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EPISODE NOTES

Special Episode from Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships and International

Event Results Brief

• Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships
• Lake Placid Ice Dance International
• Glacier Falls Summer Classic 
• DuPage Open
• U.S. Figure Skating Competition Central for National Qualifying Series

General Skating News

• ISU posted the assignments for the first Junior Grand Prix event in Courchevel, France

• Skate Canada announced their 2022-23 National Team in a press release

• Madison Hubbell and Adrian Diaz's thoughts on coaching.

• ISU announced that the 5th Junior Grand Prix has been moved from Grenoble, France to Gdansk, Poland. 

• U.S. Figure Skating has shattered its membership record for the 2021-22 season with a total membership of 222,890. 
• Beating the Heat: Skating programs thrive in unexpected regions
• 'The Sky’s the Limit’: Children’s Health StarCenters thrive with Learn to Skate USA
• 'A Wonderful Year of Learning, Growth and Improvement’: Collegiate skating programs display positive growth in record season

• Golden Skate has an article with Mariia Holubtsova and Kyryl Bielobrov who are now training at I.AM through the end of the summer. 

• Anything GOE did an interview with Swedish skater Josefin Taljegard.

Social Media Updates

• Audrey Lu uploaded her 2022 U.S. Collegiate Championships programs on her YouTube channel (she only recently began sharing videos there again after several years).

• Videos of Eva Pate and Logan Bye’s rhythm dance and free dance were uploaded to Eva’s mom’s YouTube channel. 

Upcoming Events for the Week

• Philadelphia Summer Championships is Aug. 3-7 in Aston, Penn. Philadelphia is a national qualifying series event for singles and pairs. It is also an ISU international competition for Senior/Junior singles on Aug. 4-7, 2022

• Quebec Summer Championships is Aug. 4-7 in Pierrefonds QC, Canada - Free live streaming links are posted at the bottom of the event page. 

• The 2022 National Showcase competition is at the AdventHealth Center Ice in Wesley Chapel, Florida, August 1-6, 2022. 

• Silicon Valley Open - a national qualifying series event for ice dance - takes place in San Jose, California (Aug 5-6)

• Cup of Colorado competition is a singles and pairs competition in Highland Ranch, Colorado, Aug 5-7.

• Scott Hamilton Invitational is a singles competition, Aug. 5-7 in Nashville, Tennessee. 

Segment - IDC and FSO spotlight

• FSO: Chock and Bates prepare for new season of skating and their Unlaced podcast

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