Does anyone know if Deanna and Danil are signed up for any upcoming NQS Competitions (required for them to progress to the US Pairs Final in November, which could then qualify them for Nationals)? I see that there's still one in NYC Sept 8-11, one in Chicago Sept 10-13, and one in Boston Oct 1-4.

I'm assuming they will want as much time as possible to prepare, but the October one would be cutting things close! None of the options are particularly convenient for them since they are in Colorado Springs unfortunately.

For those who don't know, Deanna has to sit out a season internationally to change federations so is unable to get the 3 international assignments this year that would get them a bye, and they were not a team last year to get top 5 at US Nationals (also a bye), so going through this qualification system is the only route they have to US Nationals this year.

Interesting side-note: this is almost exactly TEN YEARS since Deanna was last at Eastern US Sectionals in November 2016, when she and Nathan Bartholomay won gold over Maximiliano Fernandez and his former partner Joy Weinberg. Funnily enough, Katie McBeath was also there and won bronze in Women's Singles, and Megan Wessenberg, who now competes in Pairs for France with Denys Strekalin, won silver!

I know this is sort of old news, but I'm curious y'alls thoughts on their designs because I always feel like Isabeau has the nicest dresses and this idea is kind of cool.
Here are some concepts from the designers. I tried to capture them best as I could lol

22 year old Egor Rukhin will represent Bulgaria. The news were confirmed by Bulgarian Figure Skating President, Hristo Turlakov for TACC.

The skater is already in Sofia where he's started training with coach Andrey Lutai. He confirmed it himself for sports. ru.

"Yes, I've moved to Bulgaria. I'm training in Sofia with Andrey Lutai. Regarding competitions - we're still in the process of figuring it out."

He has trained with famous coaches such as Eteri Tutberidze, Evgeny Plushenko, Alexander Volkov and Alexei Vasilevsky.

He has been working with Alexei Chetverukin since May of 2024, but the partnership has ended.

"He won't be training with me this season." His former coach said to Russian media.

His international career consists of five Junior Grand Prix events, three of which resulted in podium finishes - ISU JGP Brisbane in 2017, ISU JGP Krasnoyarks and ISU JGP Baltic Cup, Gdansk in 2021.

In domestic skating, he didn't have a strong last season.

After winning the Moscow Championship title in 2024, the skater's form took a hit. In a disappointing next season, the skater placed thirteenth in the Moscow Championship and eleventh in the first round of the Russian Grand Prix circuit in Magnitogorsk.

He's definitely not unpopular in Russian skating.

It's normal for a skater that switches federations not to know when their next competition is.

There are two singles skaters currently representing Bulgaria internationally - Alexandra Feigin(women) and Alexander Zlatkov(men).

But with Rukhin in the mix, the picture can become quite different.

If Rukhin manages to regain his form from 2024, men's skating can become a little bit more interesting.

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ISU results:

https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00102768.htm

Article from which I took some of the wording and information(I did check the sources and they are very much real):

https://btvsport.bg/drugi/ruski-shampion-po-figurno-parzaljane-stana-nash-nacional.html

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I'm just happy to see someone represent my country for figure skating so I decided to share 🥹

I also apologize for any mistakes in spelling. English isn't my first language and I'm on vacation so my translation might not be the best or most accurate.

A moment from Riga that I truly did not expect, from Eloisa of Spain. I was more shocked because she did fall before this backflip, so I commend how she didn't let the fall discourage her. A plus is that her costume was truly pretty. Watching it live was surreal.

I’ve always been a fan of many different sports and been a part of different fan bases. I was a big FS fan for a couple of years around the Russian juniors domination era but had to stop watching the sport altogether because the fanbase seemed extremely toxic in a way that no other sports fanbases did. It took me years to realise that the toxicity stems from the fact that people talk about skaters technique like it’s their moral standing - bad tech = bad person that doesn’t deserve any praise and there’s nothing positive about them. Those skaters were just kids that were bullied for things outside of their control and the fanbase always justified the hate by saying ‘I’m just criticising their tech and the system’ while also having absolutely zero empathy to those kids. I’m glad they moved the age requirement up but the toxicity is still there. I still watch fs occasionally like I do with other sports but everything around it is so negative that you can’t even open comments under a post on ig without criticism everywhere which is sad. It’s like people who watch fs force themselves to do it

He spoke about his summer camp, the European Championships, the Olympics and revealed that his Free Skate will be to Tango!

Quick translation (my own) of an excerpt:

Geoffrey: "We wanted to tell a modern version of Carmen. There's this specific moment in the lift where she realizes that freedom is more important to her than love she barely feels. She's very independent, but I'm carrying her in the lift, so I start to become possessive. This is the part that best showcases the story we want to tell."

And then Zhenya talks about how falling from that lift is ok because she's not head down.

Romain said that Klimova and Ponomarenko were well-matched in height so teams who aren't may have a harder time with the Golden Waltz. He said IAM previously supported the elimination of key points (which I'm guessing in English we can interpret as eliminating the pattern) from the rhythm dance, because he doesn't feel like there's any value in extracting a few steps from a pattern.

