Nick Pilgrim’s Tidbits from Moscow
April 27, 2011 Firstly, congratulations must be given to the organization committee. You would never know the Russian Skating Federation had less than a month to put this competition together.…
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2011 World Championships Blog by Cathy Reed
May 2, 2011 *Time flies so fast…* The 2010/2011 World Championships has come to a close and everyone is on their trip home. Chris, Allison and I just arrived home…
2011 World Championships Preview
In light of the natural and nuclear disasters that have shaken Japan in the past six weeks, the 2010-2011 season was unexpectedly lengthened. Fortunately for the qualified skaters, the 2011…
2011 World Junior Championships Blog by Colin McManus
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…
Event Coverage – 2011 World Junior Championships
2011 WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – GANGNEUNG CITY, REPUBLIC OF KOREA February 27-March 6, 2011 Photographs Competitors Blog by Colin McManus
2011 World Junior Championships Preview
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…
2011 Four Continents Championships – Short Dance Recap
The 2011 ISU Four Continents Championships opened with the short dance Thursday afternoon, and, as expected, Canadians Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir and Americans Meryl Davis & Charlie White are…
2011 Four Continents Championships Preview
In 1999, the ISU created the Four Continents Championships as a parallel event to the European Championships that would give non-European skaters an opportunity to win prize money. In the…
2011 U.S. Championships – Senior Recap
Senior Short Dance Report When Alex & Maia Shibutani finished their short dance to “Carousel Waltz” at the 2011 AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships, the audience rose to its feet…
2011 U.S. Championships – Junior Recap
Junior Short Dance Report Just when you think you know what’s going to happen in ice dance–or what will probably happen–the new short dance laughs in your face. Joylyn Yang…
Team IDC Blog – 2011 U.S. Championships
Greetings from Greensboro – Day 6 Thursday, 26 January 2011 No dance competition at U.S. Nationals or Euros, so this made for a day of catching up (both on sleep…
2011 U.S. Championships – Novice Recap
Novice Compulsory Dance Report – Blues & Paso Doble The 2011 U.S. National Championships officially began with the novice pattern dances. Twelve teams skated first the Blues, followed by the…
2011 Canadian Nationals Championships – Junior Recap
Junior Short Dance Report Victoria Hasegawa & Connor Hasegawa – “The Merry-Go-Round of Life” (waltz) Good character, the most expressive I’ve seen them skate. Cute play on a sibling rivalry…
2011 Canadian Nationals Championships – Novice Recap
Novice Free Dance Report Although quite a few of the teams hit some bumps along the way, the novice dance competition at the 2011 Skate Canada Junior Nationals in Victoria,…