The ISU released communication #1670 containing the requirements for technical rules for the 2011-2012 season. Requirements for clothing, calling specifications and levels of difficulty, marking guides and Scales of Values are defined in the Technical Rules as requirements with an…
Four days after the ISU requested bids to serve as “substitute host” to the 2011 World Championships, the International Skating Union has announced that Worlds will take place in Moscow, Russia from April 24-May 1, nearly one month after it…
The International Skating Union (ISU) announced Monday that the 2011 World Figure Skating Championships and the World Team Trophy would not be held in Japan. Because of ongoing concerns following the March 11 earthquake, tsnami, and subsequent damage to a nuclear…
Ice-dance.com staff’s thoughts and prayers are with the people of Japan as they mourn those that are lost and begin to rebuild after this tragedy. Eight days ago, figure skaters around the world already had Japan on their minds as…
The International Skating Union released the following statement today regarding the 2011 World Championships: Taking into account the continued critical developments in Japan, the ISU’s primary concern for the safety of all participants, spectators and members of concerned entities as well as…
Article by Melanie HoytPhoto by Katie Weigel If an elite ice dancer, newly retired from competitive skating, is going to feel a slight twinge of regret, it’s probably going to be in March. This is especially likely if it’s…
2011 WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – GANGNEUNG, KOREAFebruary 27 – MARCH 6, 2011 ADDITIONAL RESULTS & PROTOCOLS: FINAL RESULTS: FPl. Name Nation Points SD FD 1 Ksenia MONKO / Kirill KHALIAVIN RUS 144.16 1 1 2 Ekaterina PUSHKASH…
March 5, 2011 Very quickly, I would like to share with everyone the experience of being drug tested. As I forgot to mention in my previous blog, I was the random selection for drug testing after the free dance. So…
2011 WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – GANGNEUNG CITY, REPUBLIC OF KOREA February 27-March 6, 2011 Photographs Competitors Blog by Colin McManus
The culmination of the season for junior figure skaters — the 2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships — will take place from February 27-March 6 in Gangneung, South Korea. In ice dance, 33 teams are on the roster, which is…