Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/Deh-jUxTnya/?hl=en

Update: Entry lists on the ISU homepage have been updated

This was announced by Alexander Kogan, Secretary General of the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR) at RIA Novosti.

Trusova/Ignatova gets the spot that opened up due to the withdrawl of Chae-yeon Kim. Semenenko (do not mind the title please, fml) gets Cha Jun-hwans slot. (Vladislav Dikidzhi has the third Chinese host slot, that they gave up)

Visas are going to be no issue, Russians can travel to China without a visa.

Looking ahead to her first competition, Skate Canada, the second event of the GP Series, Shimada said, “For the short program (SP), I want to skate with strength and break out of my shell, with the image of spreading my wings as I take flight into the senior ranks. For the free skate, I hope the audience can feel the excitement building from the final jump through the steps and spins.”

Shimada made her senior international debut in September at the Kinoshita Group Trophy, part of the Challenger Series. In the free skate, she successfully landed two major elements—a triple Axel and a quadruple toe loop—to come from second place after the short program and win the competition.

She extended her unbeaten streak in international competitions into the senior ranks. The streak began at the Enya Spring Trophy in April 2022, when she was still competing in the novice category at the age of 13, and has now reached 20 consecutive victories.

Asked about her goals for the season, Shimada said, “I want to unlock the full potential of my quads. I want to make my quadruple toe loop more consistent, and after seeing a quadruple Lutz in person at a recent competition, I thought I’d like to add another type of quad to my repertoire.”

At the Kinoshita Group Trophy, she was inspired by the impressive quadruple Lutz performed by Alexandra Ignatova of Russia, the silver medalist at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Shimada reportedly uses a harness during practice to develop a feel for the landing.

She also plans to attempt a triple Axel in the short program, a jump that was not permitted in the junior short program. “I hope to include a triple Axel in my short program at every competition this season,” she said.

Shimada is scheduled to compete at Skate Canada and the Finlandia Trophy, the fifth event in the GP Series, which begins on November 21. She is aiming to qualify for the Grand Prix Final in China in December.

As she prepares to fully embark on her senior career, Shimada expressed her determination: “I’ve always looked up to the senior ranks, so I hope to make this a year in which I challenge myself to try new things without hesitation.”

Daisuke Takahashi announced on his Instagram that he got cast as the role of Santiago on the Japanese production of Moulin Rouge the Musical, which will start next year!

https://www.instagram.com/p/DeebmuDD-bs/

• Anthony Paradis will make his senior international debut. Gauthier/Ayer will also make their international debut
• Source: https://skatecanada.ca/fans/international-assignments/

Just found out this surprise tidbit of information about what happened to Emilia last week, that I somehow missed earlier during the stream and thought others might've missed it, too. Emilia's blade broke and she only had the 6-minute warmup to get used to the new one! I know there was some discourse over Skylar not being chosen instead of Emilia for Gdansk, but this was really an unexpected obstacle to her overall performance here, where I think she ended up much lower than anyone expected. So proud of her for persevering and giving it her best shot anyway!

The linked video is a recap where Mark talks about it again. He also told viewers about it right before her free skate.

https://youtube.com/shorts/soShPHMGbY0?si=F3tuxa-V-Tetpuri

After her unsuccessful attempts to switch federations, she will compete in the Russian Grand Prix again for the first time this weekend. However, the local organizing committee told Vlad Zhukov that Sofia’s entry form doesn’t specify a particular club or coach. In effect, this means she’ll be competing in the season’s first event without an official coach. She is also currently training on her own.

He just turned 25 today! Wishing all the best to him and Kihyun this season!

Women

1. Anna Frolova
2. Kamilla Nelyubova
3. Ksenia Gushchina
4. Sofia Muravieva
5. Elizaveta Kulikova
6. Alexandra Chatkina
7. Sofia Lukina
8. Ekaterina Koltsova
9. Riana Kadyrova
10. Alisa Yurova
11. Anastasia Fursova
12. Ksenia Sinitsyna

Men

1. Evgeni Semenenko
2. Matvei Vetlugin
3. Andrei Mozalev
4. Yuri Sidorov
5. Artem Kovalev
6. Konstantin Safonov
7. Semyon Solovyov
8. Ivan Konikhin
9. Daniil Samsonov
10. Roman Savosin
11. Vyacheslav Protsenko
12. Evgeny Puzanov 🇧🇾

Pairs Skating

1. Anastasia Mukhortova / Dmitry Evgenyev
2. Taisiya Shcherbinina / Artem Petrov
3. Valeria Khodykina / Daniil Butenko
4. Veronika Merenkova / Danil Galimov
5. Alisa Blinnikova / Alexey Karpov
6. Anna Karpuk / Ilia Mironov
7. Yulia Artemyeva / Alexey Bryukhanov
8. Eva Khmelova / Vladislav Antonyshev

