Noe Perron announced they are a new ice dance team. They have not disclosed which country they will represent.
Event Results
Upcoming Events for the Week and Ahead
| DATES | EVENT | LOCATION |
| July 27-31, 2025 | Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships and International | Lake Placid, New York |
| July 28-Aug. 2, 2025 | 2025 National Showcase | Rochester, Michigan |
| July 30-Aug. 3, 2025 | 2025 Philadelphia Summer Championships | Aston, Pennyslvania |
| July 30-Aug. 3, 2025 | Glacier Falls Summer Classic | Anaheim, California |
| Aug. 1-3, 2025 | Scott Hamilton Invitational | Nashville, Tennessee |
Online Updates
| Date | POST/INFORMATION | PLATFORM |
| July 22 | Sofja Stepcenko of Latvia posted that she will skip the 2025-26 season in order to focus | |
| July 23 | Swedish ice dancers Emma Kivioja and Erik Pellnor announced the end of their partnership. | |
| July 27 | Annika Hocke and Robert Kunkel had a freak accident where Annika cut open Robert’s hand and finger and he had to have a skin transplant. | Instagram Story |
| July 28 | Former Team USA ice dancer Joe Johnson got married over the weekend. | Instagram Stories |
| DATE | ARTICLE SUBJECT | OUTLET / OUTLET TYPE |
| July 22 | Q&A with new U.S. Figure Skating CEO Matt Farrell | U.S. Figure Skating |
| July 22 | Q&A with Hana Maria Aboian and Daniil Veselukhin | Kingdom of Ice-olation Substack |
| July 27 | USA’s Aboian and Veselukhin impress in debut season | Golden Skate |
| July 22 | Jacob Sanchez reflects on a successful junior season and looks ahead to the Olympics | Anything GOEs |
| July 24 | Interview with Aurea Cincon-Debout and Earl Jesse Celestino | In the Loop |
| July 25 | Breken Brezden: ‘I don’t see the ceiling closing in on her anytime soon’ | Robert Brodie Writes |
IDC and FSO spotlight & TWIS updates
- New at TWIS: 2025-2026 Program Music Announcements
- New at TWIS: This Week in Skating is now on YouTube Music
- New at TWIS: This Week in Skating store
- New at TWIS: This Week in Skating on YouTube
- New at IDC: Sasha Kirsanov Trophy to debut at U.S. National Solo Dance Final