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Uh-Oh---isn't that what happened with Bradie Tennell when she was training 3a under Tom Z? And that's also when the foot injury started.

Where Russia really screwed up was having Valieva skate both SP and FS in the Team event. Valieva had a bad test result from Nationals and should that blow up (as it did), at least Russia would lose 10 points, not 20. They'd still be behind the US, but silver is still better than a contested...

The "country" was NOT Russia---it was the RUSSIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE.

I recall at one competition, when her skater got off the ice after a subpar effort, Yamada slapped the skater right across the face.

There was a major power failure in the Charlotte NC area yesterday afternoon, so I missed the Senior RD and the Senior Women's SP. The power didn't get back on until 5 am today. And no replays were available on Peacock, of course.

Kaiya is #44 on ISU World Rankings. YOG doesn't award any ISU Ranking points. Even if she could somehow earn World TES minimums, a B International at best could earn her 250 points, which would move her up only to #40. She'd wind up in one of the earlier groups. Anyway, I don't trust...

Kaiya is now the Canadian Champion--she should be going to Worlds, and YOG can't help her achieve the minimum TES she needs.

Ilya would benefit more from doing shows than competing at 4CC. Shows will help him develop his presentation skills, which is currently a top priority for him.

If Hocke/Kunkel are out then the Russo-Hungarians are in the GPF?

Amber has had a long history of skating great SPs and then struggling in the FS. She seems to lose her concentration mid-FS and then the speed and power is gone.

My son-in-law has Irish citizenship through his grandfather, and my grandchildren have Irish citizenship, as well.

The last semi-successful woman skater McLeod coached was Emily Bausback. Emily won just one title in her career: the 2020 Senior Canadian National Championship. She was 2nd at 2017 Junior Canadian Nationals. She was 27th at the 2021 World Championship, 15th at 2020 Four Continents, and 11th...

It appears that, rather than being the "Mr. Nice Guy" he pretends to be, Ted Barton has a narcissistic personality. It will be hard to watch the JGP this coming season and listen to him talk. I might have to turn the sound down after the skater finishes his/her program.

Not that likely. While their pair and dance team have had great results, their ladies haven't scored well this season: Gutmann and Pezzetta are #46 and #51 on the SB list. The only WTT members lower than that are Dupuis (CAN) at 62 and Serna (FRA) at 66. While the Italian men have high...

Amber is 19th. Isabeau is 5th, Audrey Shin 16th, Lindsay Thorngren 17th, Starr Andrews 29th, Seo 34th, Tennell 36th. But when the formerly top-rated Russians (Shcherbakova, Trusova, Valieva, Tuktamysheva) and retired US skaters (Chen, Bell) are stripped of their 20/21 data and their 22 data...