by Jacquelyn Thayer In the wake of the 2017 World Championships, an expanded look at the numbers beneath the outcomes. THE SCORESIf the 2017 World Championships — like any major skating event — told us anything, it’s how little confidence one should place in past scores and relationships between those personal bests so-called, particularly in…
UPDATED APRIL 24: Albums are viewable under our new Photography tab; all images may be shared across social media platforms with full credit and, preferred, inclusion of a source link. Photos are published as they become available to the site editor. March 16: Two for the Ice will be represented at the 2016 World Figure…
Total number of dance teams competing at 2015 World Figure Skating Championships: 30 Canada = three; USA = three Total number of pairs competing at 2015 World Figure Skating Championships: 19 Canada = three; USA = two Dance teams overall returning from 2014 Worlds: 17 Pairs overall returning from 2014 Worlds: 9 Percent change in…
Lynn Rutherford’s U.S. pairs preview for Worlds, drawn from last week’s teleconferences, highlights Alexa Scimeca and Chris Knierim‘s competitive goals and Haven Denney and Brandon Frazier‘s shift to Ingo Steuer as head coach. Lori Ewing of the Canadian Press previews Team Canada at Worlds, focusing primarily on Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje. From Lubov Iliushechkina…
This weekend marks the first competitive visit to Russia for 2013 Skate Canada silver medalists Kaitlyn Weaver & Andrew Poje since 2011, when the couple twice traveled to Moscow to tackle two events — a delayed World Championships, closing out one season, and Rostelecom Cup, the final Grand Prix stop of 2011-12. Moscow proved rather…
The ISU Council today released the provisional allotments for 2016’s ISU Championships, with the following of primary interest for North American skaters: ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships – Taipei City/Chinese Taipei (February 9-14, 2016) ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships – Debrecen/Hungary (March 14-20, 2016) ISU World Figure Skating Championships – Boston/USA (March 28-…
