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2018 Olympics preview (pairs): Is it a two-pair race for gold?

February 13, 2018

Four pairs with clear shots at the podium, but two of them look to be squarely fighting for gold

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In Figure Skating, Olympic Winter Games, Rocker Analysis, Previews Tags PyeongChang, Aliona Savchenko/Bruno Massot, Wenjing Sui/Cong Han, Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford, Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov, Valentina Marchei/Ondrej Hotarek, Vanessa James/Morgan Cipres, Natalja Zabijako/Alexander Enbert, Xiaoyu Yu/Yang Jin, Xiaoyu Yu/Hao Zhang, Alexa Scimeca/Chris Knierim, Kirsten Moore-Towers/Michael Marinaro, Kristina Astakhova/Alexei Rogonov, Cheng Peng/Yang Jin, Julianne Seguin/Charlie Bilodeau, Tae Ok Ryom/Ju Sik Kim, Nicole Della Monica/Matteo Guarise, Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya/Harley Windsor

Opining on Olympic Team Event (part 3): An ode to Mirai Nagasu

February 12, 2018

Mirai Nagasu's rollercoaster career prepared her for this moment, a historic free skate that helped Team USA to the Olympic bronze

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

Opining on Olympic Team Event (part 2): A close race for third

February 11, 2018

Team Canada holds a commanding lead, USA and Italy close for third

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In Figure Skating, Opining, Rocker Analysis Tags PyeongChang, Anna Cappellini/Luca Lanotte, Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani, Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir, Kaetlyn Osmond, Adam Rippon, Matteo Rizzo, Carolina Kostner, Mirai Nagasu, Valentina Marchei/Ondrej Hotarek

Opining on Olympic Team Event (part 1): A crazy way to start

February 9, 2018

A first day of Olympic competition that none of us expected

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In Figure Skating, Olympic Winter Games, Opining, Rocker Analysis Tags Patrick Chan, Nathan Chen, Mikhail Kolyada, Shoma Uno, Alexei Bychenko, Vanessa James/Morgan Cipres, Xiaoyu Yu/Hao Zhang, Aliona Savchenko/Bruno Massot, Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov, Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford, Alexa Scimeca/Chris Knierim, PyeongChang

2018 Olympic Team Event preview (part 2): The men will decide the medals

February 7, 2018

The medals in the Team Event may be decided by what happens in the men's free

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

2018 Olympics Team Event preview (part 1): The pairs will decide the five

February 6, 2018

The five teams qualifying could very well hinge on whether Savchenko/Massot and Sui/Han participate in the Team Event

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

2018 Four Continents preview (pairs): Redemption is in order

January 23, 2018

Ilyushechkina/Moscovitch looking to redeem themselves after Canadians

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In Figure Skating, Four Continents, Previews, Rocker Analysis Tags Lubov Iliushechkina/Dylan Moscovitch, Tarah Kayne/Daniel O'Shea, Tae Ok Ryom/Ju Sik Kim, Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya/Harley Windsor, Ashley Cain/Timothy LeDuc, Deanna Stellato/Nathan Bartholomay, Camille Ruest/Andrew Wolfe, Sydney Kolodziej/Maxime Deschamps

2018 Four Continents preview (men): How will Uno respond?

January 23, 2018

Shoma Uno looks for his first Four Continents title

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In Figure Skating, Four Continents, Previews, Rocker Analysis Tags Shoma Uno, Boyang Jin, Jason Brown, Misha Ge, Han Yan, Keiji Tanaka, Nam Nguyen, Grant Hochstein, Takahito Mura, Max Aaron

2018 Four Continents preview (ladies): Japanese sweep coming?

January 22, 2018

Will Japan grab all three medals in the ladies' event at Four Continents?

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In Figure Skating, Four Continents, Rocker Analysis, Previews Tags Kaori Sakamoto, Satoko Miyahara, Mai Mihara, Mariah Bell, Elizabet Tursynbaeva, Angela Wang, Starr Andrews, Da Bin Choi, Alaine Chartrand, So Youn Park

2018 Europeans preview (ladies): The return of Medvedeva

January 17, 2018

Medvedeva is back - can anyone beat her?

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In Europeans, Figure Skating, Rocker Analysis, Previews Tags Evgenia Medvedeva, Carolina Kostner, Alina Zagitova, Maria Sotskova, Mae Berenice Meite, Nicole Schott, Laurine Lecavelier, Nicole Rajicova, Loena Hendrickx, Lea Johanna Dastich

2018 Europeans preview (pairs): One pair missing

January 16, 2018

Even without Savchenko/Massot here, the pairs event will be exciting to watch

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In Europeans, Figure Skating, Previews, Rocker Analysis Tags Vanessa James/Morgan Cipres, Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov, Evgenia Tarasova/Vladimir Morozov, nataljam, Nicole Della Monica/Matteo Guarise, Valentina Marchei/Ondrej Hotarek, Miriam Ziegler/Severin Kiefer, Paige Conners/Evgeni Krasnopolski

2018 Europeans preview (men): Fernandez looking for number six

January 16, 2018

Is it Fernandez vs. Kolyada? Or will there be a surprise this week?

