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Russians have been dispersing to represent former Soviet countries since the collapse of the USSR, and there are Russian-born athletes representing many countries other than Georgia (Poland, Germany and Armenia, for example). But none of those countries has (yet) emerged as a skating...

Who would have ever anticipated that GEO would become so competitive.

Who are the likely contenders for the TE final? CAN, JPN, USA, GEO, ITA, FRA?

So Memola and Rizzo are neck and neck. I like them both and will miss whichever one doesn't make the team (assuming Grassl is the other slot).

I don't think USFS gives a rusty hoot about sharing the wealth, but rather are focused on placing as high as possible in as many events as possible. Ice Dance and Men are first up in the individual events, and since they have individual contenders in both categories, if they think those...

I don't think one can have an expectation of privacy while on social media.

Wow Starr Andrews has a fantastic voice! She was the highlight of Skate America for me. Both her programs brought down the house, and deservedly so.

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Valentina Marchei gets no respect. :drama:

Ugh, I thought this was going to be a wuzrobbed thread, not a literally "was robbed" thread. I hope they find the wretch who did it and are able to recover her things.

NHK to Lake Placid is a tough turnaround due to the time zone changes and time lost to travel, not to mention the mental aspect of amping your self back up.

https://youtu.be/uj2F7KOXaVo?t=743

I’d love to see them at SKAM!

Unless they completely fall apart (including falling), there is absolutely ZERO chance of U.S. Figure Skating sending their 3-time and reigning World Champions to the Olympics as anything other than national champions.

On the one hand, it's nice to see some money directed towards our sport. On the other, Coca-Cola is a truly horrible company. They're the world's single largest contributor to single use plastics that are clogging our oceans, killing marine life and introducing microplastics into our...