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@Maya_Skating It would be interesting to hear the follow-up questions, because he sounds like he could work for the Trump administration with this answer.

🧵 Spoke to Romain Hagenauer on the Lajoie/Lagha split. Highlights below, full comment in English at mskating.com/articles/romai…

Audrey Shin and Spencer Howe are skating together.

Danny O’Shea agreed to a tryout with Deanna Stellato.

Katie McBeath split with her partner thinking she would skate with Balazs Nagy, but then Deanna asked for a tryout.

Audrey Shin and Spencer Howe have been skating together.

@that_guy_0_0_7 If someone changes partners like pairs of socks, there is usually a reason.

@SkatingLesson David, I'm genuinely trying to communicate with you here. Please say what you mean, and mean what you say. If you have knowledge that would explain stuff to me on this matter, I'm kindly asking you to tell me what you know, or what you think, or what you assume. Please. Thank you

Deanna Stellato and Balazs Nagy had a tryout. That feels like drinking straight shots of sriracha. Why doesn’t Eteri just coach with Plushenko’s wife?

@that_guy_0_0_7 Maybe go to Reddit.

@SkatingLesson If you had a specific post of Audrey in mind when you asked me if I had read her posts, please let me know what you actually mean. I'm not trying to be "controversial" here. Just genuinely experiencing a social media reaction I don't understand and wanting to understand it.

@Eeyora I think the only appropriate place is Team Tutberidze.

@SkatingLesson Ooh, this could be interesting. Who should coach them Aliona, Alexa or Meaghan?

@that_guy_0_0_7 Did you read Audrey Shin’s posts?

@SkatingLesson I'm asking if any of Balazs' former partners, or anyone directly involved in their daily training (i.e. someone who "would know"), has ever come out and said that his treatment of his partner was not appropriate, or that it was the reason his partner quit.

@that_guy_0_0_7 I’m not sure what you are asking.

@SkatingLesson skater could, in theory, decide to quit skating due to the excruciating pressure, even if they had the nicest partner. I'm just genuinely trying to understand & to not immediately blame someone out of "social media trigger happiness". Any answer or info would be much appreciated.

The survivor in the alleged sexual assault case for which Canadian Olympian Nikolaj Sorensen was originally banned has come forward to me to publicly share her name. She is Ashley Foy, a former US ice dancer who now is a coach in the Netherlands. This is what she had to say:

Exclusive: The Survivor in the Nikolaj Sørensen Case is speaking publicly for the first time. She is revealing her identity and telling her story. Full interview at BrokenIce.ca

Ilia Malinin's 4A at the rehearsal of the 2026 Stars on Ice – U.S. show in Springfield, Massachusetts today. 🎬 No-Dealer9396

@wahinertraveler I don’t understand what you’re implying without any context.

Dr Shvetsky💊💊not in this group photo...🤔 @SkatingLesson

Ilia Malinin with Kazuki Tomono during Malinin's "Gimme Chocolate!!" as Naruto at the 4th show of the 2026 Stars on Ice – Japan show in Osaka today.

Had so much fun filming This and That with @JonathanBeyer81 ! patreon.com/c/TheSkatingLe…

@morgan_rye Yes and yes. We watched it on TSL Live last night.

@SkatingLesson Dave was listening to you talk when you were mentioning Lake Placid of old. i skated there in the 60's and could probably give you a few tidbits if you are interested. been wanting to know if you ever have seen a video of Rhode;s travelling camel ?? can i DM you?

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@KatCornetta They offered to Bruno Marcotte too.

I wasn’t aware that Masters Academy, the new sports academy being built in Stow, MA, was going to offer figure skating, but they are. Some recognizable names hired to advise and coach so far: Mark Mitchell, Peter Johansson, Wendy Enzmann, and Konstantin Kostin.