This Week in Skating / April 9, 2024

This Week in Skating is hosted by Gina Capellazzi and Daphne Backman and is a cooperative project between Figure Skaters Online and Ice-dance.com. New episodes are available every Tuesday. Website: http://www.thisweekinskating.com Email: [email protected] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thisweekinskating Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thiswkinskating Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinskating Thread: https://www.threads.net/@thisweekinskating Patreon: patreon.com/ThisWeekinSkating ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 9, 2024 Episode - Last Weekly Episode of Season 2 Skating News Hotels became available for the 2025 World Championships, along with online application form for volunteers. International Selection Pool (ISP) at U.S. Figure Skating was updated. Miami Varsity Synchronized Skating announced that Katey Nyquist is the next head coach of Miami University Synchronized Skating. Article in The Miami Student (college's newspaper): https://www.miamistudent.net/article/2024/04/katey-nyquist-skates-into-new-role-as-head-coach-for-miami-synchronized-skating Event Results Recap World Synchronized Skatng Championships, Zagreb, Croatia Helsinki Solo Ice Dance International, Helsinki, Finland Unicorn Dance Trophy,Hoorn, the Netherlands Adult Nationals, Cleveland, Ohio Israel Figure Skating Championships, Holon, Israel Black Sea Ice Cup, Kranevo, Bulgaria South African Nationals, Cape Town, South Africa Skating Club of Boston's ICE CHIPS, Norwood, Massachusetts Segment - Recent Interviews Amber Glenn focuses on 2024-2025 after turbulent season, by Judith Dombrowski, Golden Skate Rock the Rink: Lifetime adult competitors Walter Horton and Angie Prevost will take the ice at this year’s adult championships, by Angie Provost, U.S. Figure Skating PJ Kwong and Carol Lane get caught up, by Skate Ontario Interview with Loicia Demougeot and Theo Le Mercier (in French), by Solène Mathieu - Skate Info Glace Podcast: End of the Year Shenanigans, by Lindsay Wang and Luke Wang, Office Hours Segment - Social Media Updates: Ivan Shmuratko shared that he experienced his first competition free skating day after hearing a missile whistle at night. Jenna Hauer posted on Instagram that she and Benjamin Starr are no longer skating together. Villard-de-Lans Figure Skating School in France posted that Lou Koch / Lucas Chataignoux are are a new ice dance team. Tallulah Neary and Alex Spruill are announced as a new ice dance team for Great Britain. One of the ice surfaces in Boucherville, Quebec has been named for Marjorie Lajoie Julia Epps & Blake Gilman spent a week training at I.AM Ontario Harlow Stanley and Seiji Urano are announced as a new ice dance team for Mexico Segment - Upcoming Events: Triglav Trophy & Narcisa Cup, Jesenice, Slovenia, April 10-14 National Intercollegiate Final, Lake Placid, NY, April 12-14 Washington Picken Solo Dance / Solo International, April 25-28 Thailand Nationals, Bangkok, Thailand, May 3-6 Segment - Upcoming Shows “Kings on Ice” show, Tallinn, Estonia, April 9 Skating Club of Wilmington’s Spring Show, Wilmington, Delaware - April 12-13 at 7 p.m. Skating Club of San Francisco’s 2024 Gala Honoring Charlie Tickner, Yerba Buena Ice Skating & Bowling Center, San Francisco, California - April 13 at 7:30 p.m. Gold on Ice, IOC Arena, Leesburg, Virginia - April 19 at 8 p.m. Showtime on Ice, South Suburban Sports Complex in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, April 19-21 McFetridge Sports Center's Spring Ice Show, Chicago, Illinois, April 19-21 Patriot Ice Center's Spring Show, Newark, Delaware, April 26 at 7:00 pm & April 27 at 3:30 pm Nightingales on Ice, Salt Lake City Sports Complex,, April 27 and May 4 at 7 p.m. Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation's 2nd annual Sk8 to Elimin8 Ice Show, ISCC in Simsbury, Connecticut, April 27. The Ice Theatre of New York's 2024 Benefit Gala and Performance, Sky Rink at Chelsea Piers, May 6. ITNY's regular Home Season Performance shows, Sky Rink at Chelsea Piers, Friday, May 3, and Saturday, May 4. IceWorks' Annual Spring Ice Show, Aston, PA, Friday-Sunday, May 10-12 in Aston, PA: IDC and FSO spotlight IDC: 2024 Howard Van Camp Invitational Photos IDC: Bratti & Somerville reflect and look ahead to next season IDC: DJ Kaitlin Hawayek spins music at 2024 Worlds FSO: Recap: World Synchronized Skating Championships FSO: Photos: World Synchronized Skating Championships FSO: How Oksana Baiul-Farina remembers her Olympic gold medal 30 years later