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    Bruno Massot called Savchenko “A tyrant” and said he has PTSD after working with her.

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

    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...
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    Memoir young pairs skater / now journalist

    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)...
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    Great Short Programs by Pairs in the Olympics

    Mishkutenok and Dmitriev 1991 (and part of 1992) Short, "Dying Swan:" https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6j0nz
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    From Russia With Love [#37]: Summer 2020

    That is exactly as I would imagine a "Firebird" costume on any stage.
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    The aftermath of DG's resignation - what next for the FFSG?

    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...
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    Nathalie Péchalat

    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...
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    The aftermath of DG's resignation - what next for the FFSG?

    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...
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    Does french figure skating have a culture of rape ? FFSG in the storm

    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...
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    Glice

    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.)
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    Cipres/FFSG Press Release on the situation 12-16-2019

    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/...
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    Pairs Discussion Thread 2019-20: “Two skating as one”

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

    I believe Shanti Rushpaul choreographed Usova and Zhulin's 1993 free program that won them gold at Worlds?
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    Cipres/FFSG Press Release on the situation 12-16-2019

    Not actually...Maybe because I learned it as a 2nd language I find it logical and easier than English. There is some American bashing going on in the LÉquipe comment section. On the other hand, the statement does not articulate that a child is involved, a big information gap
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    Cipres accused of sexual misconduct

    French legal processes are quite different than American/Anglo-Saxon processes (and procedures and code). One of those differences is that the identity of the accused is somewhat protected until a trial and its outcome. I don't think that France or Italy are more accepting of sexual abuse than...
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