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https://figureskatersonline.com/news/2024/01/10/katie-mcbeath-and-daniil-parkman-riding-new-partnership-to-u-s-nationals/ This article from last year mentions that Daniil took his first steps on the ice as a toddler in Seattle. Really not sure what that means though in terms of if he has family...

Bland Sperry are not internationally junior age eligible next season

https://www.instagram.com/p/C44MfsatZfm/?img_index=10 Leah and Artem are getting married

Are William/Lewer guaranteed at least 1 Grand Prix spot next season by winning a medal at Junior Worlds? The language on the Grand Prix announcement document from this past year is that Not a guarantee of a spot, but I think it's generally pretty rare that Junior World medalists don't get at...

Neset/Markelov, Peals, Hauer/Starr, Mullens, and Cui/Eckert will all be aging out at the end of next season (though Neset/Markelov will likely be moving up at the end of this season)

At least 1 of the Canadian teams probably won't be at Worlds. Whether it's FBS because of the recent allegations or LL because of their recent injury.

Carhart/Horovyii age out this season. Wouldn't be surprised if they're going to switch countries. Flores/Desyatov are currently in the top 24 season's best and they have the chance to up their PB a bit at Egna Dance Trophy. If they stay in the top 24, they'll get 1 GP, and then...

Doubtful, in an interview last week, they said that 2026 is their goal. They're probably just feeling very rough right now because of being sick and a poor performance.

Even if PC return, CB would certainly be the favorites for the individual Olympic silver. Continuing to another Olympics could help them make a good chunk of money through sponsorships and the media attention to help set up their life after competition

He said in an interview last week that the 2026 Olympics is their goal. I have to imagine that his emotions now may be because he's currently very sick and they just delivered a poor performance.

I hope that Lorraine is able to find someone from another federation. It would be tough to make it in USFS, but she's more than talented enough to find a lot of success representing another country.

USFS gives bonuses on top of prize money as well. However, the fact that top skaters still skip the event with regularity indicates that the prize money is not enough of a draw to compete.

World Standings points are crucial for staying in the top 24 world standing's list, which guarantees at least one Grand Prix assignment. Not to mention, scores are usually higher at Championship events, which also helps for staying/getting in the top 24 season's best list, which also guarantees...

Interesting that Switzerland did not enter a dance team when they do have an age-eligible one. If they had entered the dance team, they would have been eligible for the team event. Since Switzerland did not an enter a dance team, Italy got to enter a team instead.

Canada and the US are guaranteed a YOG medal since the way they're doing the team event is that they're taking the 3 highest points across the 4 disciplines. In each discipline, first place gets 8 points, second place gets 7 points, so on so forth. Thus, since Canada and the US are the only two...