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EPISODE NOTES

Event Results Brief

• ISU Junior Grand Prix Courchevel Results
• ISU Junior Grand Prix Courchevel Video Playlist
• Britannia International
• Sherwood Invitational
• Friends on Ice
• Friends on Ice Instagram

General Skating News

• ISU posted entries for the ISU Challenger Series, Lombardia Trophy in Bergamo, Italy Sept. 16-19..

• ISU posted the entries for the fourth Junior Grand Prix - Armenia Cup (no pairs)

• MK John Wilson Trophy Grand Prix tickets are on sale.

• Skate Canada announced that Winnipeg will host the 2022-2023 Skate Canada Challenge - Junior/Senior event

• Ice Dance International Fall Tour - GRACE: The Power of Dance on Ice is Sept. 17 - October 9, 2022

Recent Interviews

• Kaitlyn Weaver was a guest on The Future of Figure Skating Podcast

• Polina Edmunds had 2016 U.S. pairs champion Tarah Kayne on her podcast

• A reflective article from Europe on Ice about not forgetting Ukraine https://europeonice.com/2022/08/22/as-new-figure-skating-season-begins-we-must-not-forget-about-ukraine 

• Golden Skate continued its series on Ukrainian skaters. Latest article is with Kyrylo Marsak.  

• Nathan Chen appeared in Character Media’s Annual 2022 Issue There are also 5 videos of Nathan posted on Character Media’s TikTok account: https://www.tiktok.com/@charactermedia

Social Media Updates

• Bradie Tennell posted on Instagram that she is moving to Nice, France to work with Benoit Richaud and Cedric Tour. 

• Eva Pate and Logan Bye posted on social media that they got engaged. 

• Ice Academy of Montreal posted that Alyssa Robinson and Jacob Portz are now training with Scott Moir and his team at the I.AM Ontario Campus.

• Vincent Zhou thanked his coaches on Instagram before he left for Brown University

• Karen Chen posted a photo from Cornell University and skating with the Cornell Figure Skating team. 

• Sarah Hughes posted on social media that she will be pursuing her MBA at Stanford Graduate School of Business

• Nathan Chen posted a screenshot from his video call with Dr. Anthony Fauci over the weekend: 

Upcoming Events for the Week

• ISU Junior Grand Prix - Czech Skate (Aug. 31-Sept.3) - This is first JGP event for pairs this season.

• SEA Open Figure Skating Trophy is Sept. 2-4, 2022 in Singapore. 

• Skate Houston is a national qualifying series event for singles and pairs. Taking place Sept. 2-5 in Sugar Land, Texas. 

Upcoming Podcast - Questions about the Skating Club of Boston and Skate America

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