2011 World Championships Preview
In light of the natural and nuclear disasters that have shaken Japan in the past six weeks, the 2010-2011 season was unexpectedly lengthened. Fortunately for the qualified skaters, the 2011…
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In light of the natural and nuclear disasters that have shaken Japan in the past six weeks, the 2010-2011 season was unexpectedly lengthened. Fortunately for the qualified skaters, the 2011…

March 5, 2011 Very quickly, I would like to share with everyone the experience of being drug tested. As I forgot to mention in my previous blog, I was the…

2011 WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – GANGNEUNG CITY, REPUBLIC OF KOREA February 27-March 6, 2011 Photographs Competitors Blog by Colin McManus
The culmination of the season for junior figure skaters — the 2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships — will take place from February 27-March 6 in Gangneung, South Korea. In…

The 2011 ISU Four Continents Championships opened with the short dance Thursday afternoon, and, as expected, Canadians Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir and Americans Meryl Davis & Charlie White are…
In 1999, the ISU created the Four Continents Championships as a parallel event to the European Championships that would give non-European skaters an opportunity to win prize money. In the…
Senior Short Dance Report When Alex & Maia Shibutani finished their short dance to “Carousel Waltz” at the 2011 AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships, the audience rose to its feet…
Junior Short Dance Report Just when you think you know what’s going to happen in ice dance–or what will probably happen–the new short dance laughs in your face. Joylyn Yang…
Greetings from Greensboro – Day 6 Thursday, 26 January 2011 No dance competition at U.S. Nationals or Euros, so this made for a day of catching up (both on sleep…
Novice Compulsory Dance Report – Blues & Paso Doble The 2011 U.S. National Championships officially began with the novice pattern dances. Twelve teams skated first the Blues, followed by the…
Junior Short Dance Report Victoria Hasegawa & Connor Hasegawa – “The Merry-Go-Round of Life” (waltz) Good character, the most expressive I’ve seen them skate. Cute play on a sibling rivalry…
Novice Free Dance Report Although quite a few of the teams hit some bumps along the way, the novice dance competition at the 2011 Skate Canada Junior Nationals in Victoria,…

The 2011 U.S. National Championships get underway on Sunday, January 23rd with the novice compulsory dances. Since 2008, the main event arena has hosted all of the competitive events for…
On January 24, the European Championships get underway in Bern, Switzerland. The battle for the gold medal will likely be between France’s Nathalie Pechalat & Fabian Bourzat and Russia’s Ekaterina…