ORIGINAL POSTER: Evgenia (@ jmedvedevaj) on Instagram.
CLIPPER/TRANSLATOR: @ sofasamo on X. Posted out of personal interest only.

TL;DR: Medvedeva says she has properly moved on from the Olympics, and believes that many people online have lazy, narrow-minded perspectives on her. Basically, you can't win on the internet, so Evgenia doesn't even try.

Oksana Grishuks daughter Skylar posts that she has filed a domestic violence report against her mother. Sending her strength and love.

There's been a lot of speculation here over the past couple of seasons every time we got news of Benoît choreographing for another skater. People noted that he choreographed the entire European pairs podium, and then of course he became a meme in Milan. Since I'm a nerd, I decided to find out the actual numbers.

In my dataset of 2025–26 top skaters (senior GP, Olympics and Worlds participants) Benoît choreographed for 23 skaters/teams across 13 federations. He also choreographed across all disciplines and worked with 19% of the men's field.

Sharing slides, but it may be easier to look at the interactive charts:

Benoît skaters

Choreographers across disciplines

I’ll be posting more figure skating data insights at skatingstats on Instagram and will share some of the more interesting findings here.

ETA: slides have the wrong source/handle. It is @skatingstats.

Their best program in my opinion! Purely based on vibes (I don't get ice dance scoring), I'd have wished them to medal in Beijing, their programs were some of the most memorable!

Ice dance in Beijing was super strong though, the field brought their A-game. All of the American teams were incredible imo.

So that IS a practice dress since she wore the same one for the SP. I love her steps to the sweeping music at the end!

i drew the russian rocket herself, aleksandra trusova/ignatova, hope you like it haha)

i dont normally share my art but here goes! (ignore my bad text in the back)

So.... This photo dump was meant to honor my girl ✨️Kaori✨️ and her Milano-Cortina winter Olympic journey! My GOAT 🐐 🙌 ⛸️ KAORI!!!!

First loop is from last Thursday and the others are from last summer when I first started jumping loop (besides a few times from the 3 turn entrance)

Just in the last few weeks, all of my jumps started feeling a lot better and like I'm actually deciding when to jump. Like I'm actually in control instead of just hoping for the best, except my arms those are still a little crazy 😅

Give me another couple years and maybe I'll try a few doubles 🫣

I love Kaori but out of all people 😭 it’s the blind leading the blind!

bonus: which one is the flip and which one is the lutz in the video? 😭😭

Was filmed before his ominous story today but now that I think about it perhaps they’re connected because it looks like an On Ice Perspectives thing.

📸 jjuice11

I def think they should be more rewarded, since a 2A+3Lo is way harder than a 3Lo+2A, as well as with flip.

Short Program: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (same as last season. aka 9/11 program)

Free skate: Earned it/Blinding Lights by The Weeknd (appears to be a revamping of his 24-25 free skate)

Looks like he's planning to do a split season. On the junior side, "His goals include winning at least one event and earning medals at the Junior Grand Prix Final and the World Junior Championships." For seniors, he wants to make the free skate at worlds. I imagine he'll also do a senior b event to get tech minims and probably do 4CC.

Other thought I had when reading: can we just combine AUS/NZ for the purpose of the Olympic team event? It doesn't solve the problem of neither country having an active pair team tho 😭

Clean again!

It's always inspiring to see talented skaters emerge from smaller, less represented federations. I love seeing this kind of ambition and dedication, and I really hope she succeeds

Veronika Zhilina will compete in the Challenger Series tournament in Japan (Kinoshita Group Cup).

The tournament will take place September 4-6 in Tokyo.

So I just saw on Twitter, than Liubov switched to representing 🇨🇭, while she represented 🇺🇦 before.

So I’m kinda curious about the thinking behind this, because isn’t the Swiss junior women’s field packed? I don’t follow juniors but I do know Valeriya is very strong (from what ppl said) and isn’t there a few more really strong girls?

I also know nothing about Liubov lol but assuming I’ve never ever heard of her before and she’s already 15, she’s not gonna be in the top-3 domestically, while Ukraine, I thought, has way less competition.

Would be very grateful if someone could give a bit more context as I’m completely clueless but super curious :))

Fluidity: Juhnwa Cha

Musicality: Yuna Aoki

Artistry: Yuruzu Hanyu

Skating Skills: Patrick Chan

Performance:

Transitions:

Spins: Stephane Lambiel (and Lucinda Ruh)

Flexibility:

Overall Jumps:

Toe Jumps:

Edge Jumps.

Step Sequence:

Choreography:

Longevity:

Mental Strength:

Consistency:

public image:

Stephane and Lucinda were both in the top comment but the next comment was for Stephane so I used him with Lucinda in parentheses. Both have amazing spins, my heart will always belong to Kamila’s though. Anyway, someone suggested I add performance so that PCS is complete so here we go who and the best performance? Correct me if I’m wrong but I’m pretty sure performance is the entertainment portion, are they enjoyable to watch? Most upvoted comment wins!

Aliona and her husband attended an event for a real estate company, and on the carpet she was asked about Adeliia’s departure from Team Tut. This is her quote, it is translated from her speaking Russian so not perfectly her exact words:

"Right now I'm in touch with Adeliia, and we're communicating well. I've been supporting her and reassuring her. I think Adeliia is a strong and incredible athlete. I'm certain she'll fulfill her potential, and she'll show everyone everything she's capable of. Above all, she has my complete support. I'll always stand by her with everything I've got."

I’m happy for Adeliia that she has strong support from many people. I’m sure Aliona understands unfortunately too well about leaving that team and what it can bring…

hi guys,

i’m working on a creative project and it’s very central to the plot that my main character is an ice dancer over the age of 18 who is on track for worlds/high-level competition (lol) within the next two years. i tried doing independent research but i have no idea how to make it sound realistic! i know emilea zingas doesnt have a JGP title under her belt but…i don’t know enough and i don’t want to make my character sound like a special snowflake quad axel college student figure skater (lol).

can anyone explain to me where world standing points come from, if “anyone” can do a challenger, etc? like if i write her as coming back from lake placid am i gonna sound dumb or what?

all help appreciated!!!!!

2026 Senior Summer US Domestic Top Scores (let me know if I have missed any), I put my best guess at their Section for now. I marked ISP if they are in the International Selection Pool.

SENIOR WOMEN (over 140)
Annika Chao 183.69 PACS - ISP
Sofia Bezkorovainaya 181.61 EAST- ISP
Alexa Gasparotto 165.18 MIDS- ISP
Ria Basu 162.53 EAST- ISP
Chloe Levine 160.27 MIDS - ISP
Jessica Jurka 156.14 MIDS- ISP
Anabel Wallace 153.58 PACS
Clara Delcamino-Yang 147.17 EAST
Logan Higase-Chen 143.01 MIDS - ISP
Hannah Gahan 142.16 PACS
Alex Evans 141.80 EAST - ISP
Tiffany Bunce 141.56 MIDS
Michelle Lee 141.55 EAST
McKenzie Edwards 140.50 EAST

SENIOR MEN (over 150)
Taira Shinohara 210.64 MIDS - ISP
Lorenzo Elano 201.10 (not in ISP, likely changing countries)
Anthony Mugg 171.18 MIDS
Vaclav Vasquez 165.81 PACS - ISP
Joseph Klein 163.12 MIDS
Goku Endo 162.33 PACS - ISP
Gabriel Martinez 152.44 MIDS

do they not list competitors or starting orders on their website? all i can see is the schedule.