rfisher
Let the skating begin
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The NBA has way more than any figure skating federation. By an order of magnitude more.This will be interesting and juicy for gossip - especially given that all officials will be local to the competition. Cue the speculation and drama.
I wish that instead of this set up they would have done a bubble like the NBA is doing. Test everyone, put everyone in a few hotels, and run a competition with virtual audiences only. They could rent somewhere like the Irvine rink (or even half the Irvine rink) where there's 9 surfaces to train on and let the athletes train on different surfaces. Drama, intrigue, and increased safety. That is, if they can figure out the visa situations for every skater. Of course this is more expensive and logistically difficult, but I think it would be the only way to run the Grand Prix with some minimal level of safety.