This Week in Skating / March 18, 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Skating News Worlds News Xizi Chen / Jianing Xing replace Shiyue Wang / Xinyu Liu at Worlds Mark Gorodnitsky was confirmed officially as Israel’s men’s entry https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00117492.htm Deniss Vasiljevs will debut a new free program at Worlds to music of the Lion King movie. The selections are “The Rightful Knight” by Hans Zimmer and “He Lives in You” bu Kesha Shantrell and Matt Bloyd. https://twitter.com/goldenskate/status/1769004296425668928 Event Results Brief: Coupe du Printemps - https://cdp2024.online/2024/CDP/index.htm World Junior Synchronized Championships http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2324/wjsysc2024/CAT001RS.htm Recent Interview and Articles Beverley Smith’s Pre-Worlds articles: Gilles and Poirier ready for gold Madeline Schizas and the twiddly bits A brain wave Europe on Ice (Hiro Yoshida): Soucisse and Firus: Exploring new horizons Adam Siao Him Fa flipping skating on its head Smart and Dieck finding their niche Olympics.com (Nick McCarvel): Olympians explain the making of a figure skating program: "We always have something to work on" "I’m carving my own path": Jason Brown on his one-of-a-kind quest – and openness to the 2026 Olympics GoldenSkate: Anthony Paradis: A peek behind the glam Anything GOEs: DeMougeot and LeMercier thrive on their differences Wesley Chiu's appearance on CTV Morning Live https://bc.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2884509 Social Media Updates: Solene Mazingue’s vlogs chronicling her 2 weeks before Worlds : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuopiQHPd7LzGGDH_s4oxPAihzYhg55Hh Roman Sadovsky’s vlog (Canadian Nationals/4CC/practice footage before Worlds): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhvvBei2-2Q Scott Hamilton received the first-ever Midas Touch Golden Legacy Award at the 11th Annual Gold Meets Golden Event in Los Angeles, presented by Coca Cola. Kristi Yamaguchi presented him the award: https://twitter.com/ScottHamilton84/status/1767652655508201652 IDC and FSO spotlight New at IDC: Czech Republic’s Kateřina Mrázková and Daniel Mrázek Exhibition and practice photos from Junior Worlds New at FSO: 2024 ISU World Championships Hub Returning to Lillehammer 30 years later