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In Europeans, Previews, Rocker Analysis, Figure Skating Tags Javier Fernandez, Mikhail Kolyada, Alexander Samarin, Jorik Hendrickx, Dmitri Aliev, Moris Kvitelashvili, Michal Brezina, Alexei Bychenko, Matteo Rizzo, Daniel Samohin

2018 Canadian Nationals preview (ladies/pairs): Setting up for PyeongChang

January 11, 2018

More Olympic spots on the line at Canadians

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In Canadian Nationals, Rocker Analysis, Figure Skating, Previews Tags Kaetlyn Osmond, Lubov Iliushechkina/Dylan Moscovitch, Gabrielle Daleman, Kirsten Moore-Towers/Michael Marinaro, Meagan Duhamel/Eric Radford, Alaine Chartrand, Julianne Seguin/Charlie Bilodeau

2018 Canadian Nationals preview (men/dance): Chan for 10th, Virtue/Moir for 8th

January 10, 2018

An easy call in dance, but a fight for the 2nd spot in the men's event

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In Figure Skating, Rocker Analysis, Previews, Canadian Nationals Tags Patrick Chan, Keegan Messing, Liam Firus, Nam Nguyen, Kevin Reynolds, Nicolas Nadeau, Elladj Balde, Roman Sadovsky, Joseph Phan, Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir, Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje, Piper Gilles/Paul Poirier, Carolanne Soucisse/Shane Firus, Haley Sales/Nikolas Wamsteeker

Opining on 2018 U.S. Championships (part 2): Oh, there was skating too

January 9, 2018

Some brilliant skating happened in San Jose

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In Figure Skating, Rocker Analysis, Opining, US Nationals Tags Nathan Chen, Adam Rippon, Bradie Tennell, Mirai Nagasu, Karen Chen, Ashley Wagner, Alexa Scimeca/Chris Knierim, Tarah Kayne/Daniel O'Shea, Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani, Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue, Madison Chock/Evan Bates, Kaitlin Hawayek/Jean-Luc Baker

Opining on 2018 U.S. Championships (part 1): Making sense of criteria

January 8, 2018

A look at how the Olympic selection shook out

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In Figure Skating, Opining, Rocker Analysis, US Nationals Tags Adam Rippon, Ross Miner, Vincent Zhou, Ashley Wagner, Bradie Tennell, Karen Chen

2018 U.S. Championships preview (dance): The fight for gold

January 3, 2018

The ice dance intrigue will be about the top three, but there's plenty of talent this week in San Jose.

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In Figure Skating, Previews, Rocker Analysis, US Nationals Tags Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani, Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue, Madison Chock/Evan Bates, Kaitlin Hawayek/Jean-Luc Baker, Rachel Parsons/Michael Parsons, Lorraine McNamara/Quinn Carpenter, Elliana Pogrebinsky/Alex Benoit, Alexandra Aldridge/Daniel Eaton, Karina Manta/Joseph Johnson, Julia Biechler/Damian Dodge

2018 U.S. Championships preview (pairs): One spot

January 3, 2018

There's one Olympic spot up for grabs for the American pairs

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In Figure Skating, US Nationals, Rocker Analysis, Previews Tags Alexa Scimeca/Chris Knierim, Haven Denney/Brandon Frazier, Marissa Castelli/Mervin Tran, Ashley Cain/Timothy LeDuc, Deanna Stellato/Nathan Bartholomay, Tarah Kayne/Daniel O'Shea, Jessica Pfund/Joshua Santillan, Jessica Calalang/Zack Sidhu, Chelsea Liu/Brian Johnson, Winter Deardorff/Max Settlage

2018 U.S. Championships preview (men): Who stays vertical?

January 1, 2018

A deep and talented field vie for three Olympic spots

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In Figure Skating, Previews, Rocker Analysis, US Nationals Tags Nathan Chen, Adam Rippon, Max Aaron, Jason Brown, Vincent Zhou, Alexander Johnson, Alexei Krasnozhon, Ross Miner, Timothy Dolensky, Grant Hochstein, Jordan Moeller, Sean Rabbitt, Andrew Torgashev

2018 U.S. Championships preview (ladies): What's gonna happen??

December 30, 2017

Three women look to win another U.S. title, but can someone else surprise?

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In Figure Skating, US Nationals, Previews, Rocker Analysis Tags Mirai Nagasu, Ashley Wagner, Bradie Tennell, Karen Chen, Mariah Bell, Angela Wang, Courtney Hicks, Caroline Zhang, Starr Andrews, Polina Edmunds
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