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EPISODE 33 SHOW NOTES

Mark Hanretty Special Episode

Event Recap Brief

• Grand Prix de France
• 47th Volvo Open Cup
• 2023 Skate Ontario Junior & Senior Sectional Championships

General Skating News

• The ISU announced that Elladj Balde as the global ambassador for the first-ever World Ice Skating Day

• U.S. Figure Skating announced the eight members of the figure skating community who have been selected as “Get Up” Ambassadors

Recent Interviews

• U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone interviewed Audrey Shin and Eva Pate and Logan Bye ahead of the Grand Prix de France.

• Olympics's Nick McCarvel interviewed Deanna Stellato-Dudek about coming back to skating after a long hiatus

• 2018 Olympian Julianne Seguin of Canada, talked about her new book "A Medal at All Costs", detailing her concussions and her toxic relationship with her coach.

• International Figure Skating Magazine interviewed Kao Miura

• British Ice Skating talked with Anastasia Vaipan-Law & Luke Digby

Social Media

• Jason Brown announces he plans to compete at Nationals in San Jose.

• World Arena Skating Academy Pairs announced the new partnership of Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea

• Olivia Smart will be participating in Dancing on Ice in the UK.

• Japan Nobunari Oda announced on YouTube that he plans to return to amateur competition

• Grant Hochstein and his wife, Caroline Zhang posted a video of their daughter, Charlotte, on the ice for the first time. Charlotte is 19 months old. 

Upcoming Events for the Week

• MK John Wilson Trophy - Entries
• Ice Challenge (ISU Challenger Series event) - Entries
• 2023 Eastern Sectionals and U.S. Ice Dance Final
• 2023 Midwestern Sectionals and U.S. Pairs Final
• 2023 Pacific Coast Sectionals

(For Sectionals/U.S. Dance and Pairs Final, junior and senior competition will be live streamed on Peacock Premium and all other levels will be live streamed on the U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone)

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