Legacy on Ice Impressions, Skating Lesson Controversy, and other news
Release Date: 03/11/2025
World Team Trophy 2025 PREVIEW
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We look ahead to one of our favorite and most fun figure skating events, the bi-annual World Team Trophy. The competition features teams from the USA, Japan, Canada, Italy, Georgia, and France. Chapters 0:00 — World Team Trophy Overview 9:57 — Team Rosters 29:50 — World Team Podium Predictions 32:22 — Wrap-Up Follow Scoreography: Website — Instagram — BlueSky —
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Scoreography Awards 2025, ISU Awards, and Olympic Qualifications
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We reflect on the post-Worlds ISU Awards, dig through the official Olympic Qualifications, and then hand out our own 2025 Scoreography Awards across 10 different categories. Chapters 0:00 — Intro 0:54 — Olympic Spot Qualifications 19:43 — ISU Awards 28:38 — The Scoreography Awards 29:10 — Favorite Program: Men 31:09 — Favorite Program: Women 32:27 — Favorite Program: Pairs 34:03 — Favorite Program: Ice Dance 35:15 — Breakout Skater or Team 38:44 — Best Costume 41:16 — Best Gala Performance 44:03 — Future Star 45:48 — Skater or Team of the Year 48:34 — Moment of the...
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World Figure Skating Championships 2025 RECAP
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We take an in-depth retrospective of the World Figure Skating Championships 2025, including the extraordinary wins of Alysa Liu, Chock and Bates, Ilia Malinin, and Miura and Kihara. Chapters 0:00 — Intro 2:00 — Women's Championship 33:26 — Women's Predictions in Review 34:15 — Pairs Championship 51:17 — Pairs Predictions in Review 52:10 — Men's Championship 1:16:42 — Men's Predictions in Review 1:17:40 — Ice Dance Championship 1:48:05 — Dance Predictions in Review 1:48:48 — Gold in our Hearts 1:56:24— Wrap-Up Follow Scoreography: Website — Instagram — BlueSky...
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Worlds 2025 PREVIEW Part Two: Men and Ice Dance
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In the second part of our World Figure Skating Championships 2025 preview, we look at the Men’s and Ice Dance competitions — both with clear leaders, but primed for potential upsets on the podiums and down the rankings. Chapters 0:00 — Intro 3:32 — Men’s Competition 30:21 — Men’s Podium Predictions 32:30 — Ice Dance Competition 58:25 — Ice Dance Podium Predictions 1:00:25 — Wrap-Up Follow Scoreography: Website — Instagram — BlueSky —
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Worlds 2025 PREVIEW Part One: Women and Pairs
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Our first preview episode for the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships focuses on the Women and Pairs events. We compare the season’s best scores and most consistent performers to pick the likely podium threats, as well as who might round out each top ten. Chapters 0:00 — Intro 3:06 — Worlds Preview Part One 3:53 — Women's Top Competitors 20:28 — Women's Dark Horse Candidates 31:21 — Women's Podium Predictions 33:32 — Pairs Top Competitors 43:40 — Pairs Dark Horse Candidates 51:00 — Pairs Podium Predictions 54:00 — Wrap-Up Follow Scoreography: Website — ...
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Legacy on Ice Impressions, Skating Lesson Controversy, and other news
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We give our impressions of the Legacy on Ice event, performed in honor of the skating community lives lost on Flight 5342, and fundraising for their families and communities. We also discuss the Skating Lesson controversy attached to the event, plus other competition news. Chapters 0:00 — Intro 1:10 — Legacy on Ice Impressions 22:13 — Skating Lesson Controversy 31:30 — Sonja Henie Trophy 34:03 — Maria Olszewska Memorial 37:59 — Gold in our Hearts 39:08 — Wrap-Up Legacy On Ice tribute benefit reactions, Skating Lesson controversy, and competition news This week, we take a close...
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World Junior Championships 2025 RECAP + Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron Announcement
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We examine an exciting Junior Worlds 2025 event, with spectacular wins from Mao Shimada and Rio Nakata. Plus, we dive into the Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron ice dance team news. Chapters 0:00 — Intro 0:32 — Fournier Beaudry and Cizeron Announcement 11:48 — Junior Worlds Recap 12:35 — Women’s Competition 30:10 — Men’s Competition 38:59 — Pairs Competition 47:29 — Ice Dance Competition 51:02 — Gold in our Hearts 53:00 — Wrap-Up
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Four Continents Championships 2025 RECAP
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Seoul, Korea, hosted a truly fantastic 2025 Four Continents Championships. We discuss standout wins from Chaeyeon Kim, Miura & Kihara, and Mikhail Shaidorov, a brilliant podium placement for Jimmy Ma, and frustrations with Ice Dance scoring. Chapters 0:00 — Intro and Road to 2026 event 3:01 — Four Continents Overview 3:59 — 4CC Men's Competition 21:55 — 4CC Pairs Competition 34:41 — 4CC Women's Competition 58:09 — 4CC Ice Dance Competition 1:16:15 — Gold in our Hearts 1:17:34 — 4CC Final Thoughts 1:19:34 — Wrap-Up Follow Scoreography: Website — Instagram — ...