Ice Dancing

1. Elizaveta Pasechnik / Dario Chirisano
2. Sofia Leontyeva / Daniil Gorelkin
3. Varvara Zhdanova / Timur Babaev-Smirnov
4. Ekaterina Rybakova / Ivan Makhnonosov
5. Alisa Abdullina / Egor Petrov
6. Sofia Tyutyunina / Matvey Grachev
7. Taisiya Linchevskaya / Dmitry Shcherbakov
8. Alisa Krainyukova / Semyon Netshev​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Schedule for Kazan (UTC+3):

Saturday, 17 October

• 13.30-14.55 - Men - Short Program
• 15.15-16.35 - Women - Short Program
• 16.55-18.05 - Pairs - Short Program
• 18.25-18.20 - Ice Dance - Rhythm Dance

Sunday, 18 October

• 13.00-14.45 - Men - Free Skate
• 15.05-16.55 - Women - Free Skate
• 17.10-18.25 - Pairs - Free Skate
• 18.45-20.15 - Ice Dance - Free Dance
• 20.30-21.00 - Awards Ceremony

Stream is gonna be on youtube and 1tv

- The anticipated debut of Lajoie/Baker for Canada will be here. Other notable entries are Turkkila/Versluis of Finland (winners at CS Denis Ten Memorial last week), Tali/Lafornara of Italy, Ignateva/Szemko of Hungary.

- This is an ice dance only B international.

- Event will take place October 23-25 at Palaghiaccio Mezzaluna rink in Mentana (Rome), Italy.

- Event site: https://www.fisg.it/upload/result/7108/online/index.htm

The name of the tour:

"りくりゅうのありがとうツアー presented by 木下グループ"

"RikuRyu's Arigatou Tour presented by Kinoshita Group"

• Osaka: January 8-10, 2027
• Hiroshima: January 29-31, 2027
• Asahikawa: February 19-21, 2027
• Kumamoto: March 19-21, 2027

Official Website: https://rikuryu-arigatou-tour.jp/

Ticket sales news article : https://deepedgeplus.kyodonews.jp/ice-show/191732/

Details for the Osaka leg of the ice show "RikuRyu's 'Thank You' Tour, presented by Kinoshita Group"—featuring Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara—were announced on the official website on the 15th. The Osaka performances will take place at the Towa Yakuhin RACTAB Dome (Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture) from Friday, January 8, to Sunday, January 10, 2027, with a total of four shows scheduled.

In addition to Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, the lineup includes Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier (bronze medalists at the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics) and American pair skaters Ellie Kam and Danny O'Shea (gold medalists in the team event at the Milano-Cortina Olympics). Also set to perform are Satoko Miyahara, Kohei Yoshino and Suzune Kubo from Prince Ice World, and Leonie Mone Kobayashi, who appeared in Mao Asada’s ice show "BEYOND."

(https://m.twitch.tv/giangimboldo/home?fbclid=PAdGRleAU91NVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mAmZkaWQWUQXYkzenu4eWn_XROoKwzu6Fin9qQHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDzEyNDAyNDU3NDI4NzQxNAABpwz8bn2M80TRGCL0aR1vF4UO4AgvLvkPSwKpw5SDInyvx4ezVQbz2uIu0BXK_aem_IZ0F-l8ytvuyWDSSNBwCeQ)--) this is Gabrielle twitch account

Live stream will Happen at 18:00 Italian time

Please delete this if someone else has posted this. Great Megan interview with Amber. Love both of them! So glad she's retelling her story. I don't usually watch DWTS but i am now while Amber's on it. Be sure to vote for her!

She told TASS, the event is this weekend.

Also her own statement:

"Dear fans and figure skating enthusiasts, my dear fellow Kazan residents,

Unfortunately, I won’t be able to compete at the Grand Prix event in Kazan due to illness. I wish you good health—please take care of yourselves

I’ll definitely see you at other Grand Prix events in Russia

See you soon,

Your Kamila"

Free programme runthrough:

3F (step), 2A+3T, 3Lz+eu+3S, 3S, redid the sequence 3Lz+eu+3S+2A

@fkdacha/zavtrapodumayu

Sasha on Evgenia Medvedeva's show

do you think, that she will try 3a3t at short program, since she want to beat Sofia Dzepka? She doesn't has high score in short so maybe that element would give her a chance

https://youtu.be/5NuTvmo3KTo?si=vxn802y2jZT_dE2Y

This was just broadcast on TV Asahi channel 2 a couple of hours ago.

It was a group interview with the 8 members of the japanese figure skating team including Shun Sato, Kao Miura, Rio Nakata, Sota Yamamoto, Mone Chiba, Ami Nakai, Mao Shimada and Yuna Aoki.

I made subtitles using Open Ai whisper transcription and google translate but I don't have time to fix the timing and spelling mistakes. It looked mostly ok as far as I can tell.

Kaori sakamoto made a surprise appearance near the start to give a msg to the team

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kFLbqhXJVvrNwwzfML_FrktPZgErm6gB/view?usp=drive_link

turn on captions for machine translation.

youtube video is blocked in russia and belarus so for those people use the google drive video instead.

This is an interesting table. Many thanks to @ MartinaFrammart for the compilations.

Can't find a results page and there was no graphics 😭