Skating News and Tweets

Joannie Rochette has been busy - this week she attended the G20 ceremonies as a guest and sat next to Michelle Obama for lunch. She also was at the Canadian Grand Prix and will be a special guest for the official Canada day celebrations in Ottawa on Thursday. Oh and on top of all that she was nominated for an ESPY award for 'best moment'. I hope she wins, she deserves it.
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Evgeni Plushenko will not be in the Grand Prix this season or in the 2014 olympics. He has lost his ISU eligibility by competing in professional ice shows. Read it here.

Mao Asada has a refreshing new exhibition at Dreams on Ice. The kind of beautiful programme you can just sit back and enjoy. She has become an elegant young woman. Also Daisuke Takahashi unveiled his new exhibition choreographed by Stephane Lambiel.


Adam Rippon will skate to Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet for his SP and Rachmaninov Piano Concerto number 2 for his LP. He was interviewed by Icenetwork.

Changes to jump values under the new ISU rules.
The value of quad toe was raised to 10.3 (from 9.8), tripe Axel to 8.5 (from 8.2). Base value of double Axel lowered to 3.3 (from 3.5).
Jump under-rotated by 1/4 to 1/2 revolution gets 70% of base value. Jump under-rotated by more than 1/2 gets downgraded to next lower jump.

Ilderton, ON honoured its olympic champions, Tessa and Scott.


Scott Hamilton is recovering well after his surgery. He tweeted this
Thank you, everyone, for your love, support & prayers during my recent brain surgery! You lifted me up & gave me strength to get through it!

Denis Ten tweeted

I need new feet for my new skates. Can anybody share them with me?

Poor Scott.

(This article came from Skate Today)

World-renowned figure skater and Olympic Gold Medalist, Scott Hamilton, has announced he will undergo surgery to remove a brain tumor.On Tuesday afternoon, Hamilton took to his twitter page to announce the surgery.

“Okay. So here I go. One more surgery to EVICT this mischief making brain tumor. Tried “nuking” it gone. Now it’s time to get it out!”

In November 2004 it was announced that Hamilton had a benign brain tumor and he underwent treatment at the Cleveland Clinic. In 1997 Hamilton battled testicular cancer and since has been an advocate for men to get tested.

In 2009, Hamilton decided to take charge of his health and took to the ice for the first time in over five years. In March 2010, the Bio Channel aired a two-hour television special chronicling Scott’s return to skating after battling cancer.

“Thanks to all who have sent their best wishes and prayed for a great outcome,” Hamilton tweeted back to his followers. “With that much support I am bound to be better than ever!”

Scott Hamilton won four consecutive U.S. championships from 1981–1984, four consecutive World Championships during the same years and a gold medal at the 1984 Olympics.

We hope Scott will make a full recovery and get back on the ice as soon as possible.

I'd like to add my best wishes to Scott for a full and speedy recovery.