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The Kazakhstan fed invited banned Russian athlete Aliona Kostornaia (and allegedly additional Russia skaters) to participate in the unofficial Denis Ten Memorial Challenge gala. Ukrainian skaters competed in this competition. Figure skating fans are not happy about this.
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Happy Birthday to the magnificent Wakaba Higuchi!
#樋口新葉
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🚨| Xinyu Liu has been accused of statutory rape, cyber sex crimes, emotional abuse, drug use, and embezzlement by an anonymous person who hacked Liu’s account and posted the allegations. Here is what we know:
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Wakaba Higuchi (🇯🇵) putting up a 75.13 in a short program this early into the season is INSANE! Watch out for this comeback! 👀 #樋口新葉
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Shout out to the event organizers and fans in attendance! It’s awesome to see a competition atmosphere in this day & age be so electric!
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We will read about the 2024 European Championships in the figure skating history books for years to come…
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An Alysa Liu comeback would be one for the history books. 👑
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The Kamila Valieva CAS doping hearing will resume Nov. 9th after it adjourned in September.
Valieva is facing a 2-4 year ban (starting December 25th, 2021) and disqualification from 2022 Olympics/Europeans.
It’s impossible to know when the ruling will be decided and announced.
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Interesting take.
Haein Lee, Loena Hendrickx, Hana Yoshida, Isabeau Levito, Mone Chiba, Yelim Kim, Wakaba Higuchi, Maddie Schizas, Chaeyeon Kim, Rino Matsuike, Rinka Watanabe, Anastasiia Gubanova. The women’s field (at least on paper) has arguably not been this deep in a while.
Thank god we have Kaori. I just don’t feel like the women’s event is as stacked as the men’s field is this GP season and I hope we can get back to that level of drama again. It just doesn’t feel as refined.
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Wakaba Higuchi (🇯🇵) skates this program with so much freedom and happiness! Higuchi took a season off, but her skating skills and tech have only improved! She took a fall late into the free skate at the Tokyo Summer Figure Competition… 1/2
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It’s been three days since news broke of Nikolaj Sørensen being under investigation for sexual assault, and the Ice Academy of Montreal has yet to release a statement.
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Shout out to Young You!! After a challenging season, You is turning things around was selected to compete at the World Championships! ✨
“I want to work even harder to show a better performance at the Worlds” said You.
#유영
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🚨| The CAS Kamila Valieva doping hearing will take place September 26-29 in Switzerland. Valieva will testify virtually. WADA is seeking a 4 year ban and Olympic disqualification. The ISU is seeking a 2-4 year ban and Olympic disqualification.
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Rion Sumiyoshi (🇯🇵) just landed a 4T and put a 3F+3T in the second half of her program to score 140.47 in the free skate, taking gold at the Tokyo Summer Figure Competition! 🥇 The Japanese women’s field has never been deeper! 1/2
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Just gonna say it - Wakaba Higuchi was seriously lowballed in the PCS.
#GrandPrixdeFrance
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This 4T from Rion Sumiyoshi was clearly under-rotated, but the element received +1.76 GOE. What do you think?
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The Rink Report’s Way Too Early Worlds Tier List! 💗⛸️
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There is a lack of accessibility for the Challenger Series streams, whether that be costs or finding the stream itself.
Fans are paying an average of 20.7 USD per stream. That’s a total of 103.5 USD for the five CS competitions thus far.
What should the ISU do?
#TheRinkReport
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This short program is just perfect for Haein Lee (🇰🇷). She skates the choreography with so much passion and energy. Last season she had a slow start, but signs this season point to the opposite. Lee could truly contend for the World and GPF title. #이해인
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Happy
#MaoMonday
! Here is her iconic step sequence from her free skate at the 2014 Winter Olympics! 💙
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Jia Shin’s (🇰🇷) artistry and skating skills are way beyond her years. Even if the jumps aren’t perfect, the audience is still at ease and in awe watching.
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This quad flip from Shoma Uno received a +3.46 in GOE. Your thoughts?
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What is your biggest “what if ?” in figure skating?
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Additionally: The federation allegedly promoted the inclusion of skaters like Kostornaia and Adeliia Petriosan for about two weeks prior to the event.
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Yuhana Yokoi’s (🇯🇵) 3A is superb! The running edge, power and height is incredible!!
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Working on an article recap on the Lombardia Trophy and ACI. Until then, I want to highlight Boyang Jin’s (🇨🇳) free skate at ACI. Its amazing that after basically taking the last season off, he is able to maintain such good flow, artistry and superb tech!
