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Season 4: Episode 15 (Aug. 12, 2025)
News
General News
- Hungarian judge Katalin Balczo has been suspended for a year due to trying to influence a judge at Bavarian Open 2025 to help the Junior Hungarian pairs team reach the minimum score required to compete at Junior Worlds.
Assignments
- Entries for the third JGP in Varese, Italy have been posted.
- Entries for the John Nicks Pairs Challenge International have been posted.
- Entries for the Kinoshita Group Cup Challenger Series event have been posted
Splits/Retirements
- Elizabeth Tkachenko and Alexei Kiliakov announced their retirement from competitive ice dance.
Other News
- Ice Theater of New York’s performance at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival was cancelled due to the death of a Jacob’s Pillow production manager.
- Lynn Benson, who founded the Haydenettes, passed away after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. She was 76.
Event Results
- Cranberry Cup International
- Cranberry Open (NQS)
- Cranberry Open (Non-Qualifying)
- Quebec Summer Championships
- Silicon Valley Open (NQS)
- Silicon Valley Open (Non-Qualifying)
- Copper Cup (Solo Dance NQS)
Upcoming Events
| DATES | EVENT | LOCATION |
| Aug. 14 | Summer Sizzler Show (Champs Camp going on this week) | Norwood, Massachusetts |
| Aug. 15-17 | 2025 Potomac Memorial Open (NQS for singles) | Ashburn, Va. |
| Aug. 15-17 | 2025 Last Chance For Solo Dance Skate Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo, Michigan |
| Aug. 15-17 | 2025 Skate Ontario Sectional Series August | Waterloo, Ontario, Canada |
| Aug. 15-17 | The 2025 Asean Trophy | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Aug. 16-17 | 2025 International Ice Dance Dordrecht | Dordrecht, Netherlands |
Online Updates
| Date | POST/INFORMATION | PLATFORM |
| Aug. 6 | International Skating Center of Connecticut in Simsbury posted photos of a memorial for Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov outside the rink. | |
| Aug. 6 | Ilia Malinin threw out the first pitch at the Los Angeles Dodgers Game on Aug. 6. | |
| DATE | ARTICLE SUBJECT | OUTLET / OUTLET TYPE |
| July 26 | Kaiya Ruiter: “I’m Still Having the Time of My Life.” | Rob Brodie Writes |
| Aug. 9 | Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud: It’ll Make that Moment Even More Special | Rob Brodie Writes |
| August 4 | Jia Shin embraces next level | Golden Skate |
| August 5 | Excel An Epic Success Story Burgeoning Athletes | U.S. Figure Skating |
| August 6 | Sophie Von Felton Targets Power, Emotion in a Defining Season | U.S. Figure Skating |
| August 6 | Alysa Liu ready for return to Winter Olympics | NBC Bay Area |
| August 10 | Deniss Vasilijevs: Skating into his third Olympic Games with purpose | Golden Skate |
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: Photos – Lake Placid Ice Dance International
- New at IDC: Photos – Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships
- New at FSO: Photos – Cranberry Cup International