The Denis Ten Memorial Challenge gave us our first look at Mikhail Shaidorov’s new programs, a terrific showing and win from Haein Lee, and solid first outing from Davis & Smolkin. We also talk about Rika Kihara’s move to ice dance, Bradie Tennell’s successful program switch, and more.
0:00 — Intro
0:54 — Men’s Competition
23:21 — Dance Competition
39:38 — Women’s Competition
49:35 — Adam Siao Him Fa improvements
52:20 — Rika Kihara and Shingo Nishiyama ice dance pairing
57:49 — Bradie Tennell changes short, scores big
1:03:06 — Gold in our Hearts
1:05:01 — Wrap-Up
We examine the performances and results from the Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, including wins from Mikhail Shaidorov, Haein Lee, and Diana Davis & Gleb Smolkin.
We discuss the skates from men’s competitors Nika Egadze, Jason Brown, and Siyeong Lee, women’s competitors Ashun Yun, Maddie Schizas, and Josephine Lee, and Ice Dance teams Oona Brown & Gage Brown, Milla Ruud Reitan & Nikolaj Majorov, Alicia Fabbri & Paul Ayer, and Leah Neset & Artem Markelov.
We also talk other news from around the figure skating world, including improvements from Adam Siao Him Fa at a French domestic event, Bradie Tennell’s change of short program and big score at the Boston Open, and the new Japanese ice team of Rika Kihara and Shingo Nishiyama.
