# This Week in Skating / October 10, 2023

An episode of [This Week in Skating Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1621874792), 10 Oct 2023, 28 min.

Audio: https://audio2.redcircle.com/episodes/4107c033-45df-4fd9-8829-90e748383f68/stream.mp3

This Week in Skating is hosted by Gina Capellazzi and Daphne Backman and is a cooperative project between Figure Skaters Online and Ice-dance.com. New episodes are available every Tuesday. Website: http://www.thisweekinskating.com Email: thisweekinskating@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thisweekinskating Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thiswkinskating Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisweekinskating Thread: https://www.threads.net/@thisweekinskating Patreon: patreon.com/ThisWeekinSkating ---------------------------------------------------------- EPISODE 105 General Skating News • The ISU Council met on October 6-8, 2023 and decided to provisionally allotted some ISU Championships and ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating events. • Figure Skating Coach Michelle Hong has been named as the 2023 World Ice Skating Day Icon (World Ice Skating Day is December 3). Events Results Brief • Finlandia Trophy| Results | Synchro Results • ISU Junior Grand Prix Armenia Cup | Results | Video Playlist • Shanghai Trophy | Results • Japan Open | Results • Boston Open (NQS) | Results • World Figure Skating and Fancy Championships | Local TV report • Texas Trophy (NQS) | Results • Kings Cup International | Results • Autumn Classic (NQS) | Results • British October Qualifier | BIS message about qualifiers to Nationals Junior Grand Prix Final Qualifiers Men: Rio Nakata (JPN), Juheon Lim (KOR), Francois Pitot (FRA), Hyungyeom Kim (KOR), Daniel Martynov (USA) and Adam Hagara (SVK) Alternates: Beck Strommer (USA), Minkyu Seo (KOR), Daiya Ebihara (JPN) Women: Mao Shimada (JPN), Jia Shin (KOR), Ami Nakai (JPN), Rena Uezono (JPN), Yuseong Kim (KOR), Minsol Kwon (KOR) Alternates: Yo Takagi (JPN), Elyce-Lin Gracey (USA) Seojin Youn (KOR) Pairs: Anastasiia Metelkina/Luka Beruva (GEO), Martina Ariano Kent/Charly Lalilberte Laurent (CAN), Violetta Sierova/Ivan Khobta (UKR), Olivia Flores/Luke Wang (USA), Ava Rae Kemp/Yohnatan Elizarov (CAN), Jazmine Desrochers/Kieran Thrasher (CAN) Alternates: Louise Ehrhard/Mathis Pellegris (FRA), Wenning Shi/Zhiyu Wang (CHN), Yixi Yang/Shunyang Deng (CHN) Dance: Leah Neset/Artem Markelov (USA), Darya Grimm/Michail Savitskiy (GER), Elizabeth Tkachenko/Alexei Kiliakov (ISR), Mariia Pinchuk/Mykyta Pogorielov (UKR), Yahli Pedersen/Jeffrey Chen (USA), Celina Fradji/Jean-Hans Fourneaux (FRA) Alternates: Elliana Peal and Ethan Peal (USA), Iryna Pidgaina/Artem Kovel (UKR), Sara Kishimoto/Atsuhiko Tamura (JPN_ Segment - Recent Interviews • Loena Hendrickx: Past Challenges Lead to New Perspectives, by Hiro Yoshida, Europe on Ice • Interview with Marie Dupayage and Thomas Nabais, by Solène Mathieu, Skate Info Glace • Interview with Natacha Lagouge and Arnaud Caffa, by Solène Mathieu, Skate Info Glace • Interview with Lea Serna, by Solène Mathieu, Skate Info Glace • Ukraine’s Violetta Sierova and Ivan Khobta elated with accomplishments, by Judith Dombrowski, Golden Skate • Saga Krantz leads Haydenettes to new heights with relationships at the forefront, by Darci Miller, U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone • Elyce Lin Gracey aims for new personal bests, by Grace Knoop, U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone • Segment - Social Media Updates • Tara Lipinski announced that she and her husband, Todd, are pregnant through a surrogate. • Show skaters are wanted for the Holiday Spectacular on Ice at Gateway Playhouse Dec. 1-Jan. 1. Email Tara Modlin at icedreamstour@gmail.com Segment - Program Announcements • Check out our website for a listing of program music announcements - will be updated as they are announced! • Men • Women • Pairs • Dance Segment - Upcoming Events for the Week: Oct. 13-15: Budapest Trophy, Budapest, Hungary • Entries Oct. 14-15: Tayside Trophy, Dundee, Scotland • ISU Event Page Oct. 12-15: Diamond Spin, Katowice, Poland • Entries/Results • Stream Oct. 14: Dick Button Festival of Artistic Skating, Norwood, Massachusetts • Event Site IDC and FSO spotlight IDC: Photos: Finlandia Trophy…

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