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Season 4: Episode 32 (Oct. 20, 2025)
General News
- Lucas Broussard has withdrawn from Finlandia Trophy and has been replaced by Stephen Gogolev.
- Kimmy Repond has withdrawn from Cup of China and NHK Trophy due to a foot injury. She was replaced at Cup of China by Anna Pezzetta and Livia Kaiser at NHK Trophy.
- Nina Pinzarrone has withdrawn from Skate Canada and NHK Trophy.
- Tomoki Hiwatashi has been assigned to Cup of China.
- The Skating School of Switzerland has posted that after nine years in Champéry, Deniss Vasiljevs has left the Skating School of Switzerland.
- Journalist Lori Ward has created a Substack account where she will deliver in-depth investigative stories from inside the world of figure skating and other elite sports.
- NBC Sports and U.S. Figure Skating announced the 2025-26 television schedule.
- A Finnish news outlet published an article stating that Juulia Turkkila and Matthias Versluis had to withdraw from Nepela Trophy and Trophee Metropole due to a leg nerve injury for Matthias.
- Ice Theatre of NY’s Will Sears Award Honoree Shae-Lynn Bourne will perform in the company’s Fall Frolic Performance Oct. 30.
- Our friend, Alex Benoit, appeared in an episode of Chicago PD last week. The episode aired on Wednesday on NBC, but you can still see the episode on Peacock. Alex will be starring as Tony in Westside Story at Casa Mañana in Fort Worth, Texas Nov. 1-9.
- Nulo Pet Food was named the official pet food partner of U.S. Figure Skating.
Event Results
- Grand Prix de France
- Mezzaluna Cup 2025
- Lounakeskkus Trophy 2025
- Diamond Spin
- 2025 Skate Ontario Sectional Series
Upcoming Events for the Week
| DATES | EVENT | LOCATION |
| Oct. 24-26 | Grand Prix Cup of China 2025 | Chongqing, China |
| Oct. 20-25 | Gordion Cup 2025 | Ankara, Turkey |
| Oct. 23-26 | 2025 Swiss Ice Skating Open | Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Oct. 23-26 | 2025 Golden Bear | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Oct. 23-26 | 2025 Japanese Eastern Sectionals and Pairs Preliminaries | Hitachinaka, Japan |
| Oct. 25-26 | 2025-26 Skate Manitoba Junior/Senior Sectionals | Virden, Manitoba |
| Oct. 27-31 | World Inclusive Skating Championships 2025 | London, Great Britain |
Online Updates
| DATE | POST/INFORMATION/PLATFORM | OUTLET / OUTLET TYPE |
| Oct. 15 | Canadian ice dancer Peter Beaumont announced a new partnership with Amanda Urban, a former solo dancer from the U.S., and they will be representing Canada. | |
| Oct. 18 | Solene Mazingue and Geoffrey Brissaud have started a new podcast, So and Geo. The first episode dropped last week and can be found on Solene’s YouTube channel. | YouTube |
| DATE | ARTICLE SUBJECT | OUTLET / OUTLET TYPE |
| Oct. 14 | Grayson Long: Every Movement Has Purpose | Golden Skate |
| Oct. 14 | Podcast interview with Maxim Naumov | Iron Butterfly Podcast |
| Oct. 16 | Ink on Blades: The Making of an Olympic Skate Program – Episode 1 | Anything GOEs |
| Oct. 17 | Ilia Malinin finds his voice with new Olympic programs ahead of Milan Cortina 2026 | NBC Olympics |
| Oct. 19 | A to Z with Yuka Orihara and Juho Pirinen | Anything GOEs |
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: 2025 Grand Prix de France Photos
- New at IDC: 2025 Japan Novice Figure Skating Championships Photos
- New at FSO: Grand Prix de France Recap: Ami Nakai wins gold in Grand Prix debut
- New at FSO: 2025 Grand Prix de France Photos