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Season 4: Episode 26 (Sept. 30, 2025)
General News
- Savannah Guthrie and Terry Gannon to host the Milan Cortina Opening Ceremony for NBC.
- Snoop Dog is making a return to NBC Universal’s Olympics coverage.
New Teams
- Rika Kihira has formed an ice dance partnership with Shingo Nishiyama. They are training at the Ice Academy of Montreal.
Splits/Retirements
- Ekaterina Geynish and Dimitrii Chigirev (UZB) have ended their partnership.
- Hanna Jakucs / Alessio Gall (HUN) have ended their partnership.
Assignments
- Entress for Trophee Metropole Nice Cote d’Azur have been posted.
- Fiona Bombardier and Benjamin Mimar (CAN) have withdrawn from Cup of China and have been replaced by Annika Hocke and Robert Kunkel.
- Anastasia Golubeva and Hektor Giotopoulos Moore have withdrawn from Grand Prix de France and have been replaced by Katie McBeath and Daniil Parkman.
Event Results
- The 33rd Nepela Memorial
- 2025 Nebelhorn Trophy
- 2025 Junior Grand Prix Baku
- Chris Reed Trophy
- The 2025 Crystal Skate Open
- Tohoku-Hokkaido Regionals
- Kanto Regionals
- 14th Annual Southern California Interclub Invitational Series Final
- 2025 Swan Trophy International
Upcoming Events for the Week
| DATES | EVENT | LOCATION |
| Oct. 1-4 | Junior Grand Prix Solidarity Cup 2025 | Gdansk, Poland |
| Oct. 1-4 | Denis Ten Memorial Challenge (7th Challenger – men, women, dance) Denis Ten Memorial Challenge (Junior events) | Astana, Kazakhstan |
| Oct. 1-5 | Trophee Metropole Nice Cote d’Azur | Nice, France |
| Sep. 30-Oct. 4 | 2025 Texas Trophy (NQS for singles) | Plano, Texas |
| Oct. 1-5 | 2025 Boston Open (NQS for singles, pairs) | Norwood, Massachusetts |
| Oct. 3-5 | 2025 L.A. Autumn Open (NQS for singles) | El Segundo, CA |
| Oct. 2-5 | 2025 BC Super Series Autumn Leaves | Chilliwack, British Columbia |
| Oct. 2-5 | Kinki Regionals | Uji, Japan |
| Oct. 2-5 | Chukoko/Shikoku/Kyushu Regionals | Fukuoka, Japan |
| Oct. 4-5 | The Dick Button Artistic Festival | The Philadelphia Skating Club & Humane Society |
Online Updates
| DATE | POST/INFORMATION/PLATFORM | OUTLET / OUTLET TYPE |
| Sept. 24 | Alysa Liu announced that she’s changing her short program in light of recent events. | |
| Sept. 26 | Former ice dancer Elliana Pogrebinsky got married over the weekend. | Instagram Stories |
| DATE | ARTICLE SUBJECT | OUTLET / OUTLET TYPE |
| Sept. 24 | A to Z with Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps | Anything GOEs |
| Sept. 25 | Lara Naki Gutmann was a guest on the first Rocker Rewatch with Jackie Wong. She did commentary on her Jaws free skate at Lombardia. | Rocker Podcast |
| Sept. 27 | Kazakhstan’s Sofia Samodelkina rewrites story | Golden Skate |
| Sept. 23 | Skaters criticise Latvian federation’s delayed and inconsistent funding | Anything GOEs |
| Sept. 24 | Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea podcast interview | Iron Butterfly Podcast |
IDC and FSO spotlight & TWIS updates
- New at TWIS: This Week in Skating on Patreon
- New at TWIS: This Week in Skating on YouTube
- New at IDC: Li & Zhu Carry the Dream Forward
- New at IDC: Nebelhorn Trophy Photos
- New at IDC: Nepela Memorial Photos
- New at IDC: Chris Reed Trophy Photos
- New at FSO: Nebelhorn Trophy Photos