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Four Continents 2025 PREVIEW, plus Asian Winter Games and Challenge Cup Recaps
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We preview the strong slate of competitors at the upcoming Four Continents Championships 2025 in Seoul, South Korea. But first we recap the impressive Asian Winter Games competition, as well as the much smaller Challenge Cup. Chapters 0:00 — Intro and Retirement News 3:11 — Road to 2026 Cup 5:15 — Asian Winter Games 5:57 — AWG Women's Competition 9:10 — AWG Men's Competition 13:27 — AWG Pairs Competition 13:54 — AWG Ice Dance Competition 15:00 — Challenge Cup Men's Competition 16:16 — Challenge Cup Women's Competition 20:06 — Challenge Cup Pairs and Ice Dance 22:38 — Four...
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Olympics 2022 Retrospective Part ONE: Mens and Pairs
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With the 2026 Olympics just a year away, we look back at Beijing 2022. We examine the current Milano Cortina hopefuls who competed in the previous Olympic mens and pairs, to see how far they’ve come in the years between. Chapters 0:00 — Intro and Context 2:09 — Original introduction 3:39 — Pairs Competition 24:17 — Men's Competition 51:55 — Thoughts from the Future 54:58 — Wrap-Up This week we’re digging into the archives a bit, and looking back at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games. In particular, we’re discussing the Pairs and Men’s figure skating competitions, and...
info_outlineWe give our impressions of the Legacy on Ice event, performed in honor of the skating community lives lost on Flight 5342, and fundraising for their families and communities. We also discuss the Skating Lesson controversy attached to the event, plus other competition news.
Chapters
0:00 — Intro
1:10 — Legacy on Ice Impressions
22:13 — Skating Lesson Controversy
31:30 — Sonja Henie Trophy
34:03 — Maria Olszewska Memorial
37:59 — Gold in our Hearts
39:08 — Wrap-Up
Legacy On Ice tribute benefit reactions, Skating Lesson controversy, and competition news
This week, we take a close look at the emotional benefit event for the victims of Flight 5342, Legacy on Ice. With a lineup of US skaters past and present like no other, this sold out show in Washington, D.C., brought together the skating community to process its grief, help those who need it, and hopefully find a bit of comfort and peace. We also take a quick look at a few small skating competitions that are leading towards Worlds in a few short weeks that saw both Adam Siao Him Fa and Bradie Tennell grab titles.
Legacy on Ice
From Amber Glenn to Nancy Kerrigan. Paul Wylie to Ilia Malinin. The list of skaters who came together to support the families and communities of the victims of American Airlines Flight 5342, as well as first responders who were on the ground at the tragedy was genuinely astounding.
Hosted by Olympic Champions Brian Boitano and Kristi Yamaguchi, this event had some of the most emotional skates we have ever seen. In particular, the tribute to his parents, Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, performed by Maxim Naumov was a moment of true strength like we’ve never seen in this sport. A gorgeous, powerful program followed by a group performance with fellow Skating Club of Boston members, Jimmy Ma, Alisa Efimova, and Misha Mitrofanov, this was just one of many moments honoring those who were so tragically lost that we will never forget.
A list of where you can still donate to help those most impacted by the crash can be found below. Legacy on Ice will be rebroadcasted at 1pm ET on March 30th on NBC in the United States.
Pre-Worlds Competitions
We are only a few weeks away from the World Championships in Boston, but there were a couple of smaller events leading up to this past week.
The Sonja Henie Trophy saw a strong warm up outing for last year’s World bronze medalist, Adam Siao Him Fa from France. With strong short program and a few mistakes in his free skate, he earned a total score of 281.99 — which keeps him very much in the conversation for the World podium. On the Women’s side, Lara Naki Gutmann took the title after being second in the short.
At another smaller competition, the Maria Olszewska Memorial, Bradie Tennell delivered excellent skates to take the title with a whopping score of 220.29. Another American competing, Alexa Gasparatto, made history here by becoming the first black woman ever internationally to land a triple axel. Congratulations, Alexa!
Legacy on Ice links:
- Legacy on Ice Donation link
- Legacy on Ice Online auction open through April 3
- U.S. Figure Skating Family Support Fund
- Kendra Scott Skate Necklace – Proceeds benefit U.S. Figure Skating Family Support Fund