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Sophia also used to skate with her brother, Curtis, up until Advanced Novice, so they both bring sibling team experience.

That's a lovely post from Kyryl. Some of Mariia's IG posts lately have implied she's had some hard times in skating, on top of everything they've been though since the start of the war, so I hope she has lots of love and support in wherever she goes from here.

I think that makes it five senior teams for Spain next season. :eek: I just checked Roberts/Alis' ISU bio to see if they could do another year in juniors if the age proposals go through (they can't) and it appears they've moved to IAM Ontario. It's getting crowded in Fake London!

Sigh. But I am glad that Sophia has found a new partner, and I hope this is the one that works out for her.

Allie Peterson is new to team IRE, I think. Google tells me there’s an Allie Peterson who competed in novice girls at US sectionals, so it could be her?

So who’s left with Zueva and Tkachenko now? Larson/Kapran and Lucas Appel?

Solo dancer Alana Pang already posted that she's thinking of using Kylie Minogue's cover (1988) of the Loco-Motion (originally Little Eva, 1962). And it looks like we have our first Beatles / YouTube copyright strike RD from Karnes/Carr (in their IG highlights).

I won't really be surprised if some, or even most, of the changes aren't passed, with an understanding that they will be in 2026 once the committee has defined them better, and giving skaters, coaches and choreographers more time to prepare. If not, seems like next season has the potential to be...

I didn't mean this as a slight on Spiridonov (at least, no more than saying he's less talented than Lorraine, which I think is just a fact) but it looks like he'll be competiting next season, and ice dance is a judged sport, so he has an incentive to make the case that he's an in-demand partner...

Thanks. I admit, I have not read all 126 pages. So does this mean that the Total Combined Elements Score list will only kick in if the tech minimum is not sufficient to keep the number of total entries to 54/32/40?

BIS held a Performance Camp for singles and pairs (in Nottingham, not Sheffield :eek: ) https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6ZKE4moYzt/ As well as the current performance squad members, it looks like they invited Zarah Wood and Alex Lapsky in junior pairs (they'll be eligible to compete...

I don't think I like this. Sure, there are bureaucratic reasons (cost, managing the timing of events) but it seems unfair that a team could be judged to have reached the standard to compete at a World Championship but don't get to do so because too many other teams have also reached that level...

@Debbie S posted this article by Morgan Matthews Pennington in the US dance thread; commenting here since I think it applies to the partner search process beyond the US. How To Find an Ice Dance Partner: Then and Now I don't think she says anything that's particularly surprising to those of...

Is the Picken International Weatherby's first competition since 2020 4CCs? If so, that's some persistence!

I’m glad Vouillamoz has found a new parter (and I hope Bouvart has been using his time between partners to work on his strength - he had some scary lifts with Keriven).