Nice Prepares For a Battle Royale
by Jacquelyn Thayer & IDC Staff The lovely city of Nice, on the French Riviera, has played host to the World Figure Skating Championships once before, in 2000. That…
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by Jacquelyn Thayer & IDC Staff The lovely city of Nice, on the French Riviera, has played host to the World Figure Skating Championships once before, in 2000. That…
by Melanie Hoyt This week, 32 junior ice dance teams will descend upon Minsk, Belarus, to compete in the 2012 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. Fortunately, the temperatures have…
by Jacquelyn Thayer With the close results established after the short dance, the stage was certainly set for an exciting contest in the free dance. What may have been less…

Colorado Springs, CO – February 7-12, 2012 Photographs Short Dance Recap Free Dance Recap
Many wondered if the altitude of Colorado Springs would have a deleterious effect on the skaters competing at Four Continents. While a few athletes needed to catch their breaths post-program,…
That’s (finally) a Wrap! – Blog #4 by Melanie Hoyt Thursday, 09 February 2012 05:49 It took 16 days after arriving back in Chicago to get everything posted from Canadians.…
by Jacquelyn Thayer As the home of U.S. Figure Skating, Colorado Springs, Colo., is a deservedly popular competition base. This week, it will host the Four Continents Figure Skating…
Close Call for Virtue & Moir in the Short Dance by Melanie Hoyt Everyone knew what would happen in the senior short dance at the 2012 Canadian Figure Skating Championships.…
Close Competition in the Junior Short Dance by Melanie Hoyt After the junior short dance at the 2012 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, the scoreboard looked more like it was showing…
Senior Short Dance Re-Cap by IDC Staff It’s not often an event lives up to its hype. When it does, you know you’ve witnessed something special. Friday afternoon, the 14…
Short Dance Recap by IDC Staff The Detroit Skating Club’s Alexandra Aldridge & Daniel Eaton added another national gold medal to their collection by winning the 2012 U.S. junior title,…

Hello from Sheffield, So today was the day of the free dance. We had a practice in the morning at 10:30 a.m. which was going really well. The dress was…
Another amazing day is starting!!! Finally the competition! Practice was really good. Our starting number was #3 after our training mates Marco & Charlene. The ice was just a bit…
Hi everybody, Yesterday was a pretty easy day for us…’cause we had no competition. We had two times practice. The practice in the morning was the first practice in the…