In this episode of In The Loop, Karly (@cyberswansp), Lo (@letsgocrazysp), Dani (@DanielleSkating), and Sam (@quadlutze) take a look back at the 6.0 system, review both the past and present of the IJS, and look into the future of figure skating judging.

Full transcript available here:

Basic guide to 6.0:

News discussed in this episode
China to not host any figure skating events this season: https://www.isu.org/figure-skating/figure-skating-events/figure-skating-calendar

ISU sanctions Chinese judges for Olympic judging issues: https://www.isu.org/communications/17361-case-2018-06-isu-vs-chen/file

Rika Kihira moving to senior in the 18-19 season (article in Japanese): https://www.nikkansports.com/sports/news/201806120000847.html

Daisuke Murakami retires from competition: https://youtu.be/JKfZVOdvrLk

Tatsuki Machida retires from pro-skating (article in Japanese): http://tatsuki-machida.com/news/index.html#20180615_coi

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Mixing, Music, and Editing by Evie (@doubleflutz)
Produced by the In The Loop Team

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