October 2021

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New Season! New Stars!
As we go to print, a new season is about to get underway, starting with the Junior Grand Prix Series. The first two competitions will take place in Courchevel, France, after Canada canceled an event due to ongoing pandemic restrictions. With many of
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PUBLISHER Susan D. Russell srussell@ifsmagazine.com NORTH AMERICAN EDITOR Robert Brodie EUROPEAN EDITOR Tatjana Flade DESIGNED BY Laurea Media EDITORIAL Elvin Walker, Akiko Tamura, Brooklee Han JAPANESE TRANSLATOR Maria-Laura Mitsuoka PHOTOGRAPHY Tat
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On Top Of Her Game When It Really Counts!
It is almost uncanny. Karen Chen, a 21-year-old from Fremont, California, has competed only twice at the World Championships — 2017 and 2021 — and the stakes were identical at both. Not only were global titles and medals on the line, but also berths
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High Stakes
It was, Nikolaj Sørensen will tell you now, the craziest of thoughts – or so it seemed at the time. After being denied the chance to compete at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in South Korea due to citizenship issues, the Danish ice dancer and his Cana
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Let the Music Play
Rohene Ward has earned global recognition for his work as a choreographer, particularly for the programs he has created for the American skater Jason Brown. But getting to this point in his life and career has been a long and often disappointing jour
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THE WORLD’S BEST Return to the GRAND STAGES
The 2021 Grand Prix Series opens with Skate America in Las Vegas, Nevada, in late October, and concludes with Rostelecom Cup in Sochi, Russia, at the end of November. With a fairly equal distribution of the top skaters in the world across all six eve
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New Kids On The Block
A new generation of young stars fresh out of the junior ranks will be gracing the senior Grand Prix stages for the first time this season. Some will come armed with quads and triple Axels, and all will be looking to make a solid impression in their r
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Las Vegas
When Las Vegas was announced as the venue for Skate America, the first event of the 2021 Grand Prix Series, fans rushed to book tickets, flights and hotel rooms. With most competitions in the world held behind closed doors last season, people are exc
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Vancouver
The Series moves north of the border to Vancouver for the second event — Skate Canada International. This will be just the second time in 43 years that the British Columbia city has hosted this prestigious competition. In 1978, only the singles and i
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Chongqing
Cup of China, the third event of the Series, will once again take place in the southern city of Chongqing. China’s top — and perhaps only — hope for a medal will be in the pairs discipline with Wenjing Sui and Cong Han headlining the field. Top medal
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Tokyo
NHK Trophy, the fourth event of the Series, will showcase some of Japan’s top stars. Yuzuru Hanyu headlines the men’s event and, barring a serious challenge from his teammate Shoma Uno, will claim a fifth NHK title in his eighth appearance. Uno, who
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Grenoble
The competitive atmosphere at Internationaux de France, the penultimate event of the Series, will be fierce. With only two competitions remaining, every skater/team in contention will be chasing a podium finish in Grenoble. This will mark the first t
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Sochi
It all comes down to the wire at Rostelecom Cup, the final event of the Series. With limited berths available at the Grand Prix Final, everyone will be aiming for standout performances and top results to earn a trip to Osaka, Japan. Yuzuru Hanyu will
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Nicole Della Monica Matteo Guarise GEARING UP FOR THE GAMES
Nicole Della Monica and Matteo Guarise arrived in Montréal, Canada, in advance of the 2020 World Championships, but when the event was canceled a week before it was due to start, the duo returned home, uncertain about what the coming months would bri
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Celebrating A Lifetime Of Achievements
The International Skating Union streamed its second annual ISU Skating Awards show on July 10. Due to the lack of international competitions last season, only the Lifetime Achievement Award was presented this year. Tamara Moskvina, Alexei Mishin and
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Quicksteps
Canada’s Keegan Messing, 29, and his wife Lane Messing, celebrated the birth of their first child on July 18. “This morning my wife and I (10 times more my wife) had a beautiful baby boy!! He’s healthy at 7lbs13oz (3,543 grams) and 21.25 inches (53.9
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New Film In The Works
Brian Boitano has signed on to produce a Netflix family film “Take the Ice” along with Debra Martin Chase and director Charles Randolph-Wright (“Delilah” and “Greenleaf”). The script, written by Deborah Swisher, centers on Tisha Moore, a rebellious 1
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Heartfelt Apology
Nathan Chen found himself on the hot seat following a YouTube interview in July. When asked if people question him about participating in a “feminine” sport, Chen responded that, as a straight male athlete in a fairly LGBTQ-dominated sport, it is “pr
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Skating Around The Globe
Yuzuru Hanyu is preparing for what will likely be his final Olympic Winter Games appearance, but this time he is approaching the competition with a completely different mindset. Before he takes to the ice in Beijing, the Japanese superstar is hoping
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Farewell To A Champion
Many in the skating world were saddened to learn that Jeanette Altwegg, the 1952 Olympic champion from Great Britain, passed away in Switzerland on June 18 at age 90. Born in Mumbai, India, to a Swiss father and British mother, Altwegg, a four-time n
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2021 Competition Guide
* Includes Pairs ** Olympic Qualification Competition *** Olympic Test Event
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