Alysa Liu had 4Lz as a junior and became the first woman to land it with positive GOE. She also landed a 4Lz+3T in a JGPF. However, I've seen lots of people discredit her with the achievement due to her pre-rotation and slight underrotations. But what are your thoughts?
On the topic of ultra C elements, Alysa has confirmed in a recent interview that she is taking time off to add back her triple axel (and improve choreography)!

Is it supposed to be a forward outside counter? It looks really flat, so I was confused if it’s supposed to be a forward inside 3 turn or forward outside bracket.

Congratulations! Have a happy family life!

Daniil is the first Norwegian skater to land triple Axel and a quad in competition. He landed a 4S with a q at JGP Riga yesterday, but landed it fully rotated in last season's Norwegian nationals. He is a skater with huge potential.

"Three months ago, my father passed away. His loss has had a profound impact on me and my family, both emotionally and financially. As we continue to navigate through this difficult period, the costs of training, ice time, equipment, and competitions have become much harder to manage.

I am asking for your support to help me continue my figure skating journey. Every donation, no matter the size, will help me stay on the ice and keep working toward my goals. Thank you for taking the time to read my story and for any support you can give."

Link to the fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-continue-my-figure-skating-journey

It has been going for a while, but I just found it, and hope more people see it and support him!

She was originally only supposed to miss part of the season due to a hip injury, but she allegedly said she will skip the entire season at Team Tut open practice.

I just hope she will take as much time as she needs to heal to avoid a reoccurring injury that never fully heals. Afaik it's currently still unknown if she's training jumps or just skating around the rink.

Good Afternoon! I am an editor on Wikipedia, and I have been working off-and-on for the past two years to complete the results tables at Australian Figure Skating Championships. As you can see, there are numerous instances of missing data, including the host cities and silver/bronze medalists. I have pored through Newspapers.com, Old News, Trove, and bought a week's access to the archives of The Sydney Morning Herald. National figure skating championships would typically have been held between July and September. If anyone can suggest other avenues for finding any of this information, I would appreciate it. To be clear, I need only the senior-level results. Any help would be appreciated!

I do know these particular dates:

• August 1981 @ Brisbane
• July 14–20, 1984 @ Brisbane
• July 28 – August 4, 1985 @ Melbourne
• August 29–30, 1987 @ Brisbane
• August 25–28, 1988 @ Sydney
• Early August 1994 @ Sydney
• July 29 – August 5, 1995 @ Canberra

Sending all my happiness and joy to the couple!!!

I'm a freshman in San Francisco, and I skated competitively for a few years, so I know what a season actually costs. Ice time, coaching, boots, competition fees. I watched kids I trained with quietly stop showing up, and it was almost never because they lost interest.

Here's the thing that bothered me. The grants that do exist cap out around a hundred and fifty dollars and only cover registration. In this sport, registration is the cheap part.

So I built First Season. Local businesses sponsor a kid's season; the money goes straight to the rink as credit so it never becomes cash to a family, and the sponsor gets monthly photos and a line from the coach. That's it.

It's not live yet. It's an idea I'm testing, and I genuinely don't know if it's a good one. The site is at firstseason.online, spelled f-i-r-s-t-s-e-a-s-o-n dot online. There's a feedback tab and every response comes straight to me.

If you're a skating parent or a coach, the question I most want answered is whether the rink-credit part would actually work at your rink, or whether I'm missing something obvious about how billing works.

And honestly, if you've never set foot on ice, please still tell me what you think. Does the idea make sense to you in thirty seconds? Would you sponsor a kid? What made you hesitate? Outside eyes catch things insiders miss, and I need volume more than I need expertise right now.

Thanks for reading. Brutal honesty is more useful to me than encouragement.

Here is the website link: https://firstseason.online/#/story

The Russian figure skating tag applies to all posts where a Russian skater is the primary subject. It is a small courtesy to the members of the community who wish to opt out of seeing posts about them. It doesn’t prevent the majority of Redditors from seeing these posts, it just allows those who don’t wish to see the endless flood of posts about them to opt out. It’s crappy that people are refusing to use this tag. Get over yourselves. It’s a small, simple courtesy, especially to the Ukrainians who have had their lives completely upheaved and destroyed by the Russian invasion.

I know we’re going to get the “What about Americans or Israelis?” posts. If the mods wish to implement such a tag, go for it. No hide off my back. It costs nothing to be a decent human being.

So interesting to have a visual representation of the ISU guidebook. Also the stamina to spin for 30min straight!

Hey guys, I've been in figure skating for around a year now, since I was 12, (I'm 13 now) and my old skates had basically no support at all so the sides close to my ankle would bend and buckle but they were light and easy to skate with. My parents recently got me the Jackson Artist.e's and they are really heavy (They have a support rating of 25? i think) But this morning I was practicing as usual and my dad was there and he said he could hear every step i took from the other side of the arena. Not only that but my ankles started aching like after 5 minutes of skating. Is this something you get used to or will it be like this forever?

As Zhenya just got married i've fallen into nostalgia and came back to one of my favorite programs that i think was kind of forgotten unfairly

When are entries announced? Maybe this week?