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This week, 17 teams representing 14 countries will take the ice in Linz, Austria, for the third stop on the 2012-13 Junior Grand Prix series. Austria has hosted the JGP…

For the first time, the United States has been named host to a Senior B ISU-sanctioned competition, a chance for skaters to improve upon their ISU standings and scores as…

This week, the United States will host the second stop of the Junior Grand Prix (JGP) Series in Lake Placid, N.Y., a town that is very familiar to ice dancers.…

The International Skating Union’s 16th annual Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating kicks off this week in Courchevel, France. Over the next eight weeks, the series will move around the…

by Jacquelyn Thayer & IDC Staff   The lovely city of Nice, on the French Riviera, has played host to the World Figure Skating Championships once before, in 2000. That…

by Melanie Hoyt   This week, 32 junior ice dance teams will descend upon Minsk, Belarus, to compete in the 2012 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. Fortunately, the temperatures have…

by Jacquelyn Thayer   As the home of U.S. Figure Skating, Colorado Springs, Colo., is a deservedly popular competition base. This week, it will host the Four Continents Figure Skating…

The senior ice dance event at the 2012 U.S. Figure Skating Championships is an embarrassment of riches. Two of the three teams from the 2011 World Figure Skating Championships podium…

by Jacquelyn Thayer   When the junior ice dancers compete this coming week at the 2012 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, they face an impressive legacy from the junior dancers who…

by Jacquelyn Thayer   In 1996, the last time the U.S. Figure Skating Championships were held in San Jose, the novice ice dance roster included a few athletes who became…

Thirty-one teams from 21 countries will compete for medals, prize money and the all important ISU rank points at the 2012 European Championships in Sheffield, England. Of the 31 teams…

By Laura S. Marshall Competitors had better bring boxing gloves for next week’s Canadian Figure Skating Championships, held Jan. 16-22 in Moncton, N.B. On all levels, the ice dance teams…

by Melanie Hoyt   While the eyes of most dance fans will be fixed on the battle between Virtue & Moir and Davis & White in Québec City, another dance…

by Jacquelyn Thayer Québec City, Canada, will host the 2011 Grand Prix Final and Junior Grand Prix Final this week. This year’s senior event features a reunion of the top…

by Melanie Hoyt This weekend, the final stop on the Grand Prix Series is Moscow, Russia, for Rostelecom Cup. Many of the competitors are returning to Moscow for the second…