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Is Matthew Kennedy 21 already? If so, too old to compete juniors internationally. I am trying to figure out which US pairs, if any, are age-eligible for Youth Olympic Games. Are Audrey Park and Carter Griffin still skating together? USA is eligible for two pairs spots at YOG.

That makes sense, thanks for the explanation

The new ISU Communication No. 2350 establishes a junior World Standing and World Ranking list starting next season, and assigns points for junior International Competitions. I assume that (new) points for junior ICs from 22-23 and 21-22 seasons will be added to the WS table. Which would boost...

Post WW2 pair skaters that won gold in their first Worlds appearance: 1986 - Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov 1983 - Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev 1973 - Alexander Zaitsev (with Irina Rodnina) 1969 - Irina Rodnina / Alexei Ulanov 1951 - Ria Baran / Paul Falk 1947 - Micheline Lannoy / Pierre...

This x 1000000. I have wanted to see this for a long, long time. I would even settle for just top 12 in each event. I assume you mean top 12/24 by season’s best score, or did you have something else in mind? I also would be okay with this being the one international event where juniors could...

I wonder if Weaver/Pope will skate to the French version or the English version of the song. Brian Orser skated to the English version (Only the Very Best) for the 1996 Canadian Stars on Ice tour.

I never thought I'd see the day when the US would have more GP pair entries (11 + TBD) than Russia (10)!

I think you nailed it. The problem with ladies is that there is a fairly consistent pattern of a young skater arriving on the scene shortly before the Olympics, winning the Olympic gold, and then by choice or because of injuries (overtraining?), disappearing. Not good for the athlete, not good...

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