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Jun 9, 2022 · “Figure skating section of ISU Congress approved reduction of component scores from five to three. Remaining are Composition, Skating Skills and Presentation (formerly Performance.) Gone are Transitions and Interpretation of the Music. The idea was to simplify & end overlap”
March 23, 2024. MONTREAL — Isabeau Levito’s first world championships medal could not have come at a better time for herself and for U.S. figure skating. When she took the ice Friday night, Levito needed to win a medal to give the U.S. women a third spot at the 2025 World Championships in Boston. And, after getting second in Wednesday’s ...
Dec 20, 2021 · Writer shares a decade-plus of excellence. Journalist Phil Hersh recounts his top memories of figure skating in the 2010s decade. ArticleCentennial CelebrationMonday, December 20, 2021. By Phil Hersh. The most recent decade of figure skating began with a question over whether a man could (or should) win the Olympic singles gold without a ...
About Philip. Philip Hersh spent 28 years as Olympic sports writer for the Chicago Tribune and has gone on to write about the Olympics and figure skating for icenetwork and NBC Olympics. He has covered 20 Olympics -- 12 Winter and 8 Summer -- seven soccer World Cups (four men, three women), 35 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, 20 World Figure ...
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Philip Hersh has reported from the last 11 Olympic Winter Games, 35 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and 20 World Figure Skating Championships. He spent 31 years as the Chicago Tribune’s Olympic writer and now is a contributor to nbcsports.com. In 1998, U.S. Figure Skating recognized him for Distinguished Journalism.
