The ISU reinstates Russia and Belarus skaters for the 2026-27 season as neutral athletes - if you need a text version of what the reinstatement means for the season and for Challengers, Grand Prix, and ISU Championships, everything is summarized here: bit.ly/4vIik3e

📽️The ISU reinstates Russia and Belarus athletes as Neutral Athletes (AIN): Why is it a "partial" lift of the ban? What are the criteria for eligibility? What does this mean about athlete participation this season - Adeliia Petrosian, Petr Gumennik? youtu.be/NFu9Td8EVkg

Details for Summer Sizzler on 8/27 7pm in Norwood “Featured skaters include 2026 Olympic champion, Alysa Liu; two-time U.S. Pairs Champions, Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov. Isabeau Levito, Andrew Torgashev, and Emilia Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik will also be showcasing their new programs.”

📖 A quick flip through just a few of the pages of our Season Retrospective book! ➡️ Sign up to learn about our preorder sale next week! bit.ly/retro2526

🎶Music announcements! Dreams On Ice happened today, which means we got some new program music that came out! Full off-season log here: live.rockerskating.com/news/offseason

📽️ On the heels of Loena Hendrickx's retirement announcement, here's what Kaori Sakamoto said about career longevity, age eligibility, and how Hendrickx and Amber Glenn continuing to skate helped her with her belief that she could keep competing www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy5Z...

👀 New spreads from our upcoming Season Retrospective book! Preorder sale happening next week! ➡️Learn more here: bit.ly/retro2526

Music and choreographer announcements: Everything we know so far as of June 21 is here! Check out the full off-season news log: live.rockerskating.com/news/offseason

New partnership: Hannah Lim / Zachary Lagha www.instagram.com/reel/DZxf_cq...

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New partnerships: Fukase/Tamura JPN, Gauthier/Ayer CAN, Fabbri/Gaidajenko CAN - thanks to Quebec Championships rosters And Mao Shimada and Mone Chiba program reveal Full off-season log with everything here: live.rockerskating.com/news/offseason

⚠️ Emergency podcast time (but with ☕️): If you’re just catching up, Grand Prix assignments were revealed today 🥳 - and I break down the small selection rule changes, the surprise entries and non-entries, and the events that I’m most excited for! www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Dxu...

🗳️Now that we've pored through the #GPFigure entries, which of the six Grand Prix events are you most excited about (yes you can only pick one) ➡️ Vote at live.rockerskating.com - my entries list also has the entries sorted by competition!

Just received this official statement from the ISU “The topic of participation of skaters from Belarus and Russia was raised at the ISU Council meeting on Saturday June 13 in Tenerife. Further analysis is being undertaken and will be presented at the next meeting of the Council in the coming weeks.“

🎉 IT'S HERE! 2026-27 Grand Prix assignments have arrived! Entries sorted by competition are available at live.rockerskating.com #GPFigure

🎥 Grand Prix assignments: How do they work? Who are we projecting to get guaranteed spots? If you don’t get a guaranteed spot, how do you get into the pool to be picked? What about new partnerships? I give you all the explanations here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjYv...

Ice Dance Tech Specs 26-27 + RD theme: Rhythm and Waltz (jr: 162bpm min, Westminster Waltz; sr pattern: 186 bpm min, Golden Waltz) + RD: Creative Dance Element (CDE) replaces ChRS, that includes "acrobatic movement involving agility and balance" isu-d8g8b4b7ece7aphs.a03.azurefd.net/isudamcontai...

Your office pool results! 🗳️GP assignment announcement: Jun 16 (28%), Jun 17 (22%), Jun 15 (13%) 🗳️4CC location announcement: After Jun 27 (36% lol), Jun 22 (10%), Jun 19 (9%) live.rockerskating.com/predictions

🎙️What you need to know from ISU Congress. Plus more off-season news - Lajoie/Baker? Shin/Howe? McBeath/Nagy? And what is happening with Grand Prix assignment announcements?? www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zz9...

