Recent content by clairecloutier

Never mind, already posted elsewhere

Skating writer Rob Brodie published a column recently on the potentially serious implications of what's happening with ice dance right now. I think he raised some really good points ... In particular, that the sport has never really recovered from the 2002 Olympic scandal. And that another...

The Ukrainian Olympic committee sent a letter to the IOC and ISU asking that they reconsider the participation of Petrosian and Gumennik in the Milano-Cortina Games. They allege that Petrosian and Gumennik "continue to take part in events that openly support the war, display banned symbols and...

Amber should sign up for an acting class to see if she can make this happen! I know it might seem like a small detail, but I agree it could help. If she can’t celebrate her own skating, it does send a subliminal message to everyone else that maybe it wasn’t that good. (Which isn’t, objectively...

I too would like a clean slate for next season. New rules/elements, new RD format (with a real pattern and rhythm), new faces at the top, new IDTC members (I wish).

As promised, here is our short interview with Mikhail Shaidorov, written by Victoria Burdman. https://adivinesport.com/2025/12/03/mikhail-shaidorov-i-want-to-do-five-quads-in-the-free-program/

We have a short interview with Mikhail Shaidorov up on our web site: https://adivinesport.com/2025/12/03/mikhail-shaidorov-i-want-to-do-five-quads-in-the-free-program/ Written by Victoria Burdman

So I was not able to attend Skate America myself this year. However, I had reporter Victoria Burdman and photographer Moment of Jay there to cover the competition in Lake Placid! Victoria has covered figure skating for outlets such as sports.ru and Figure Skaters Online. Here are some links to...

An interview with Metelkina/Berulava from Skate America: https://adivinesport.com/2025/11/28/metelkina-berulava-not-afraid-of-olympic-pressure/ Written by Victoria Burdman

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Bev is a good writer and has written many excellent articles about skating. I agree this wasn't one of her stronger efforts, necessarily.

The ISU has an article about Yujae Kim and Yuseong Kim, fraternal twin sisters who have qualified for the JGP Final...

For those who haven't seen it yet, Gabriella Papadakis and Natalia Zabiiako posted this clip of them dancing together on IG ❤️ : https://www.instagram.com/p/DRiLlrTEndT/

Notable: After this weekend, the U.S. has nine different ice dance teams in the Top 25 season's-best list so far. Of our teams that competed on the Grand Prix, only one is not in the top 25 (Neset/Markelov). I think we should take a moment to celebrate this--it's really quite an achievement IMO! ❤️

I’m here for the Liu vs. Nagy matchups that USFS keeps giving us. Just a little subnote of pairs drama this season. 😆