Figure Skating 2020 - 2021 Discussion Thread

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1 hour ago, mrv86 said:

I think Norway should instead get credible asthma diagnosis to support their institutional doping in Nordic events.

I heard three Norwegian skiers had asthma attacks when reading this, thankfully Chris Froome was there and was able to lend them his inhalers 

[rybak 3,233]

That's huge

 

 

[rybak 3,233]

Additionaly, European Championships which were scheduled to take place in Zagreb in late January are cancelled, as well as Grand Prix Final.

[Vic Liu 1,686]

13 hours ago, rybak said:

Additionaly, European Championships which were scheduled to take place in Zagreb in late January are cancelled, as well as Grand Prix Final.

My only hope is that World Championships will not be canceled. 

[intoronto 5,771]

Some interesting news from the world of figure skating:

 

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/figureskating/eric-radford-vanessa-james-return-1.5995937

[dcro 10,210]

Which pretty much confirms that James/Cipres retired because of... Cipres.

[intoronto 5,771]

 

 

[Olympian1010 8,053]

Thread about some interesting changes proposed by ISU Council and ISU Members.

 

[intoronto 5,771]

Also interesting is the iSU is going to experiment with 12 skaters in synchro, and I am assuming this has to due with reducing the size of teams, and with the aim of securing Olympic status.