A Divine Sport - Figure Skating
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Our look back at the highs and lows of #SkateAmerica, written by our correspondent Victoria Burdman! #GPFigure
📸: Moment of Jay for A Divine Sport
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📸: Moment of Jay for A Divine Sport
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2025 Skate America: The Many Faces of Success - A divine sport
2025 Saatva Skate America, the fifth of six events in the 2025 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series, took place November 14-16 in Lake Placid, New York. The last time the event was held in Lake Pl...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Our look back at the highs and lows of #SkateAmerica, written by our correspondent Victoria Burdman! #GPFigure
📸: Moment of Jay for A Divine Sport
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📸: Moment of Jay for A Divine Sport
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Our full photo gallery from NHK Trophy is now up on our web site, with pictures of every competitor included. Take a peek! 🙂
📸: Aoran Liu (@aoran23_ ) for A Divine Sport
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📸: Aoran Liu (@aoran23_ ) for A Divine Sport
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November 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Our full photo gallery from NHK Trophy is now up on our web site, with pictures of every competitor included. Take a peek! 🙂
📸: Aoran Liu (@aoran23_ ) for A Divine Sport
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📸: Aoran Liu (@aoran23_ ) for A Divine Sport
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We have a full gallery of photos from Cup of China on our website. Check out your faves from the event!
📸: Chelsea Chen for A Divine Sport
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📸: Chelsea Chen for A Divine Sport
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October 31, 2025 at 1:05 AM
We have a full gallery of photos from Cup of China on our website. Check out your faves from the event!
📸: Chelsea Chen for A Divine Sport
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📸: Chelsea Chen for A Divine Sport
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U.S. pairs champions Alisa Efimova/Misha Mitrofanov announced that Efimova is seeking a waiver of the usual 3-year waiting period for a U.S. passport. The couple revealed that they were married on 2/1/2024 and Efimova received her green card on 7/27/2024. scboston.org/olympics/
📷: Robin Ritoss
📷: Robin Ritoss
October 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
U.S. pairs champions Alisa Efimova/Misha Mitrofanov announced that Efimova is seeking a waiver of the usual 3-year waiting period for a U.S. passport. The couple revealed that they were married on 2/1/2024 and Efimova received her green card on 7/27/2024. scboston.org/olympics/
📷: Robin Ritoss
📷: Robin Ritoss
The Olympic season has no shortage of compelling stories, both on and off the ice. Here's our picks for the top 10 storylines we're most interested in this season!
📸: Tina Weltz for A Divine Sport
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📸: Tina Weltz for A Divine Sport
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October 17, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The Olympic season has no shortage of compelling stories, both on and off the ice. Here's our picks for the top 10 storylines we're most interested in this season!
📸: Tina Weltz for A Divine Sport
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📸: Tina Weltz for A Divine Sport
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We have some great photos of the ice dance event at #CSDenisTen! Click link below to see our full gallery. ⬇️
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📸: Moment of Jay for A Divine Sport
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2025 CS Denis Ten Photos - A divine sport
All photographs by Moment of Jay Ice Dance Women Men Practice
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October 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
We have some great photos of the ice dance event at #CSDenisTen! Click link below to see our full gallery. ⬇️
📸: Moment of Jay for A Divine Sport
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📸: Moment of Jay for A Divine Sport
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World silver medalist Mikhail Shaidorov (KAZ) won the men's event at CS Denis Ten by a comfortable margin, with Nika Egadze (GEO) and Jason Brown (USA) taking silver and bronze. Check out our photo gallery of the men!
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📸: Moment of Jay for A Divine Sport
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2025 CS Denis Ten Photos - A divine sport
All photographs by Moment of Jay Ice Dance Women Men Practice
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October 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
World silver medalist Mikhail Shaidorov (KAZ) won the men's event at CS Denis Ten by a comfortable margin, with Nika Egadze (GEO) and Jason Brown (USA) taking silver and bronze. Check out our photo gallery of the men!
📸: Moment of Jay for A Divine Sport
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📸: Moment of Jay for A Divine Sport
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Check out our gallery of photos from the women's event at Chinese Nebelhorn (#SkatetoMilano)!
📸: Aoran Liu
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📸: Aoran Liu
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Chinese Nebelhorn (2025 Skate to Milano) - A divine sport
All photographs by Aoran Liu Pairs Ice Dance Women Men Practice
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September 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Check out our gallery of photos from the women's event at Chinese Nebelhorn (#SkatetoMilano)!
