The Iron Butterfly

I recap the 2023 Grand Prix Final:

Kaori Sakamoto (JPN)

Loena Hendrickx (BEL)

Hana Yoshida (JPN)

Nina Pinzarrone (BEL)

Isabeau Levito (USA)

Rion Sumiyoshi (JPN)

Ilia Malinin (USA)

Shoma Uno (JPN)

Yuma Kagiyama (JPN)

Kao Miura (JPN)

Kevin Aymoz (FRA)

My thoughts on the Dance and Pairs events!

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-her skating origin story

-the start of her integration career

-skating with Adrian Diaz and switching from GBR to Spain

-the close rivalry and journey to get to represent at the Olympics

-how it felt the her partner announced retirement

-taking the year off competition skating and her mentality

-Dancing on Ice experience

-how it felt to be away from competition and do some soul searching

-the decision to compete again with a new partner

-the ongoing journey

-her advice to skaters

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Ava Zeigler (USA)

Lindsay Thorngren (USA)

Nina Pinzarrone (BEL)

Yuna Aoki (JPN)

Yuma Kagiyama (JPN)

Shoma Uno (JPN)

Camden Pulkinen (USA)

Anastasia GOLUBEVA/Hektor GIOTOPOULOS MOORE (AUS)

Chelsea Liu/Balazs Nagy (USA)

Lilah Fear/Lewis Gibson (GBR)

Lorraine McNamara/Anton Spiridonov (USA)

Emily Bratti/Ian Somerville (USA)

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Kaori Sakamoto (JPN)

Rion Sumiyoshi (JPN)

Chayeon Kim (KOR)

Lorine Schild (FRA)

Starr Andrews (USA)

Kao Muira (JPN)

Kevin Aymoz (FRA)

Liam Kapeikis (USA)

Jimmy Ma (USA)

Danny O'Shea/Ellie Kam (USA)

Madi Chock + Evan Bates (USA)

Laurence Beaudry and Nikolaj Soerensen (CAN)

Juulia Turkikila/ Matthias Versluis (FIN)

Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko (USA)

Emilea Zingas/Vadym Kolesnik (USA)

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Hana Yoshida (JPN)

Rinka Watanabe (JPN)

Loena Hendrickx (BEL)

Nina Petrokina (EST)

Audrey Shin (USA)

Yelim Kim (KOR)

Adam Siao Him Fa (FRA)

Shoma Uno (JPN)

Mikhail Shaidorov (KAZ)

Jimmy Ma (9)

Lucas Broussard  (12)

Deanna Stellato-Dudek/Maxime Deschamps

Maria Mokhova / Ivan Mokhov (USA)

Yuchen Wang / Lei Zhu (CHN)

Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier (CAN)

Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha (CAN)

Caroline Green / Michael Parsons (USA)

Eva Pate/Logan Bye (USA)

Emily Bratti + Ian Somerville(USA)

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Isabeau Levito (USA)

Nina Pinzarrone (BEL)

Rion Sumiyoshi (JPN)

Anastasia Gubanova (GEO)

Adam Siao Him Fa (FRA)

Ilia Malinin (USA)

Yuma Kagiyama (JPN)

Camden Pulkinen (USA)

Trennt Michaud/Lia Pereira (CAN)

Valentina Plazas/Max Fernandez (USA)

Charlene Guignard/Marco Fabbri (ITA)

Laurence Fournier Beaudry/Nikolaj Soerensen (CAN)

Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko (USA)

Hannah Lim/Ye Quan (KOR)

Lorraine McNamara/Anton Spiridonov (USA)

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Kaori Sakamoto (JPN

Chaeyeon Kim (KOR)

Rino Matsuike (JPN)

Madeline Schizas (CAN)

Lindsay Thorngren (USA)

Rinka Watanabe (JPN)

Starr Andrews (USA)

Audrey Shin (USA)

Sota Yamamoto (JPN)

Kao Miura (JPN)

Matteo Rizzo (ITA)

Kazuki Tomono (JPN)

Mikhail Shaidorov (KAZ)

Liam Kapeikis (USA

Deanna Stellato Dudek/Maxime Deschamps (CAN)

Oona Brown and Gage Brown (USA)

Piper Gilles + Paul Pourier (CAN)

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Loena Hendrickx (BEL)

Isabeau Levito (USA)

Niina Petrokina (EST)

Hana Yoshida (JPN)

Amber Glenn (USA)

Mone Chiba (JPN)

Clare Seo (USA)

Ilia Malinin (USA)

Kevin Aymoz (FRA)

Shun Sato (JPN)

Andrew Torgashev (USA)

Maxim Naumov (USA)

Deniss Vasijevs (LAT)

Madi Chock/Evan Bates (USA)

Caroline Green/Michael Parsons (USA)

Oona Brown/Gage Brown (USA)

Hannah Lim/Ye Quan (KOR)

Natalie Taschlerova/Filip Taschler (CZE)

Olivia Smart/Tim Dieck (ESP)

Annika Hocke/Robert Kunkel (GER)

Lia Pereira/Trennt Michaud (CAN)

Chelsea Liu/Balazs Nagy (USA)

Isabelle Martins/Ryan Bedard (USA)

Valentina Plazas/Maximiliano Fernandez (USA)

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Deanna shares her spectacular 16-year comeback skating story with us:

-Skating in singles and competing under the 6.0 system

-Competing at Junior Worlds in 2000

-retiring, living life, and coming back to compete in 2016 in pairs

-the realities and feelings of making a comeback in her thirties

-switching partners and representing a new country

-How age has affected her comeback, and the differences in mindset and training

-becoming a Pairs National Champion in both the U.S. and Canada: her mentality with skating and her drive despite obstacles

-her advice to skaters

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Mao Shimada (JPN)

Elyce-Lin Gracey (USA)

Sherry Zhang (USA)

Ikura Shimada (JPN)

Eunbi Park (KOR)

Inga Gurgenidze (GEO)

Daniel Martynov (USA)

Shunsuke Nakamura (JPN)

Fedir Kulish (LAT)

Aleksandr Fegan (USA)

Elliana Peal + Ethan Peal (USA)

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