New partnerships, splits, music / choreographer announcements, and more off-season news all here: live.rockerskating.com/news/offseason

🗳️The Office Pool is up! When do YOU think the Grand Prix assignments and the 4CC location are going to be announced? Pool open until end of Sunday eastern time - while you're at it, predict your 2030 Olympic podiums if you want! ➡️Prediction page here: live.rockerskating.com/predictions

📰 We are back Sunday 6/15 at 7pm ET for a new live episode on ISU Congress, rule changes, future proposals, and general vibes (did I have time to get a tan?). Plus, more off-season news updates and impending GP assignments 🗓️ Put it on the calendar! www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zz9...

#ISUCongress2026 elections - ISU leadership and Council members, figure skating / synchro technical committees

#ISUCongress26 Technical Committees 🗳️ Singles / Pairs: Leena Laaksonen (FIN) - ran unopposed 🗳️ Ice Dance: Michaela Cesaro (ITA) 🗳️ Synchronized Skating: Nina Bischoff (SUI)

#ISUCongress26 election results: 🗳️ President: Jae Youl Kim (KOR) - ran unopposed 🗳️ VP of figure skating: György Elek (HUN) 🗳️ Figure skating Council members: Tina Lundgren (USA), Tatsuro Matsumura (JPN), Benoit Lavoie (CAN), Susan Lynch (AUS), Fabio Bianchetti (ITA)

🎙️Fresh from Congress: My interview with ISU President Jae Youl Kim - we talk about: + Athlete representation in decisions + Prize money and skater funding + The process for future changes to the sport + ISU's stance on skaters from Russia and Belarus www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0iN...

Good morning! Day 2 of ISU Congress is about to start - as with yesterday, all of my live coverage will be auto-refreshing on this page (with the live stream if you want to follow along): ➡️https://bit.ly/4vHFiHB #ISUCongress26

Off-season news: Emily Chan / Spencer Howe have split, looking for new partners www.instagram.com/p/DZaUryIjrz...

For 2027 Four Continents, the location is still under discussion, and will be decided at one of the next ISU Council meetings

The first day of the 2026 ISU Congress is finished - below are the major takeaways from Day 1 Full set of update notes are here: bit.ly/4vHFiHB #ISUCongress26

The major takeaways from this morning at ISU Congress: New GP schedule starting 2027-28, push for Synchro 9 for the 2030 Olympics, major changes to the sport will be for the 2034 Olympic cycle Full set of live updates here: bit.ly/4vHFiHB #ISUCongres26

💻 ISU Congress Day 1: All the latest live updates will be auto-refreshed on this page, with the live stream also on this page - follow along here bit.ly/4vHFiHB

Kaori Sakamoto: "We feel like we are competing among adult women, and I think that change was a very good thing; thanks to people like Amber and Loena - they are probably the only two who are older than me ... still competing." Transcript of our interview bit.ly/4uW4REJ

2019 #WorldFigure Ladies FINAL Top 10 G Alina Zagitovaa 237.50 S Elizabet Tursynbaeva 224.76 B Evgenia Medvedeva 223.80 4 Rika Kihira 223.49 5 Kaori Sakamoto 222.83 6 Satoko Miyahara 215.95 7 Bradie Tennell 213.47 8 Sofia Samodurova 208.58 9 Mariah Bell 208.07 10 Eunsoo Lim 205.57 bit.ly/4xfjbtA

🧵This thread: Women's FS from 2019 Worlds - Watch Party starts in 10min! Grp 3: Daleman, Tennell, Schott, Samodurova, Miyahara, Kihira Grp 4: Medvedeva, Bell, Lim, Sakamoto, Zagitova, Tursynbaeva bit.ly/4xfjbtA #WorldFigure 2019

📖A few more looks at the Season 25-26 Retrospective coffee table book that Danielle Earl and I are putting together It will be around 150 pages: season results, interviews, retirement tributes, and more! ➡️Preorders starting soon, get on the list: bit.ly/retro2526