📸: Aoran Liu
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📸: Aoran Liu
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The ice dance event at #ChineseNebelhorn certainly didn't lack for drama. It was a gripping competition to watch (if not without controversy). Our photo gallery from the event is up on our website!
📸: Aoran Liu
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📸: Aoran Liu
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September 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The ice dance event at #ChineseNebelhorn certainly didn't lack for drama. It was a gripping competition to watch (if not without controversy). Our photo gallery from the event is up on our website!
📸: Aoran Liu
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📸: Aoran Liu
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Check out our photo gallery of the pairs event at Chinese Nebelhorn (#skatetomilano)!
📸: Aoran Liu
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📸: Aoran Liu
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Chinese Nebelhorn (2025 Skate to Milano) - A divine sport
All photographs by Aoran Liu Pairs Ice Dance Women Men Practice
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September 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Check out our photo gallery of the pairs event at Chinese Nebelhorn (#skatetomilano)!
📸: Aoran Liu
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📸: Aoran Liu
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New Mexico is overriding the federal government on the topic of COVID19 vaccines to ensure their residents can access them.
States hold a tremendous amount of public health power. They should use it.
States hold a tremendous amount of public health power. They should use it.
State steps in to ensure access to COVID-19 vaccine
Public health order counters potential limitations set by the USFDA
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August 31, 2025 at 2:53 AM
New Mexico is overriding the federal government on the topic of COVID19 vaccines to ensure their residents can access them.
States hold a tremendous amount of public health power. They should use it.
States hold a tremendous amount of public health power. They should use it.
Euro silver medalists Evgenia Lopareva & Geoffrey Brissaud just started their new season. At Worlds, we spoke with them about their career so far & their relationship with choreographer/competitor Guillaume Cizeron.
📸: Tina Weltz
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📸: Tina Weltz
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August 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Euro silver medalists Evgenia Lopareva & Geoffrey Brissaud just started their new season. At Worlds, we spoke with them about their career so far & their relationship with choreographer/competitor Guillaume Cizeron.
📸: Tina Weltz
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📸: Tina Weltz
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Fantastic interview! This is such a great team and harding more about their process is so fun!
Caroline Green/Michael Parsons talk about how creativity is central to their lives both on and off the ice in our new interview with the team. ⬇️
📸: @tweltz1
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📸: @tweltz1
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Green/Parsons Lean Into Creativity - A divine sport
Last week’s Champs Camp had a different–and positive–vibe for Caroline Green and Michael Parsons, compared to other recent training camps. For the first time in several years, the duo are starting thi...
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August 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Fantastic interview! This is such a great team and harding more about their process is so fun!
Caroline Green/Michael Parsons talk about how creativity is central to their lives both on and off the ice in our new interview with the team. ⬇️
📸: @tweltz1
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📸: @tweltz1
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Green/Parsons Lean Into Creativity - A divine sport
Last week’s Champs Camp had a different–and positive–vibe for Caroline Green and Michael Parsons, compared to other recent training camps. For the first time in several years, the duo are starting thi...
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August 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Caroline Green/Michael Parsons talk about how creativity is central to their lives both on and off the ice in our new interview with the team. ⬇️
📸: @tweltz1
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📸: @tweltz1
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Why the US is burning $10m worth of birth control | Moira Donegan
Why the US is burning $10m worth of birth control | Moira Donegan
With action after action, the Trump administration has made clear it does not value women’s health, their dignity, their aspirations
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August 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Why the US is burning $10m worth of birth control | Moira Donegan
he new season begins this week for Lia Pereira & Trennt Michaud. We spoke with the Canadian pair at Worlds about how they've grown as a team and their hopes for the Olympic season. ⬇️
📸: Tina Weltz for @adivinesport.bsky.social
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📸: Tina Weltz for @adivinesport.bsky.social
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August 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
he new season begins this week for Lia Pereira & Trennt Michaud. We spoke with the Canadian pair at Worlds about how they've grown as a team and their hopes for the Olympic season. ⬇️
📸: Tina Weltz for @adivinesport.bsky.social
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📸: Tina Weltz for @adivinesport.bsky.social
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Nikolaj Soerensen's suspension from competitive skating has been overturned. The victim will reportedly file an appeal.
June 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Nikolaj Soerensen's suspension from competitive skating has been overturned. The victim will reportedly file an appeal.
