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Congratulations to Caleb Farrington for his Bronze Medal at Junior Grand Prix Baku! https://results.isu.org/results/season2526/jgpaze2025/CAT001RS.htm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AtZlxgNCuk&t=5s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C0JiN6PuaI

Congratulations to Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko for their Silver Medal at Nebelhorn Trophy 2025! http://www.deu-event.de/results/Nebelhorn_2025/CSGER2025/CAT004RS.htm Congratulations to Caroline Green and Michael Parsons for their Bronze Medal at Nepela Memorial 2025...

Congratulations to Amber Glenn for winning Nebelhorn 2025! http://www.deu-event.de/results/Nebelhorn_2025/CSGER2025/CAT002RS.htm

If Caroline and Michael would just take out "I'm too sexy," their edit would be just fine and they are far from the only team/competitor with a janky music edit this competitive season. As far as music edits done right, I love all the different edits in Starr's "Girls" Short Program. I also...

Congratulations to Andrew Torgashev for winning the Silver Medal at Nebelhorn 2025! http://www.deu-event.de/results/Nebelhorn_2025/CSGER2025/CAT001RS.htm

Congratulations to Tomoki Hiwatashi for his Bronze Medal at the Kinoshita Cup Challenger! He was the highest placing American man at the competition! I got misty-eyed watching Tomoki skate his LP. It was the best that I have seen from Tomoki in years! Perhaps, he wants that 3rd spot for the...

Fournier-Beaudry/Cizeron RD did not look finished to me. I was shocked by the lack of close holds, the distance between them and the amount of two foot skating in it. There were places where they came to dead stop and just posed or vogued with their arms, which is a huge weakness. I don't think...

I agree. She seems to have very clean, Michelle Kwan-like jump technique. If there were one thing she needs to work on though is that she needs to improve the spring in her jumps just a little bit and then I think she will land her jumps cleanly more often.

Has it been confirmed yet that the Shibs were not at Champs Camp?

I love Amber's new SP. I can see why every one is excited about the program and I will be rooting for Amber this season (as always) but as far as making predictions...has Amber ever skated two clean programs (short & long) back to back? Until I see that from her, I will remain guarded in my...

Speaking of edge jumps, Sophie Joline von Felten's axel, loop and salchow are amazing! I am deeply impressed that she can change the number of revolutions in her axel jump with ease. She attemped 4 axels in her long program (two triples and two doubles) and landed 3 of the 4 axels cleanly. Plus...

They (the toe jumps) did not look any better to me. She still has that same "crank" technique (in the toe jumps), where she comes to a halt, raises her free-leg, slams it into the ice and then has to drop her back in the landing (which again kills the speed and flow coming out of the jump). She...

Ting has had it rough with that recurring ankle injury. Wishing her a speedy (and complete) recovery.

Sophie is turning 16 next week. Will she be old enough to skate Senior next season?

I am sure they meant well. Neither is a psychologist. They were talking from the perspective of what worked for them (as competitive athletes).