Sombreuil Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Sport here is either professional - football, cricket, golf, tennis etc or amateur. If amateur it’s funding depends on success- success means funding, so cycling, swimming, gymnastics, athletics get rewarded - the more success, the more funding. If results are poor, funding is withdrawn - fencing for example. What would our skating be like if this system had been in place when John Curry and Robin Cousins won back to back Olympics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstaryuzu Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 More bad news for Harry & Co: https://www.iceskating.org.uk/post/update-from-british-ice-skating-board-07-08-2020 Looks like British skaters aren't going to get a season at all. The national championships just got cancelled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sombreuil Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 Depressing but unsurprising Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FueledbyKass Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 If anybody is looking for some figure skating to watch, the Hungarian test skates are on the 21st I believe. They normally broadcast them on YouTube and that’s how I watch them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetwater Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri: "Ice dancers must be mentally very strong" by Absolute Skating http://www.absoluteskating.com/index.php?cat=interviews&id=2020guignardfabbri Looks like an interview taken after European Championships this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallycinnamon Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 22 hours ago, FueledbyKass said: If anybody is looking for some figure skating to watch, the Hungarian test skates are on the 21st I believe. They normally broadcast them on YouTube and that’s how I watch them. Not sure if we get a stream this time but we'll see. Senior ice dancers won't participate at the test event, I think they are stuck in USA/Russia. I am curious about Ivett and her programs, plus Júlia Láng. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paskud Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Tursynbaeva enters the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Russian Foreign Ministry (MGIMO). https://www.sports.ru/figure-skating/1087968163.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SitTwizzle Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 35 minutes ago, Paskud said: Tursynbaeva enters the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Russian Foreign Ministry (MGIMO). https://www.sports.ru/figure-skating/1087968163.html But then, is she still a Kazakh citizen? And will she go on competing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallycinnamon Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 24 minutes ago, SitTwizzle said: But then, is she still a Kazakh citizen? And will she go on competing? I am sure she is. But she was born in Moscow and grew up there. I am sceptical about her going back to competitions. She was very injured a year ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstaryuzu Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 2 hours ago, sallycinnamon said: I am sure she is. But she was born in Moscow and grew up there. I am sceptical about her going back to competitions. She was very injured a year ago. Agree. Plus, 'Institute of Foreign Relations'? That sounds like a very serious and heavy course of study. She might not have time to continue competing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstaryuzu Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Brits finally allowed back on the ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyere0 Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 1 hour ago, rockstaryuzu said: Agree. Plus, 'Institute of Foreign Relations'? That sounds like a very serious and heavy course of study. She might not have time to continue competing. By all accounts it's an extremely prestigious and rigorous school. I think we can safely say that unless she's deferring, we have probably seen the last of her in competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 5 hours ago, fyere0 said: By all accounts it's an extremely prestigious and rigorous school. I think we can safely say that unless she's deferring, we have probably seen the last of her in competition. I am not so sure about rigorous, I had a colleague working there for a while and she was “meh” about the curriculum, but it’s sure prestigious. An upper class educational institution, only for a select few. I am not sure she made it there, but she did take her exams. Alina Zagitova was admitted to another “prestigious” university. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallycinnamon Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Fay said: I am not so sure about rigorous, I had a colleague working there for a while and she was “meh” about the curriculum, but it’s sure prestigious. An upper class educational institution, only for a select few. I am not sure she made it there, but she did take her exams. Alina Zagitova was admitted to another “prestigious” university. I heard it is very prestigious, in my country some of the chosen ones were sent to study to IMO (including one of my ex-bosses) during communism. Good luck to Lilbet and Alina! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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