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National figure skating

Opining on the ISU Judging System: A difficulty discrepancy

My analysis so far of the ISU Judging System has been fairly technical and number-crunching. And though you can’t talk IJS without going into...
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Young Artists Showcase challenge 4: Singer-SongSkater

The first three round of the Young Artists Showcase's third season have all been varied and challenging, and this fourth round is no different....
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YAS Chat with Challenge 3 winner Robert Mauti

A veteran of the Young Artists Showcase, Robert Mauti is in his second season in the competition. After making the Finals in season two, Mauti won...
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YAS Chat with Challenge 3 winner Mark Hanretty

Former British ice dance competitor Mark Hanretty is now two for three. After winning the first challenge of the third season of Young Artists...
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Czisny to have surgery, tore cartilage in hip

At the end of last season, many skating observers, and Alissa Czisny herself, wondered how her season devolved into seven-fall disaster at the...
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2012-13 Grand Prix assignments announced: Weir, Ando return

The International Skating Union announced the preliminary entries for this fall's Grand Prix of Figure Skating series, which begins with Skate...
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Young Artists Showcase challenge 3: Play Ball

Props! Another week of Young Artists Showcase, and another week of a vastly different challenge for the eight choreographers. This week, the third...
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YAS Chat with Challenge 2 winner Garrett Kling

After taking second to Mark Hanretty in the first round, Young Artists Showcase veteran Garrett Kling combined his experience with the challenging...
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Opining on the ISU Judging System: The plight of jump combinations

After an analysis of how grades of execution could be better calibrated to reflect an element’s execution, the next part of this critical...
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Opining on the ISU Judging System: Balancing risk and reward

With the ISU Congress coming up in a month and the International Skating Union just releasing the latest changes in the base values, grades of...
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