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Come on now…
idc if it's a blatant robbery or a surprise podium finish, qrt with your favorite reaction to scores in figure skating
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I love that people are starting to come around to Mone Chiba’s (🇯🇵) new short program. This program is such a change for Chiba that will help push her skating skills and artistry even farther!
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Vincent Zhou (🇺🇸) has released a statement about the handling of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, specifically the Kamila Valieva case, which has left Team USA and Team Japan without medals nearly 600 days after the event.
#TheRinkReport
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Solid skate from Junhwan Cha, especially amongst all the question marks regarding his health.
The opening 4S was a beauty but he rushed into the toe. Kudos that he was able to do that textbook 4T immediately after.
As always, one of the best SS in the field.
#WorldsMTL24
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🚨| CAS has officially denied U.S. Figure Skating’s request for a seat to observe Kamila Valieva’s (🇷🇺) doping hearing at the end of the month. Click the link to read the original article.
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Not really sure what is going on with Kevin Aymoz - three disaster competitions in a row.
It seems like he fully gives up after a mistake.
It’s clear that he was not mentally ready for Euros, and his season might be over.
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According to the ISU app, Yuma Kagiyama (🇯🇵) is now also coached by Olympic bronze medalist and World champion Carolina Kostner! (🇮🇹)
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Women’s Junior GPF Standings after JGP Solidarity Cup✨
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* indicates athlete has an assignment left
1. Jia Shin 🇰🇷 (🥇+ 🥇)
2. Ami Nakai 🇯🇵 (🥇+ 🥇)
3. Rena Uezono 🇯🇵 (🥇+🥈)
4. Yuseong Kim 🇰🇷 (🥈+🥈)
5. Minsol Kwon 🇰🇷 (🥈+🥉)
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🚨| The Italian Anti-Doping Prosecutor has requested a two-year suspension for Daniel Grassl after skipping three anti-doping tests.
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It is interesting that Junhwan Cha has little trouble landing and rotating his 4S+3T, but struggles to rotate the 4S. The popped quad toes and triple axles continue to be a problem for him. The other side of the scoresheet is practically flawless! #차준환
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The Spanish Ice Sports Federation has controversially picked Sofía Val/Asaf Kazimov to compete at Worlds/Europeans despite Olivia Smart/Tim Dieck scoring higher throughout the season.
It can be assumed that the Spanish fed counted TES instead of TSS for the selection criteria.
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Sneak peek of reigning World silver medalist Junhwan Cha’s (🇰🇷) new short program, Masquerade Waltz!
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Happy
#SkateAmerica
week! Check out some of the notable entries for this week’s competition in Allen, Texas! 🇺🇸
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It seems that Young You is finally getting back to form - if she builds more stamina and fixes some UR issues… she could definitely contend for a worlds spot.
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Really surprised that Jia Shin turned-out of the toe because the flip was so airy and tight.
When you're a skater that doesn't make mistakes often, it can be hard to pull it together, but Shin recovered SO well.
Her quality of skating and artistry is unmatched.
#JGPFinal
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This just became one of the most anticipated short programs of the season! The choreography & music is such a great and unique choice for Maddie Schizas. (🇨🇦)
Choreo: Madison Hubbell, Scott Moir, Adrian Diaz
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Wishing Ami Nakai a speedy recovery as she has withdrawn from Sectionals due to a back injury.
She placed 10th at Junior Nationals (skating while injured) - not qualifying to the Youth Olympics nor Senior Nationals, which she placed 4th at last season.
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It is absolutely wonderful to see Wakaba Higuchi back on international ice!! Shame about the 2F - regardless, it seems like every aspect of her skating has been improved or up-kept. She just zooms across the ice and attacked that triple lutz-triple toe.
#GrandPrixdeFrance
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The piece on Daniel Grassl's (🇮🇹) highly controversial move to Team Tutberidze is now live. Check it out!
#TheRinkReport
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My first op-ed is live! In light of the IOC permitting neutral Russians in the next Olympics, I delve into the deep-rooted connections between Russian figure skating and its government, and argue that its impossible to separate politics from sport.
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Legend of the sport Yuzuru Hanyu announces his marriage.
Congratulations and best wishes to the couple! ❤️
#YuzuruHanyu
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GORGEOUS 4T+3T / 4F from Shun Sato (🇯🇵) during his SP run through. Absolutely no hesitation going into the jumps.
#SkateAmerica
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Summary of the 2025 World Championships ticket sales
- Tickets have gone on sale despite the competition being over 15 months out.
- Can’t choose specific seats.
- All-event tickets start at $350 and go up to $2800.
- All-event ticket sales are non-refundable.
I just checked the Boston 2025 Worlds ticket site. There isn’t a way to pick your seat. You just give them a desired location and your credit card number and they will let you know where your non-refundable seat is. That would be a hard pass for me.