2019 #WorldFigure Pairs FINAL Top 8 G Sui.Han 234.84 S Tarasova/Morozov 228.47 B Zabiiako/Enbert 217.98 4 Peng/Jin 215.84 5 James/Cipres 215.19 6 Boikova/Kozlovskii 210.30 7 Moore-Towers/Marinaro 200.02 8 Della Monica/Guarise 195.74 bit.ly/4g640N2

🧵This thread: Rocker Watch Party - 2019 Worlds pairs free skate last two groups! Della Monica/Guarise, James/Cipres, Moore-Towers/Marinaro, Boikova/Kozlovskii Peng/Jin, Zabiiako/Enbert, Tarasova/Morozov, Sui/Han bit.ly/4g640N2 #WorldFigure 2019

2019 #WorldFigure Men FINAL Top 10 G Nathan Chen 323.42 S Yuzuru Hanyu 300.97 B Vincent Zhou 281.16 4 Shoma Uno 270.32 5 Boyang Jin 262.71 6 Mikhail Kolyada 262.44 7 Matteo Rizzo 257.66 8 Michal Brezina 254.28 9 Jason Brown 254.15 10 Andrei Lazukin 248.74 bit.ly/4oadRn4

🧵Thread: Rocker Watch Party - 2019 Worlds men's free skate last two groups! Group 3: Kolyada, Kvitelashvili, Lazukin, Aymoz, Jin, Brezina Group 4: Zhou, Uno, Rizzo, Hanyu, Chen, Brown bit.ly/4oadRn4 #WorldFigure 2019

2019 #WorldFigure Dance FINAL Top 8 G Papadakis/Cizeron 222.65 S Sinitsina/Katsalapov 211.76 B Hubbell/Donohue 210.40 4 Hubbell/Donohue 208.52 5 Weaver/Poje 205.62 6 Chock/Bates 204.92 7 Gilles/Poirier 200.92 8 Guignard/Fabbri 199.18 bit.ly/4dSF0rd

🧵This thread: Rocker Watch Party - 2019 Worlds free dance: last 2 groups After the RD, it was Papadakis/Cizeron, Sinitsina/Katsalapov, Stepanova/Bukin, Hubbell/Donohue, and Weaver/Poje as your top 5 - coming up at 5pm ET bit.ly/4dSF0rd #WorldFigure 2019

🎶It’s not always splitsville in the off-season - we are getting to the time when program announcements will take the stage! Everything we know that has been announced my skaters so far is here: ➡️Off season log: live.rockerskating.com/news/offseason

Wakaba Higuchi: "What is important to me is that I'm not merely imitating someone. That's the biggest thing for me. We all skate different programs, so I do make it my goal to express and skate as only I can do." Full transcript from my interview here: bit.ly/49FEXwm

This weekend: 2019 Worlds Watch Party - free programs + Sa 6/6 5pm ET Free dance + Sa 6/6 7pm ET Men's free + Su 6/7 5pm ET Pairs free + Su 6/7 7pm ET Ladies free 🗓️Rocker Calendar here: live.rockerskating.com/calendar

🎙️What's in a salchow? Based on 25 years and 7 different coaches teaching me salchow mechanics, my look at how the technique has changed since the 80s, and what weight transfer actually means to the assisted free foot takeoff rule Hope this is helpful! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl2R...

✍️I will be covering ISU Congress next week in person! As I figure out what my coverage will be, let me know what you'd like to see or know about from Congress - submit your response (under the Kaori video) at live.rockerskating.com

🎙️Time for Kaori Sakamoto 坂本花織!! (日本語で / English subtitles) It's time for my interview with the 4-time World champion and 4-time Olympic medalist - we talk about her career, her wedding (!), her 3 Olympics, her hopes as a future coach, and more! www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP2P...

I CAN SAY IT NOW!! New partnership: Marjorie Lajoie / Jean-Luc Baker CAN live.rockerskating.com/news/offseason

‼️New feature! You can now watch the individual videos AND rescore even if it's not live - click the icon next to the skater (Rescores are only available one time to avoid score-changing) ➡️It's up for the 2019 Worlds ladies SP; will be for others soon! bit.ly/3REkke0