Recent content by Minou

The Zandanos were born in the capital of South Tyrol, part of Austria, 1809-1918. Austrian Citizenship Act permits citizenship by descent so that all fits. (The majority voted to join Switzerland after WWI, but Swiss reluctance and the secret 1915 Treaty of London determined fate...

The NYT subscription service and sports section have changed. A basic subscription can access, but cannot gift an "Athletics" article. Pasted below: "The U.S. Center for SafeSport banned U.S. Olympic pairs figure skating coach Dalilah Sappenfield for life for violations that include physical...

Is anyone able to share an original French version of the article? Thank you.

Recently, after receiving a speeding ticket in a Chicago suburb, I was required to complete an eight-hour traffic safety course that used the Princess Diana crash in Paris as a touchstone. It included physics, safety, traffic, and other experts especially vis-à-vis safety restraints... I was...

There is a new memoir discussing American and pairs figure skating culture by Keri Blakinger, an early partner of Mark Ladwig, in addtion to later developments in her life and work . Here is a review (this is a gift article so everyone everywhere should be able to access it)...

Mishkutenok and Dmitriev 1991 (and part of 1992) Short, "Dying Swan:" https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6j0nz

That is exactly as I would imagine a "Firebird" costume on any stage.

The aftermath is that Gailhaguet continues to hang on. He has refused requests that he resign from his (unpaid) seat the French Olympic Committee where he is slated to serve until 2021. According to board president Denis Masseglia, "There is nothing in the statutes (by-laws) that oblige him to...

Multiple news sources have announced that Péchalat has been elected president of the FFSG : https://www.lequipe.fr/Patinage-artistique/Actualites/Nathalie-pechalat-elue-presidente-de-la-federation-francaise-des-sports-de-glace/1119731 with 504 votes ¨for¨ and 154 blank ballots with the...

According to the Le Monde article, which is locked for subscribers after the first couple paragraphs, it is Ms. Le Gougne herself who informed the newspaper of her candidacy. Le Gougne insists that Ms. Pechelet's candidacy is receiving strong support from Gailhaguet's most loyal supporters...

Here is an article I read about this the other day: http://www.leparisien.fr/sports/patinage-a-mulhouse-un-benevole-etait-condamne-pour-pedopornographie-06-02-2020-8254587.php . Changing one's name and volunteering to work with children, having a partner who works with children...An anonymous...

Does this have a future : https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/01/business/glice-fake-ice-skating-.html ? I skated (and I am NOT a skater:( ) on a different synthetic ice more than a decade ago when my son was young. I found it odd and difficult. My son loved it. (He is not a skater either.)

Apologies if someone has already noted this: Morgan and Cipres will not be defending France´s title in Graz the 2020 European championships. https://ffsg.org/europe2020-la-selection-francaise-en-route-pour-graz/...

Does that mean that the (Russian) Fed influenced the decision; or am I misreading this?

I believe Shanti Rushpaul choreographed Usova and Zhulin's 1993 free program that won them gold at Worlds?