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- May 11, 2018
Although we aren't quite finished, this has proved to be quite the dramatic off-season! There are so many different threads discussing coaching changes, events, and other news. I thought I should put everything together, as a nice little recap. This will be continuously updated until we finally begin the 2018-19 season. I am also working on linking everything, which is a lengthy process!
UPDATE: IN LOVING MEMORY
Rest in peace, Denis Ten. Your contributions to this world will never be forgotten. Thank you for everything, I hope you are at peace.
COACHING CHANGES
• Evgenia Medvedeva, Jason Brown, and Jin Boyang(?) to be coached by Brian Orser
• Madison Chock and Evan Bates to Marie-France Dubreuil
• Polina Tsurskaya to Elena Buianova
• Elizabet Tursynbayeva to Eteri Tutberidze
• Alexa Scimeca-Knierim and Chris Knierim to Aljona Savchenko
• Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov to Maxim Trankov
• Marin Honda to Rafael Arutyunyan
• Eunsoo Lim to Rafael Arutyunyan
• Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya and Harley Windsor to Richard Gauthier
• Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker to Marie-France Dubreui
• Haven Denney and Brandon Frazier to John Zimmerman and team.
• You Young to Tom Zacrasjek
• Kim Ye-lim to Tom Zacrasjek
• Anastasia Tarakanova to Evgeni Plushenko
RETIRMENTS (Confirmed):
• Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford
• Patrick Chan
• Max Aaron
• Daisuke Murakami
• Anne Line Gjersem
• Elladj Balde
• Liam Firus
• Lucie Myslivečková and Lukáš Csölley
• Kristina Asthakova
• Takahito Mura
• Alisa Agafonova and Alper Uçar
• Liubov Ilyushechkina and Dylan Moscovitch
• Kavita Lorenz
POSSIBLE RETIREMENTS (Unconfirmed)
• Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir
• Javier Fernández (to some extent)
• Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot
• Adam Rippon (Not official yet – simply stated he is unlikely to return)
• Misha Ge
Note that this is a mix of speculation and info from the skaters themselves. Javier stated he plans to only compete at Euro’s. Tessa Virtue stated she is uncertain of a return to competition. Bruno Massot is expecting a child, Aljona is focused on coaching. They are unsure if they will return for the 2019-20 season.
SIT OUTS
• Alex and Maia Shibutani, entire season
• Kaetlyn Osmond, Grand Prix circuit
• Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje, Grand Prix circuit
• Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot, entire season
• Yan Han, entire season
• Mirai Nagasu, Grand Prix circuit
• Ashley Wagner, Grand Prix circuit
PARTNER SPILTS
• Abachkina/Thauron
• Lorenz/Polizoakis
• Castelli/Tran
• Duskova/Bidar
• Yumeng Gao/Zhong Xie
• Loboda/Drozd
• Seguin / Bilodeau
JUNIORS TO SENIORS
• Walsh/Michaud (CAN) - pairs
• Carreira/Ponomarenko (USA) - dance
• Skoptcova/Aleshin (RUS) - dance
• Shpilevaya/Smirnov (RUS) - dance
• Stanislava Konstantinova (RUS) – singles
• Daria Panenkova (RUS) – singles
• Rika Kihira (JPN) – singles
• Mako Yamashita (JPN) – singles
• Alexey Erokhov (RUS) – singles
• Alexei Krasnozhon (USA) – singles
• Pavliuchenko/ Khodykin (RUS) - pair
PROGRAM RULES AND CHANGES
• Backloading bonus limited
• Quad repetition limit passed
• GOE now ranges from -5/+5
• Arms above the head will not contribute to GOE
• Elimination of the compulsory steps before solo jumps in the short program
The ISU congress brought on a lot of changes, which can be further discussed here
FUN AND WORTHY MENTIONS
• Alina Zagitova received a puppy as a gift for claiming gold in South Korea
• Nathan Chen will attend Yale
• Yuzuru Hanyu wishes to keep competing
• Men can now wear tights for their programs (I just wanted to throw this in here!)
• Two Olympic judges suspended by ISU
• Gracie Gold is making a comeback
• China will not host any events this season
• Quad Axel race by Yuzuru Hanyu, Keegan Messing and Artur Dmitriev Jr.
• Alena Kostornaya gains a triple axel
• Alexandra Trusova gains a quad lutz
• Elizaveta Tuktamysheva has her triple axel again and is ready for the new season
• Ice Network ending
• Daisuke Takahashi to Return to Competition
This has certainty been an interesting off-season. So many changes occurred, I definitely missed a few things. So feel free to let me know if I need to add anything. I will keep updating this throughout the rest of the off-season.
