The International Skating Union has barred Russia and Belarus from holding international figure staking events throughout the 2023-24 season Read Full Article at RT.com
World pairs champions Alex Knierim and Brandon Frazier will begin their figure skating season at Skate America in late October, where 15-year-old world junior champ Isabeau Levito also will be making her Grand Prix debut. U.S. Figure Skating has announced the majority of its Grand Prix assignments. Levito and 17-year-old Ilia Malinin, who also won this year s junior world title, headline the next generation of U.S. skaters with eyes on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy. That group includes 18-year-old Liam Kapeikis, who will join Malinin at Skate America, and 16-year-old Lindsay Thorngren, who will begin her season at Skate Canada.
(Reuters) - Finland will stage a round of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating series after Russia was removed as a host following its invasion of Ukraine.
Finland has been named as the new hosts of the sixth leg of the
International Skating Union Figure Skating Grand Prix after Russia was
stripped of the competition following its invasion of Ukraine.
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