Skating stuff

This week has been a busy one for gymnastics- hard to find much going on in the skating world.
However - I felt it deserved a mention.

Some more skaters have revealed their music choices for the upcoming season

Mao Asada JPN (I think I already posted this one - but hey)
SP Tango by Alfred Schnittke
LP Liebesträume by Franz Liszt

Yu-Na Kim - new exhibition - La Roux's Bulletproof (now THAT's a bit different to Meditation by Thais!)

Kate Charbonneau CAN
SP Malaguena
LP Hymn to Love

Amanda Dobbs USA
SP Breakfast at Tiffany's
LP Aranjuez

Christina Gao USA
SP Violin Concerto by Mendelssohn.
LP Yellow River Concerto

Tamar Katz ISR
SP Layenda, by Vanessa Mae
LP Scheherazade, by Rimsky-Korsakov

Brian Joubert FRA
SP or LP Malaguena

Shawn Sawyer CAN
LP Alice in Wonderland soundtrack

Daisuke Takahashi JPN
LP Amelie, choreo by Lambiel

Jessica Dube & Bryce Davison CAN
SP Mask of Zorro -choreography by David Wilson

Caydee Denney & Jeremy Barrett USA
LP Rhapsody in Blue by Gershwin

View all those announced on the Goldenskate forum here.

Also Liza Tukatmysheva, one of Alexei Mishin's group of young, talented skaters is training what looks like an easy triple axel. Liza is 13 now I believe- is she finally old enough to compete internationally this year? Watch a video here.

Turkish skater Tugba Karademir had retired from skating to focus on university.