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    2022-23 US Pairs Discussion - Second to None!

    The coach is the problem. She's coached several talented pair teams over the past 15 years whose partnerships exploded in the toxic environment. Wishing Cayla and Andy healing and hoping they both find healthy environments in which they can thrive.
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    U.S. Pairs 2021-22 season - News & Updates, Part X

    I thought both teams split? They haven't been training together full time since Nationals. Rivers was home from Nationals until two weeks ago. USFS will send out alternates in the spring that don't have the minimums unless the teams decline or split.
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    Partnered vs solo

    If you switch from testing partnered dance to testing solo dance, you don't need to retake any pattern dances that you passed partnered. However, the pattern dances that you pass solo don't "count" towards partnered dance so you would have to retake any pattern dances that you passed solo to...
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    ISU Transgender Policy

    In the context of this discussion, it's worth noting that the athlete in question (Quinn) was AFAB and playing on a women's team. They identify as trans and non-binary (some NB individuals identify as trans; some don't) and haven't undergone any hormone suppression or replacement. There are...
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    Nguyen & Kolesnik have ended their partnership

    Who would pay for the training and living expenses of two 18 years old training at an international level?
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    2020 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships Feb. 26th - 29th

    One of the lifters for the group that didn't execute the lift fell as the groups were forming; the fall was tagged to the element. She basically fell into the boards and so far off pattern that it was impossible to salvage. I was impressed that they'd thought to consider, plan, and practice an...
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