2016 Skate America Preview
by Laura Flagg | Photo by Robin Ritoss The Grand Prix series begins this week in Chicago, Illinois with Skate America. Ten ice dance teams compete for prize money and a chance to qualify for the Grand Prix Final in…
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Japan’s Muramoto & Reed Aim High
by Anne Calder | Photo by Robin Ritoss After the 2015 World Championships, ice dance siblings Cathy & Chris Reed ended their partnership. Cathy retired to coach; Chris began a new partner search. In June, Reed teamed up with Kana…
2016 Finlandia Trophy Recap
by Anne Calder | Photo by Irina Tsimfer Finlandia Trophy was the last Challenger Series warm-up event before the ISU Grand Prix kicks off with Skate America on October 21. It was held last week in Espoo, Finland. Ten teams…
Results – 2016 Masters de Patinage
Villars de Lans, France October 6-8, 2016 Protocols SENIOR OVERALL FPl. Name Points SD FD 1 Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON 205.10 1 1 2 Marie-Jade LAURIAULT / Romain LE GAC 155.73 2 2 3 Lorenza ALESSANDRINI / Pierre…
Results – 2016 Finlandia Trophy
Espoo, Finland October 6-10, 2016 Protocols OVERALL FPl. Name Nation Points SD FD 1 Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN RUS 172.83 1 1 2 Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE USA 165.76 2 2 3 Tiffany ZAHORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO RUS…
2016 Junior Grand Prix Pokal der Blauen Schwerter Recap
by Anne Calder The 47th Pokal der Blauen Schwerter – last of the 2016 JGP events – was hosted by Dresden, Germany, from October 5-8. Fourteen ice dance teams from 11 countries competed. Two qualified for the Final in Marseilles, France.…
Results – 2016 Junior Grand Prix Pokal der Blauen Schwerter
Dresden, Germany October 5-9, 2016 Protocols OVERALL FPl. Name Nation Points SD FD 1 Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS USA 157.63 1 1 2 Anastasia SHPILEVAYA / Grigory SMIRNOV RUS 148.02 2 2 3 Arina USHAKOVA…
ISU Figure Skating Media Guide 2016/17
2016 Junior Grand Prix Pokal der Blauen Schwerter Preview
by Melanie Hoyt Heaney | Photo by This week, junior skaters will take the ice in Dresden, Germany, for the seventh and final stop on the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series. At Pokal der Blauen Schwerter, or Cup of Blue…
2016 Finlandia Trophy Preview
by Melanie Hoyt Heaney | Photo by Robin Ritoss This week in the Challenger Series, the action takes place in Espoo, Finland, home of Finlandia Trophy. Only ten teams from eight countries will compete at Finlandia, which usually sticks to…