Ice-Dance.com is a central source for info on the weekend’s Chesapeake Open, with an album of event results. Lorraine McNamara & Quinn Carpenter took first in the junior short dance with a score of 51.46, while Rachel & Michael Parsons captured the lead in the free dance with 72.66. With only two teams competing at…
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Weekend of Competition for North American Teams
This weekend offers a busy line-up of competitive opportunities for several pair and ice dance couples based or currently training in the U.S. Boston Open Competition Schedule Senior Pairs: Kiri Baga & Taylor Toth, SP Gretchen Donlan & Andrew Speroff, LP As was the case last year, the Boston Open will be livestreamed, though a…
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ISU Announces Technical Minimums for 2013-14
The ISU released Communication No. 1797 today, establishing the TES minimums for qualification to this year’s ISU Championships and the Sochi Olympics. The minimums for pairs at most events have remained unchanged from last season, but have been lowered for the World Championships from the 28.00 (SP)/45.00 (LP) required in 2012-13. In ice dance, the…
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SKATING Magazine 2013 Readers’ Choice Skater(s) of the Year Award
Voting is open is for U.S. Figure Skating’s SKATING Magazine 2013 Readers’ Choice Skater(s) of the Year Award, also known as the Michelle Kwan Trophy. Eligible candidates include the top five finishers in each discipline at this year’s U.S. Figure Skating Championships, as well as World and Junior World medalists. The deadline to vote is…
Ice Dance, Pairs
Flashback Friday: Tiffany Stiegler & Sergei Magerovski, 2006 U.S. Nationals Free Dance
At the novice and junior levels, Tiffany Stiegler achieved major results in pairs with older brother Johnnie, winning both 1995 novice and 1997 junior national titles, a fourth-place finish at the 1999 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, and three medals on the Junior Grand Prix, as well as two pewters at the senior national level…
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Skate Canada Announces 2013-14 National Team
Skate Canada has announced its National Team for the Olympic season, comprising top five finishers at the senior level at the 2013 Canadian Figure Skating Championships. In dance, as was the case for the 2011-12 season, a sixth team has been included due to Kaitlyn Weaver & Andrew Poje’s Nationals bye — in this case…
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ISU Releases 2016 Championship Allotments
The ISU Council today released the provisional allotments for 2016’s ISU Championships, with the following of primary interest for North American skaters: ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships – Taipei City/Chinese Taipei (February 9-14, 2016) ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships – Debrecen/Hungary (March 14-20, 2016) ISU World Figure Skating Championships – Boston/USA (March 28-…
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Ice Dance Round-Up: June 3-9
Madison Hubbell will be blogging for icenetwork.com throughout the 2013-14 season, kicking off her series Friday: Hubbell’s scope: U.S. ice dancer shares her world June 7-9 saw the Edward Picken Pro-Am hosted by the Washington Figure Skating Club, which included among its entrants one senior couple and a handful of junior and novice teams who…
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2013-14 Grand Prix Assignments – Dance
The Grand Prix assignments for the 2013-14 season are upon us, and this year’s dance line-up offers more than a few storylines to watch. 1. The Elite There are no surprises in the assignments for World one-two Meryl Davis & Charlie White and Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir, both slated to compete at their traditional…