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Is this the most amount of withdrawals in a season? Because... wow.
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Junior Grand Prix Final Women’s Finalists ✨
#TheRinkReport
🇯🇵 Mao Shimada
🇰🇷 Jia Shin
🇯🇵 Ami Nakai
🇯🇵 Rena Uezono
🇰🇷 Yuseong Kim
🇰🇷 Minsol Kwon
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Shoutout to Amber Glenn - from a 11th place to a bronze medal. Skating a clean free program after a disappointing short is no easy feat.
#GPEspoo
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but only falling once in a competition after being out for a year is a promising result! Getting a skater to control their body’s response to adrenaline, and building stamina back up is not easy. However, Higuchi seems to be doing just that. 2/2
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JGP Cup of Austria Women’s Final results
#JGPFigure
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🥇Jia Shin (🇰🇷) SP: 70.38 FS: 130.95 Total combined score: 201.33
🥈Haruna Murakami (🇯🇵) SP: 62.66 FS: 105.71 Total combined score: 168.37
🥉Minsol Kwon (🇰🇷) SP: 50.10 FS: 115.83 Total combined score: 165.93
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We are just days out from Canadian nationals and there is no official word from Skate Canada announcing if Laurence Fournier Beaudry & Nikolaj Sørensen will be permitted to compete.
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It seems that Sumiyoshi is starting to put all the pieces together to skate consistent and complete programs! Don’t forget that she won bronze at both of her Grand Prix events last season. It is anyone’s game at that makes the women’s singles competition so exciting! 2/2
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The Rink Report stands with survivors of sexual assault and we ALWAYS believe them. Figure skating must rid itself of the rampant cover-up culture. We call on institutions and governing bodies to make substantial changes so that athletes are protected.
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Since it is a closed hearing, The Rink Report will be announcing updates as soon as they are made to public. It is unclear how long CAS will take to make a ruling.
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Mone Chiba is such a well-rounded skater with so much potential. It is wonderful to see her go clean after a rocky season thus far.
#全日本フィギュア
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Check out this new article where I analyze Sofia Samodelkina's (🇷🇺) attempt to transfer from Russia to Kazakhstan, and process of Russian athletes relocating amidst the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war and the ISU ban.
#TheRinkReport
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Rika Kihira (🇯🇵) has announced her withdrawal from the Chubu Regional Championship. Kihira is prioritizing fully recovering from her reoccurring injury before rushing back into competition. Her goal is still to participate in the 2026 Milan Olympics! ❤️
みなさまこんばんは🌙
いつも応援ありがとうございます✨
今年の大会についてです。
今年の中部選手権はエントリーしないことをお知らせさせていただきます。
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Boyang Jin underscored, Kaori Sakamoto starts the three-peat journey and Yuma Kagiyama goes for the comeback! All that and more in the ACI and Lombardia Trophy recap, which is now live! Check it out! 🇮🇹 🇨🇦
#TheRinkReport
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Another week starts which means another Grand Prix to look forward to! Bye bye to the Americas and hello to Europe! Check out the notable entries for the Grand Prix de France in Angers! 🇫🇷
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Congratulations to Ami Nakai, (🇯🇵) who becomes the first woman this season to qualify for the Junior Grand Prix Final!
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Alysa Liu will make a return to competitive skating! ❤️
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Jia Shin skates so gloriously - her attention to detail in the choreographic elements is way above her years. She just feels the music so much The transitions in and out of the elements were absolutely seamless. Maybe a bit of a flutz there. Stunning skate!
#JGPFinal
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Mai Mihara will compete at NHK Trophy this weekend! ❤️
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Laurence Fournier Beaudry & Nikolaj Sorensen have withdrawn from Canadian Nationals.
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For clarification: The federation found a loophole by advertising & establishing the show as a “separate event.” This “separate event” took place at the same venue as the Denis Ten Memorial Challenge immediately following the conclusion of the competition.
@The_RinkReport
So this event is an
@ISU_Figure
sanctioned challenger series event. Russians are banned from ISU events so this seems like the Kazakhstan skating federation broke some rules.
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The popped jumps, falls and mistakes on seemingly easier elements were in abundance during the short programs.
One has to assume it’s due to fatigue/mid-season travel.
Should the ISU group the continents together & not allow skaters to compete in a GP two weekends in a row?
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Why are Chock/Bates being allowed to skate? This is very dangerous for the both of them.
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The Rink Report's predictions for the 2024 World Championships!
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That was just too easy for Malinin. Effortless jumps and improved artistry - all that you could really ask from him at this point.
#SkateAmerica
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