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After receiving the formal documents from the ISU, she will finally make her international debut representing her new country.

Source: RIA Novosti

Benoit Richaud summarised his work with Kamila Valieva:

"We started discussing working together back in the winter, after mutual acquaintances introduced us. for a long time it was unclear how we could make it work or how much time we would have. once i realized my schedule in Moscow would give us the opportunity to work together, i immediately contacted Kamila’s team.

Before arriving in Novogorsk, i didn’t know whether we’d be working on the short program or the free skate, so i asked Cédric Tour (french coach and musical composer) to prepare several music options in advance.

He responded very quickly, and i'm very thankful for his help. in the end, one of the options worked perfectly, and we choreographed the short program. as far as i know, this music hasn’t been used in figure skating before. it’s a very unique and powerful composition with a lot of rhythmic variation.

I think Kamila hasn’t skated in this kind of style before and it suits her incredibly well. my goal wasn’t to reinvent her but rather build the program around Kamila herself and the kind of skater she already is. we explored new ways of interpreting the music to use her body movement and the depth of her edges. it's about a skater’s evolution, some elements were completely new to her, especially the work on the step sequence. Kamila is incredibly talented and picks things up almost instantly.

Of course, we didn't have much time, choreographing the short program took us three days, but we spent long hours on the ice. we worked through the choreography and did countless run-throughs. one of the phrases i repeated the most was 'one more time!', Kamila even joked that she couldn’t remember ever doing so many repetitions or spending that many hours on the ice. it turned into a really intense training camp."

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Kinda hyped, can we skip the off-season already please?

I am too excited for this, whatever it may be: https://www.instagram.com/p/DYl9iHIzflH/

Just announced! Emi and Vadym are joining Donovan Carrillo's​ ice show, Passio, in Querétaro this July 4. Other notable skaters announced so far include Sasha Selevko, Valentina and Max, and of course Donovan himself!

https://www.instagram.com/p/DYkeHJhFIBK/

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Ilia after worlds SP 2026 on his perspective going into future seasons.

Benoit Richaud on working with Sasha:

“We had five full days on the ice working with Sasha. The music for the program was already ready, and I suggested it, but let Sasha reveal it herself. I can only say that it's more mature and sophisticated music. There's musical development in the program, but the foundation is more towards classical. Our work turned out to be very interesting.

I really liked the result, and I hope people will see that she can do more than just jump. It's interesting that in this incomplete week, we could see her open up in a new way. Some things weren't quite familiar to her at first, and she even didn't believe it - she said "no, no, this isn't my story, I can't do it". But you should have seen the final result! The skating, the way she hears the music, the attention to the glide and the edge - I think she believed in herself more. I could see it even in her mother's eyes - she was present at our training sessions.

And Sasha has an incredibly cute son. Misha is a very beautiful little boy, have you seen him? I told Sasha that he's made for movies or modeling. And he has an angelic character, he smiles all the time and isn't afraid of anyone.

In working with every athlete, I discover something new for myself, which makes me stronger and better. Sasha is a super professional, she knows very well how things work on the ice, but I think she also discovered something new for herself during these days. This was our first experience of working together, we hadn't met before. And I saw how at first she was observing me and was a bit reserved. At first, she often said she didn't quite understand what I wanted from her, but by the end of the work, she blossomed and opened up. We were on the same wavelength and could already understand each other without words.”

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It appears that Nathan will be attending Harvard Medical School! Congrats to him!

(Screenshot from the Nathan Chen Fan Club FB group)

For everyone who saw my post where I handmade my very first skating dress, I debuted it on the ice for the very first time yesterday. I got so many compliments with people telling me how much they loved the constellations and the colour. I found two issues with the dress - arm holes are too tight and the top of the closure at the back is too loose. Other than that, no issues at all!

Everyone’s feedback was very much appreciated as I think the skirt is a little short in the back, but what does everyone else think?