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Season 4: Episode 48 (Jan. 6, 2026)
General News
- Olympic ice dance champions Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean were honored in the UK’s New Year Honours List with a damehood and knighthood for their voluntary services and services to ice skating.
- Anastasia Golubeva has received her Australian citizenship!
Upcoming Events for the Week
| DATES | EVENT | LOCATION |
| Jan. 4-11 | 2026 U.S. Figure Skating Championships | St. Louis, Missouri |
| Jan. 5-11 | 2026 Canadian National Skating Championships | Gatineau, Quebec |
| Jan. 6-11 | 2026 Sofia Trophy | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Jan. 9-10 | 2026 Dresden Cup / Synchro | Dresden, Germany |
| Jan. 9-10 | 2026 Britannia Cup / Synchro | Nottingham, Great Britain |
| Jan. 9-11 | 2026 NRW Solo Ice Dance Trophy | Oberstdorf, Germany |
Online Updates
| DATE | POST/INFORMATION | PLATFORM |
| Dec. 23 | Burak Demirboğa has announced his retirement from competitive skating. | |
| Dec. 28 | Rinka Watanabe announced she will continue skating through the next Olympic quad | |
| Dec. 31 | Rion Sumiyoshi also shared on Instagram that she will continue skating four more years. | |
| Dec. 31 | Camden Pulkinen announced his withdrawal from the U.S. Figure Skating Championships because of a herniated disc in his back. | |
| Dec. 30 | Germany’s Letizia Roscher / Luis Schuster have ended their partnership | |
| DATE | ARTICLE SUBJECT | OUTLET / OUTLET TYPE |
| Dec. 25 | Allison Manley interviews Olympian Timothy LeDuc https://www.manleywoman.com/episode-87-timothy-leduc | Manley Woman Podcast |
| Dec. 25 | Jackie Wong interviews Jason Brown https://youtu.be/yH2lcKgCTXI?si=DGUmqXPudLp9M_gm | Rocker Skating Podcast |
| Dec. 29 | Ice dance teams in full control of their fate https://usfigureskating.org/news/2025/12/29/national-team-figure-skating-now-its-on-us-to-do-our-job-on-the-ice.aspx | U.S. Figure Skating |
| Dec. 30 | Maia and Alex Shibutani https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-SQsHYQ5AI | House of Maher Podcast |
| Jan. 2 | Efimova and Mitrofanov Aim for Second U.S. Title and Olympic Eligibility https://usfigureskating.org/news/2026/1/2/national-team-figure-skating-with-hope-efimova-and-mitrofanov-aim-for-second-us-title-and-olympic-eligibility.aspx | U.S. Figure Skating |
IDC and FSO spotlight & TWIS updates
- New at TWIS: This Week in Skating, Figure Skaters Online and Ice-Dance.com’s new store, Three Turns Shop
- New at TWIS: This Week in Skating on Patreon
- New at TWIS: This Week in Skating on YouTube
- New at IDC: U.S. Championships Preview
- New at IDC: New Team Series: Jasmine Robertson & Chase Rohner
- New at IDC: New Team Series: Jane Calhoun & Mark Zheltyshev
- New at IDC: Preview: Novice Ice Dancers Head to St. Louis for 2026 U.S. Championships
- New at IDC: 2026 U.S. Championships Hub
- New at FSO: 2026 U.S. Championships Hub
- New at FSO: Preview – 2026 U.S. Championships
- New at FSO: Junior skater Kaya Tiernan following in mother’s footsteps