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Yahoo
2 days ago
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Figure skating Grand Prix assignments: Alysa Liu, Chock/Bates headline Skate America
World champions Alysa Liu and Madison Chock and Evan Bates headline November's Skate America as figure skating's Grand Prix Series assignments for the Olympic season have been announced. The world's top skaters each compete twice over the six-event regular season in October and November, with the top six per discipline over the series qualifying for December's Grand Prix Final in Nagoya, Japan. Advertisement The Final will be the last gathering of the world's top skaters before the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. Liu and Chock and Bates will be joined by at Skate America in Lake Placid, New York, by two-time U.S. Olympian Jason Brown. GRAND PRIX ASSIGNMENTS: Women | Men | Pairs | Ice Dance This season, Skate America is the fifth of six Grand Prix stops from Nov. 14-16. The Grand Prix season starts in France from Oct. 17-19, then moves to China, Canada and Japan before Skate America. After Skate America, the last regular season Grand Prix is in Finland. Two-time world champion Ilia Malinin is entered in the first and third Grand Prix events in France and Canada. Adeliia Petrosian ISU names figure skaters from Russia eligible for Olympic qualifying as neutral athletes Adelia Petrosian has been cleared to compete in Olympic figure skating qualifying and is a gold-medal contender.
NBC Sports
2 days ago
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- NBC Sports
Figure skating Grand Prix assignments: Alysa Liu, Chock/Bates headline Skate America
World champions Alysa Liu and Madison Chock and Evan Bates headline November's Skate America as figure skating's Grand Prix Series assignments for the Olympic season have been announced. The world's top skaters each compete twice over the six-event regular season in October and November, with the top six per discipline over the series qualifying for December's Grand Prix Final in Nagoya, Japan. The Final will be the last gathering of the world's top skaters before the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. Liu and Chock and Bates will be joined by at Skate America in Lake Placid, New York, by two-time U.S. Olympian Jason Brown. This season, Skate America is the fifth of six Grand Prix stops from Nov. 14-16. The Grand Prix season starts in France from Oct. 17-19, then moves to China, Canada and Japan before Skate America. After Skate America, the last regular season Grand Prix is in Finland. Two-time world champion Ilia Malinin is entered in the first and third Grand Prix events in France and Canada. Nick Zaccardi,
CBS News
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Johnny Weir, figure skating legends to hold benefit for Reagan Airport crash victims in Pennsylvania
Some world-class figure skaters visited Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday to announce a major fundraiser. Olympic medalists Johnny Weir, Alysa Liu and Isabeau Levito will headline Legacy on Ice - Philadelphia. The event is coming to the University of Pennsylvania on Labor Day. It's the second part in a series honoring the 67 people killed when an Army helicopter and passenger jet collided on Jan. 29, 2025. The athletes announced the show's sequel at the Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society in Ardmore. They said they're proud to bring the show to Philadelphia. "I think in times like this, it's difficult to know what the right thing to do is," Weir said. "I think as skaters and as performers, what we do best is perform." The tribute in Washington, D.C., in March raised $1.2 million for several organizations, including the U.S. Figure Skating Family Support Fund. For some performers, the benefit was cathartic. "I think it helped the skating community kind of sit with it and heal a little bit before just jumping into the season as if it never happened," Levito said. Of the 67 victims, 28 were members of the figure skating community. Many had ties to the Philadelphia area. Ice dancer Matthew Jacoby from Bala Cynwyd lost his skating partner, 11-year-old Alydia Livingston. Alydia's older sister and parents were also killed in the collision. "She was amazing," Jacoby said. "She was like, a ball of energy, always filled with positivity and always really excited for practice and skating, just like, true love of the sport, and I really miss her." The athletes said support from around the world inspires them to do their best. "I'm just really excited to see everyone again and feel like we're part of something bigger," Liu said. Tickets for the Sept. 1 event, which start at $100, go on sale on Thursday. The two showtimes are 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.
CNBC
12-05-2025
- Lifestyle
- CNBC
19-year-old started focusing on happiness over perfection—now she's a figure skating world champion: 'I set myself up for success'
Weeks after competing at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, Alysa Liu announced her retirement from competitive figure skating. At age 16, she was miserable: Competitive skating felt like something she had to do, she says. She rarely took days off, fearful that time away from her rink in Lakewood, California, would make it harder to land her most difficult jumps. At the peak of her burnout before the Olympics, Liu skipped workouts and stayed up late before practices just "to make time pass slower," she says. She didn't lace up her skates again until December 2023, when she realized she missed the adrenaline rush of skating. She attended a practice session, and even after 18 months off, could still land some impressive jumps, she told NBC Sports on March 29. Liu decided to give competition another shot — this time, helping choreograph routines to music she actually liked, rather than skating more traditional classical music. Instead of aiming for perfection, particularly after years away from the ice, she tried only to entertain the audience, she says. She qualified for the U.S. national championships, and then the world championships, where she unexpectedly won gold in March. "I always want to skate [perfect] programs, but I don't set that as an expectation for myself," Liu says. "In my mind, that's the goal, not the bare minimum ... I'm happy with however I do."Pursuing fun instead of perfection came with intrinsic rewards too: Liu sleeps better, enjoys practices more and, now that she's older, she can drive herself to and from the rink whenever she wants, she says. "[Skating now] is all freedom, and because it's what I want to do, I make sure I set myself up for success," says Liu. Not everyone can win a sporting world championship, but prioritizing wellbeing over your career goals is generally considered to be a healthy practice, experts say. People who focus on on internal aspirations like health and relationships are typically happier than those who pursue fame, wealth or beauty, according to a 2022 meta-analysis from researchers at Australian Catholic University. People who find small ways to make everyday feel enjoyable, rather than staking all their self-worth on their ambitions, have fewer regrets when they die, hospice doctor Jordan Grumet wrote for CNBC Make It on April 4. "[Having a] goal-oriented type of purpose often depends on an all-or-nothing equation. You either succeed or you don't," wrote Grumet. "The other problem is that any satisfaction that comes with this toxic type of purpose is fleeting. The newness of a major accomplishment is only felt once, and excitement about attaining it is quickly replaced by endless worry over its loss." The shift in Liu's outlook showed in her performances. At the world championships, she skated one event in a glittering gold dress, with her dark hair no longer slicked back into a bun. Instead, it was loosely tied back into a ponytail that bounced rhythmically to Donna Summer's "MacArthur Park," a song about the end of a love affair. After she finished her program and saw her first-place scores, her longtime coach Philip DiGuglielmo leaned over and asked, "Did you have fun?" Sports Illustrated reported on March 29. She grinned and replied, "Yeah."
NBC Sports
19-04-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Liu wins women's free skate at World Team Trophy
Alysa Liu dazzled in the women's free skate, winning the event to help the United States capture their sixth gold medal and a back-to-back championship at World Team Trophy.
