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I don't think it's that the requirements are unclear it's that the timing requirements are quite restrictive. 120 bpm meaning 2 beats per second, and the requirements state that the entry, and exit edge on the different difficult turns must be performed with no more than 2 beats for the entry...

At the Skate to Milano event we saw a relatively strict calling for twizzle levels that we were not accustomed to. The twizzles had for many years become a simple level 4 element unless a skater had a fall, or a step out. Basically if the skater completed the rotations on each foot they got a...

The irony that now that she has US citizenship she can live in Canada again.

NCAT rules Olympian's 'enormous talent' a benefit despite inappropriate relationship An Australian Olympian who was found to have had an inappropriate relationship with an underage athlete has had his Working with Children’s Check reinstated. https://archive.ph/0xSWr#selection-679.0-683.157...

The Olympic dream dies hard.

Latest episode - Olivia answers questions - about the 20 minute mark she talks a bit about technical changes she would like to see - she does not like the current direction in the Rhythm Dance.

Per Jackie Wong's 'The Rocker Skating' Skate America preview podcast Shin/Nagy's entry to Skate America was a placeholder in the hopes that Chan/Howe would get another assignment, and Shin/Nagy were aware that they would only be competing if that happended.

His competitive career is probably over, and with the way his knees were even before the suspension it was almost certainly not going any further than this season. He is free to resume his coaching career, if he hasn't already.

That's what happens when only 3 skaters from Europe finish in the top 12 at Worlds, and guarantee 2 Grand Prix slots, and then all 3 are forced to withdraw from those Grand Prixes as a result of injury.

Making the free skate was necessary to qualify a spot to the Olympics, and the total score for the skater in 24th was 139.81. I'm not sure what you're referring to when you say 185 was about what was needed to qualify a spot to the Olympics.

Another change for Skate America: Karina Akopova/Nikita Rakhamnin, Armenia have been added to the Pairs event.

As far as we know - there's been no announcement that I've seen - just the update to the entry grid.

That would be a question for the USFS.