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Opining on the Winter Olympics Women's Event (part 2): Greatness in the midst of crisis

February 18, 2022

A devastating conclusion in the women’s free skate capped off a week of chaos, but there were bright moments that have been overlooked at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games

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In Figure Skating, Olympic Winter Games, Rocker Analysis, Opining

Opining on the Winter Olympics Women's Event (part 1): Surrealism at work

February 15, 2022

Some history was made on a surreal day of competition in the women’s short program at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, China

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In Figure Skating, Olympic Winter Games, Rocker Analysis, Opining

Opining on the Winter Olympics Men's Event (part 3): Parting thoughts

February 13, 2022

Final thoughts on quad axels, brilliant skating, and potential retirements from the men’s event at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, China

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In Figure Skating, Olympic Winter Games, Opining, Rocker Analysis

Opining on the Winter Olympics Men's Event (part 2): A rush of raw emotion

February 10, 2022

For Nathan Chen, Olympic gold was the culmination of four years of preparation. Chen won the men’s event in figure skating at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, China

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In Figure Skating, Olympic Winter Games, Rocker Analysis, Opining

Opining on the Winter Olympics Men's Event (part 1): The history and the agony

February 8, 2022

Nathan Chen skates lights out to lead the men’s short program with a world record at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, China

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In Figure Skating, Opining, Rocker Analysis, Olympic Winter Games

Opining on the Winter Olympics Team Event (part 2): Everything was as expected

February 7, 2022

History, burnout, and ramifications on the last day of the figure skating Team Event at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games

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In Figure Skating, Olympic Winter Games, Opining, Rocker Analysis

Opining on the Winter Olympics Team Event (part 1): Peaking on the biggest stage

February 4, 2022

A thrilling first day leads to an unexpected leader with Team USA; a breakdown of the women’s short and the potential for a close race for the qualifying spots in the Team Event at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, China

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In Figure Skating, Olympic Winter Games, Opining, Rocker Analysis

Opining on 2022 US Championships: Distilling the selection criteria

January 5, 2022

Trying to make sense of the selection criteria for the US figure skating team for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games

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In Figure Skating, Olympic Winter Games, Opining, Rocker Analysis, US Nationals

Opining on 2019 Worlds (part 2): What I remember

April 6, 2019

Before we finish the season, a final look at Worlds

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In Figure Skating, World Championships, Rocker Analysis, Opining Tags Wenjing Sui/Cong Han, Vanessa James/Morgan Cipres, Madison Chock/Evan Bates, Elizabet Tursynbaeva, Evgenia Medvedeva, Alina Zagitova, Jason Brown

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Opining on 2019 Worlds (part 1): Doing the math

March 26, 2019

A look back at Worlds … and some numbers

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In Figure Skating, World Championships, Rocker Analysis, Opining Tags Nathan Chen, Yuzuru Hanyu, Rika Kihira

Opining on 2018 Grand Prix Final: The start of a new era

December 9, 2018

Is it the start of a new era and is there a star to the new era?

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In Figure Skating, Grand Prix Final, Grand Prix Series, Opining, Rocker Analysis Tags Rika Kihira, Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Alina Zagitova

Opining on 2018 Internationaux de France: The stage is set

November 27, 2018

Excitement and disappointments in Grenoble

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In Figure Skating, Grand Prix Series, Opining, Rocker Analysis, Trophee Eric Bompard Tags Evgenia Medvedeva, Jason Brown, Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron, ISU Judging System

Opining on 2018 Rostelecom Cup: Ups and downs for the Olympic champs

November 19, 2018

Hanyu skates through injury, question marks with Gold, and a slew of rising skaters in Moscow

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In Figure Skating, Grand Prix Series, Opining, Rocker Analysis, Rostelecom Cup Tags Yuzuru Hanyu, Alina Zagitova, Gracie Gold, Miriam Ziegler/Severin Kiefer, Nicole Della Monica/Matteo Guarise, Moris Kvitelashvili, Kazuki Tomono, Sara Hurtado/Kirill Khaliavin, Alexia Paganini

Opining on 2018 NHK Trophy: Here's to the ladies' field

November 12, 2018

It was one of the greatest ladies free skate events ever.

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In Figure Skating, NHK Trophy, Grand Prix Series, Opining, Rocker Analysis

Opining on 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki: The Breznaissance

November 5, 2018

Brezina making waves in his tenth Grand Prix season

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In Figure Skating, Grand Prix Helsinki, Grand Prix Series, Rocker Analysis, Opining Tags Michal Brezina, Yuzuru Hanyu

Opining on 2018 Skate Canada: Surprises, comebacks, and rising stars

October 29, 2018

Newcomers and veterans shine at Skate Canada

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In Figure Skating, Grand Prix Series, Opining, Rocker Analysis, Skate Canada Tags Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, Mako Yamashita, Kevin Aymoz, Evgenia Medvedeva, Jason Brown, Vanessa James/Morgan Cipres

Opining on 2018 Skate America: A lot of everything

October 23, 2018

Some good, some bad, and everything else in between

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In Figure Skating, Grand Prix Series, Opining, Rocker Analysis, Skate America Tags Vincent Zhou, Nathan Chen, Satoko Miyahara, Michal Brezina, Sergei Voronov

Opining on 57th ISU Congress: How should you watch figure skating now?

September 5, 2018

A primer on changes you’ll see this season

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In Opining, Off-Season News Tags ISU Judging System

Opining on Olympic ladies (part 3): Ending on a high note

February 24, 2018

The women punctuated a terrific two weeks of Olympic figure skating

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In Figure Skating, Olympic Winter Games, Opining, Rocker Analysis Tags PyeongChang

Opining on Olympic ladies (part 2): Triple-triple-triple? Why not?

February 22, 2018

No, you won't see any triple-triple-triples tomorrow.

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In Figure Skating, Opining, Rocker Analysis, Olympic Winter Games Tags ISU Judging System, PyeongChang, Alina Zagitova, Evgenia Medvedeva
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