UPDATE: IN LOVING MEMORY
Rest in peace, Denis Ten. Your contributions to this world will never be forgotten. Thank you for everything, I hope you are at peace.
COACHING CHANGES
• Evgenia Medvedeva, Jason Brown, and Jin Boyang(?) to be coached by Brian Orser
• Madison Chock and Evan Bates to Marie-France Dubreuil
• Polina Tsurskaya to Elena Buianova
• Elizabet Tursynbayeva to Eteri Tutberidze
• Alexa Scimeca-Knierim and Chris Knierim to Aljona Savchenko
• Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov to Maxim Trankov
• Marin Honda to Rafael Arutyunyan
• Eunsoo Lim to Rafael Arutyunyan
• Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya and Harley Windsor to Richard Gauthier
• Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker to Marie-France Dubreui
• Haven Denney and Brandon Frazier to John Zimmerman and team.
• You Young to Tom Zacrasjek
• Kim Ye-lim to Tom Zacrasjek
• Anastasia Tarakanova to Evgeni Plushenko
RETIRMENTS (Confirmed):
• Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford
• Patrick Chan
• Max Aaron
• Daisuke Murakami
• Anne Line Gjersem
• Elladj Balde
• Liam Firus
• Lucie Myslivečková and Lukáš Csölley
• Kristina Asthakova
• Takahito Mura
• Alisa Agafonova and Alper Uçar
• Liubov Ilyushechkina and Dylan Moscovitch
• Kavita Lorenz
POSSIBLE RETIREMENTS (Unconfirmed)
• Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir
• Javier Fernández (to some extent)
• Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot
• Adam Rippon (Not official yet – simply stated he is unlikely to return)
• Misha Ge
Note that this is a mix of speculation and info from the skaters themselves. Javier stated he plans to only compete at Euro’s. Tessa Virtue stated she is uncertain of a return to competition. Bruno Massot is expecting a child, Aljona is focused on coaching. They are unsure if they will return for the 2019-20 season.
SIT OUTS
• Alex and Maia Shibutani, entire season
• Kaetlyn Osmond, Grand Prix circuit
• Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje, Grand Prix circuit
• Aljona Savchenko and Bruno Massot, entire season
• Yan Han, entire season
• Mirai Nagasu, Grand Prix circuit
• Ashley Wagner, Grand Prix circuit
PARTNER SPILTS
• Abachkina/Thauron
• Lorenz/Polizoakis
• Castelli/Tran
• Duskova/Bidar
• Yumeng Gao/Zhong Xie
• Loboda/Drozd
• Seguin / Bilodeau
JUNIORS TO SENIORS
• Walsh/Michaud (CAN) - pairs
• Carreira/Ponomarenko (USA) - dance
• Skoptcova/Aleshin (RUS) - dance
• Shpilevaya/Smirnov (RUS) - dance
• Stanislava Konstantinova (RUS) – singles
• Daria Panenkova (RUS) – singles
• Rika Kihira (JPN) – singles
• Mako Yamashita (JPN) – singles
• Alexey Erokhov (RUS) – singles
• Alexei Krasnozhon (USA) – singles
• Pavliuchenko/ Khodykin (RUS) - pair
PROGRAM RULES AND CHANGES
• Backloading bonus limited
• Quad repetition limit passed
• GOE now ranges from -5/+5
• Arms above the head will not contribute to GOE
• Elimination of the compulsory steps before solo jumps in the short program
The ISU congress brought on a lot of changes, which can be further discussed here
FUN AND WORTHY MENTIONS
• Alina Zagitova received a puppy as a gift for claiming gold in South Korea
• Nathan Chen will attend Yale
• Yuzuru Hanyu wishes to keep competing
• Men can now wear tights for their programs (I just wanted to throw this in here!)
• Two Olympic judges suspended by ISU
• Gracie Gold is making a comeback
• China will not host any events this season
• Quad Axel race by Yuzuru Hanyu, Keegan Messing and Artur Dmitriev Jr.
• Alena Kostornaya gains a triple axel
• Alexandra Trusova gains a quad lutz
• Elizaveta Tuktamysheva has her triple axel again and is ready for the new season
• Ice Network ending
• Daisuke Takahashi to Return to Competition
This has certainty been an interesting off-season. So many changes occurred, I definitely missed a few things. So feel free to let me know if I need to add anything. I will keep updating this throughout the rest of the off-season.