An article about the ISU's Worlds changes & other initiatives. "Next on the agenda: a pivotal ISU Extraordinary Congress on July 3, 2025, which will focus on the further modernization and a full revision of the ISU Constitution, aimed at accelerating the sport’s growth." www.isu.org/news/a-bold-...
A Bold New Era for Skating: A Retrospective on the ISU 2024/25 Season Innovationsdown-arrow
As the curtain closes on a successful 2024/25 skating season, the International Skating Union (ISU) celebrates a transformative year - one that opened a bold new chapter for the sport. Throughout the ...
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June 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
An article about the ISU's Worlds changes & other initiatives. "Next on the agenda: a pivotal ISU Extraordinary Congress on July 3, 2025, which will focus on the further modernization and a full revision of the ISU Constitution, aimed at accelerating the sport’s growth." www.isu.org/news/a-bold-...
An in-depth look at Gabriella Papadakis & Madison Hubbell's decision to skate together for Art on Ice, and how it fits into the evolution of their sport: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olymp...
Two women are shattering a figure skating taboo by dancing, together
With male participation dwindling amid colliding stereotypes and traditions, Gabriella Papadakis and Madison Hubbell offer bold statement on the sport’s future.
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May 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
An in-depth look at Gabriella Papadakis & Madison Hubbell's decision to skate together for Art on Ice, and how it fits into the evolution of their sport: www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olymp...
Stepanova/Bukin attending Putin's annual address to the Russian Federal Assembly.
May 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Stepanova/Bukin attending Putin's annual address to the Russian Federal Assembly.
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ISU Comm 2707
Single and Pair Skating - Scale of Values 2025/26
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Single and Pair Skating - Scale of Values 2025/26
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May 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
ISU Comm 2707
Single and Pair Skating - Scale of Values 2025/26
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Single and Pair Skating - Scale of Values 2025/26
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"The goal was top 10. A small medal in the free dance? No, we didn't expect that." Olivia Smart & Tim Dieck surprised even themselves with their success at 2025 Worlds. Read about it in our new article!
📸: Tina Weltz
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📸: Tina Weltz
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May 14, 2025 at 11:03 PM
"The goal was top 10. A small medal in the free dance? No, we didn't expect that." Olivia Smart & Tim Dieck surprised even themselves with their success at 2025 Worlds. Read about it in our new article!
📸: Tina Weltz
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📸: Tina Weltz
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Athletes approved as Individual Neutral Athletes - decisions are not subject to appeal:
RUS
Adelia Petrosian
Alina Gorbacheva
Petr Gummenik
Vladislav Dikidzhi
BLR
Vasil Barakhouski
Viktoriya Plaskonnaya
Yauheni Puzanau
Viktoriia Safonova
Nastassia Sidarenka
Uladzislau Sytsik
RUS
Adelia Petrosian
Alina Gorbacheva
Petr Gummenik
Vladislav Dikidzhi
BLR
Vasil Barakhouski
Viktoriya Plaskonnaya
Yauheni Puzanau
Viktoriia Safonova
Nastassia Sidarenka
Uladzislau Sytsik
May 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Athletes approved as Individual Neutral Athletes - decisions are not subject to appeal:
RUS
Adelia Petrosian
Alina Gorbacheva
Petr Gummenik
Vladislav Dikidzhi
BLR
Vasil Barakhouski
Viktoriya Plaskonnaya
Yauheni Puzanau
Viktoriia Safonova
Nastassia Sidarenka
Uladzislau Sytsik
RUS
Adelia Petrosian
Alina Gorbacheva
Petr Gummenik
Vladislav Dikidzhi
BLR
Vasil Barakhouski
Viktoriya Plaskonnaya
Yauheni Puzanau
Viktoriia Safonova
Nastassia Sidarenka
Uladzislau Sytsik
U.S. Figure Skating announces that Matt Farrell will be its next CEO. Farrell was previously Chief Marketing Officer for USA Swimming for 13 years. More recently, he served as CEO of Bat Around, a software app used in batting cages. mailchi.mp/usfigureskat...
U.S. Figure Skating Names Matt Farrell CEO
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April 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
U.S. Figure Skating announces that Matt Farrell will be its next CEO. Farrell was previously Chief Marketing Officer for USA Swimming for 13 years. More recently, he served as CEO of Bat Around, a software app used in batting cages. mailchi.mp/usfigureskat...