Ladies Men Pairs Dance
Those Noticeable by their presence-
- Yu-Na Kim is to compete in China and Russia- probably not her first choice of venues as neither is very near to Toronto. Great to see her though
- Mirai Nagasu has a second chance to prove herself in China, she'll also face Mao in Japan.
- Fumie Suguri - puts off retirement- again!
- Johnny Weir - still plans to compete, maybe?
- Evgeni Plushenko - is down for Cup of Russia, I'll be amazed if he turns up.
- Pang and Tong - local gigs in Japan and China
- Kavaguti and Smirnov- I'd love to see them stick around until Sochi
- Virtue and Moir, Davis and White- Yipee
- Evan Lysacek
- Joannie Rochette
Neither have 'retired' but both seem to be taking a break to make their minds up
Not only have the ISU got rid of compulsories, They've ditched spirals from the ladies short programme :-(
Mao Asada has picked her new music (SP Tango by Alfred Schnittke, LP Liebesträume by Franz Liszt) and also picked a new jump coach - Hiroshi Nagakubo, Aikiko Suzuki's coach. Yet to hear if she will pick a new main coach as well. We had such high hopes when she signed up witht the legend Tarasova but it didn't really work out. I heard a rumour months ago she might ask Shizuka Arakawa. That would be cool, but unlikely.
USA's Keauna McLaughlin and Rockne Brubaker have split. They impressed everyone by becoming Junior World and Senior US champions in quick succession, but then failed to go higher and make the olympics. Keauna is taking a year off to focus on school. Rockne is looking for a new partner.
Kimmie Meissner is training (and tweeting) again. She hasn't committed to competing this year though. I'd love to see it.
No news yet on that 'other retirement' SarahandDrew mentioned on Twitter.
Skate Canada has a new logo - oooooh
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